For Hunter Renfrow, his first game in a year was all part of the "trials and tribulations"

CHARLOTTE — Sometimes when a player is coming off a lengthy absence, they'll say they need to take that first hit to know they're truly back.

But Panthers wide receiver Hunter Renfrow just laughed when asked if he needed to take that hit.

"Not really," he said with a laugh about the shot he took from Jaguars safety Eric Murray across the middle last week.

"I was good, I mean, sometimes you have to learn the lessons and you have to go out there and face the trials and tribulations and come out better on the other side," he continued. "So that's part of it, and it was good to take it, I guess, yeah."

The 29-year-old Renfrow knows plenty about trials and tribulations, having missed an entire NFL season and not playing up to his own standard for the two before that because of what he e