CHARLOTTE — For Jalen Coker , simply being on the field is a good feeling.

But being back on the field in his own jersey is even better.

The second-year wideout is expected to be activated from injured reserve and play this week, according to head coach Dave Canales, and that's a big step.

Coker started practicing last week after missing the first five weeks with a quadriceps strain, but he did it wearing a No. 3 jersey, since he was on the scout team playing the role of Cowboys receiver George Pickens. So this week, this is better.

"Yeah, it feels really good," Coker said with a grin. "I feel good to be back out there, excited just to be ramping it back up and everything, but I'm excited to be back in 18."

Coker's polite and soft-spoken, so that's about as close as you get to a dem

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