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The Carolina Panthers are 7-2 in close games, while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 5-6. Both teams are in the bottom 20 in point differential. Tampa Bay is 31st in average margin of victory, while the Panthers are 29th. The NFC South, everybody. We have ourselves as close to a play-in situation as it gets […]
Week 18 in the National Football League kicks off in just under half an hour or so, and we’re getting two games with playoff implications on this Saturday afternoon and evening. The early game of this doubleheader gets underway from Tampa at 3:30 PM Central time, and it will feature the Carolina Panthers visiting the […]
The Los Angeles Rams don’t play until Sunday afternoon, but the Week 18 Saturday games are chock full of implications. The first game features the Carolina Panthers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers, two potential Wild Card opponents for the Rams. If Los Angeles lands at five, they will face one of these teams. That kicks off […]
Saturday marks the start of Week 18, and the final two days of the 2025-26 regular season. The NFL used its flex scheduling option to give fans two meaningful games on Saturday, as the Carolina Panthers (8-8) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-9) battle it out for the top spot in the NFC South followed by […]
Here we are, folks. Today might feature the final game of the 2025 Carolina Panthers. Or, it will simply be their last regular season game with at least one playoff game on the horizon. We all know the stakes. Win and we’re in. Lose and we’re watching the Falcons play the Saints tomorrow. Last week’s […]
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Carolina Panthers in what is effectively a playoff game today in Tampa. This is the NFC South Championship Game. Will Tampa win a record fifth-consecutive NFC South title? Can Carolina win their first NFC South title in a decade? Let’s tune in and find out! Carolina Panthers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers […]
The Carolina Panthers have been quite rude to their fans this season. Inconsistency, anemic passing, and significant injuries have combined to prevent the Panthers from seizing a moment that has lain waiting for them all season. All it would have taken was a single win over the Arizona Cardinals or the New Orleans Saints and […]
Hello CSR! Welcome to Brian Answers, part two of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! We’re onto Tampa Bay part 2, and I’m here to answer your questions. I decided this week not to answer any Bryce Young related questions, or anything about the season as a whole, because the season isn’t over yet! […]
Greetings, Panthers fans. Welcome to the weekend. Feel free to use this thread to chat about (almost) anything you want: video games, food, movies, non-football sports, you name it. As long as it’s allowed by the site’s ToS, it’s fair game here. You know the drill. This is now an open thread
The Carolina Panthers front office is busy throughout the season with transactions, roster moves, and injury updates. Here’s what’s happening at Mint Street this week. Injuries The Panthers postseason lives come down to Week 18’s matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It’s this easy for Carolina: Win and you’re in! Injuries always play a role in determining […]
It all comes down to this. Even after an inept offensive performance against a dominant Seahawks defense, the Carolina Panthers still hold their playoff destiny in their hands as they visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 18. These two groups just played against each other two weeks ago, so they’re going to be very […]
Happy New Year, CSR! The Panthers will face off against the Bucs in what could be their last game of the 2025 season, in a second dance that sees both teams vying for a playoff spot. Of course, the results of the Falcons-Saints game could render these results moot, but both teams should be going […]
No, the NFL playoff field isn’t quite finalized yet. However, the last two spots come down to head-to-head, win-and-in games between the Panthers and Bucs in the NFC South and the Ravens and Steelers in the AFC North. For those teams, the playoffs start this weekend, and those rosters include four Tar Heels. We’ll start […]
The Butterfly Effect Continues. While not cited as the reason, the 4-3 shootout loss to Florida on December 19th claimed another victim in the Olympic hopes of Seth Jarvis. You’ll recall that after giving up a 3-0 lead to the Panthers, the Carolina winger was heading down on a breakaway in the 3-on-3 overtime set […]
As the Panthers make a final playoff push of the 2025 season, it’s never too early to look ahead toward the 2026 NFL Draft. This weekly series will take a closer look at some of the prospects the Carolina Panthers could select in the 2026 iteration of the Draft. In this series, we’ll only be […]
It’s been a vintage year for the NFC South. There’s a chance that the division winner could enter the playoffs with a losing record. We won’t know who will be crowned the champ until next week, but it’s come down to the Panthers and Buccaneers. Here’s the Week 17 NFC South Review. Tampa Bay Buccaneers […]
The results of either of two games this weekend could send the Carolina Panthers to the playoffs with the NFC South title, the number 4 seed in the NFC, and a home playoff game against either the San Francisco 49ers or the Seattle Seahawks. All they have to do is beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers […]
The Seattle Seahawks’ rookies logged a combined 151 snaps in Week 17 against the Carolina Panthers. That total is down slightly from last week, but still in the same range, especially when factoring in the overtime game against the Rams the week prior. For the second consecutive week, Seattle opted to dress Connor O’Toole over […]
What looked like a clean, winner-take-all setup in the NFC South took another strange turn Sunday, because of course it did. When both the Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost in Week 17, it appeared the division would come down to a simple Saturday showdown in Tampa Bay. Win, and you’re in. Lose, and you’re out. Except this NFL season has refused to cooperate with simplicity. The NFC South Isn’t Done Yet — And the Falcons Are the Wild Card Carolina (8–8) still controls it...
ESPN’s Ben Solak just released his All-Rookie rosters in order to “highlight standout debut seasons”, and a pair of Chicago Bears made the list, both on offense. Luther Burden, the second-round pick out of Missouri (#39 overall), made the first team alongside Tet McMillan of the Panthers (#8) and Emeka Egbuka (#19). Burden is making […]
The Rams have to play their starters against the Cardinals in Week 18 and the reason has nothing to do with playoff seeds. It’s because Sean McVay, Matthew Stafford, and the Rams can’t go into the playoffs having lost four of their last six games with handouts to teams like the Panthers, Falcons, and Cardinals. […]
Chicago’s rookie wideout, Luther Burden III, earned a well-deserved place on ESPN analyst Ben Solak’s 2025 All-Rookie Team , joining the league’s best first-year players in a season that saw the rookie emerge as one of the Bears’ most dynamic playmakers. Burden was accompanied by Panthers rookie Tetairoa McMillan and Bucs rookie Emeka Egbuka on Solak’s list. Solak highlighted Burden’s growth throughout the year, noting that while it took time for him to find a consistent role in Ben Johns...
Hello CSR! Welcome to Ask Brian, your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! I took a week off from the answers portion, partly due to a lack of participation (understandable during the holidays), and mostly because I was super under the weather after Christmas. But we’re back at it this week, and the stakes couldn’t […]
While some may have hoped that it may not happen, most viewed it as inevitable. The Carolina Panthers were going to lose against the Seattle Seahawks, and the division would come down to the final game of the season. They made a game out of it for 50 stressful minutes behind a herculean effort from […]
Malik Davis reflects on first career 100 yard game: ‘It’s a great feeling’ – Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com With Javonte Williams set to hit free agency, Malik Davis is about to become an even more important name to remember in the Cowboys backfield. Then Davis re-signed with the Cowboys a day before their first preseason game, […]