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Panthers Reacts Survey Week 10: Trade deadline and a winning streak?

The Carolina Panthers are on a four-game winning streak, from a certain point of view. Bryce Young, who missed the Week 8 loss against the Buffalo Bills, has won four consecutive starts, including two semi-straight on the road. All five of the Panthers wins this season came in the last seven games, including six of […]

2026 NFL Draft Prospect Profile: Mansoor Delane

Even though the 2025 NFL season just started, 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 looking at prospects the […]

The Panthers win streak is masking substandard quarterback play

The Carolina Panthers are 5-4 and coming off a road win over the Green Bay Packers. It’s a place no one would have reasonably expected this group to be, and the fan base is rightfully feeling really good about the direction of the team. However, all of the good vibes are hiding an elephant in […]

Panthers vs Packers game review: Winning on the fringes

The Carolina Panthers came into Sunday with a defined set of win conditions and a game plan tailor-made to put the team in the best place to win versus the Green Bay Packers. As the saying goes: ‘Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”. Turns out the Panthers were the ones […]

The Panthers should not be buyers at the trade deadline

At 5-4 and firmly in the hunt, for the moment, for a playoff berth, the 2025 Carolina Panthers are ahead of schedule. That makes the pressure of today’s 4:00 PM ET trade deadline all the more attractive. General manager Dan Morgan and head coach Dave Canales were hired to fix one of the worst teams […]

Ask Brian: Doesn’t winning just feel great?

Hello CSR! Welcome to Ask Brian (trying out a new title due to feedback), part one of your weekly Panthers fan mail bag for everyone! The Panthers are coming off a huge upset over the Green Bay Packers, with rookie kicker Ryan Fitzgerald nailing the game winner as time expired. Bryce Young returned from injury […]

The Panthers Will Not Trade Chuba Hubbard

With the emergence of Rico Dowdle as the Carolina Panthers’ top running back option, many have begun to speculate about the potential availability of Chuba Hubbard as a trade candidate. The thought process makes sense: Dowdle has become the workhorse, Trevor Etienne has shown flashes, and Jonathon Brooks should be back fully healthy next season, […]

The Optimist: First came Love, then came Moehrig

Most of yesterday’s upset win over the Green Bay Packers felt like a fun, but ultimately inconsequential romp on a windy day. The Carolina Panthers and their fans were just happy to be in the conversation with an opponent that was, and still largely is, considered to be the class of the NFC. Nursing a […]

The Scratching Post: 11/3-11/7

Greetings, internet users. Welcome to The Scratching Post. 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

Carolina Panthers vs New Orleans Saints opening odds

The 5-4 Carolina Panthers are favored for the first time all season after upsetting the upstart Green Bay Packers. Now that the Panthers will be viewed hither and yon as the legitimate Super Bowl contenders they’ve always been, they can finally start to enjoy their season. Last week, the Panthers were underdogs by a margin […]

Carolina Panthers vs Green Bay Packers Recap and Result

The Carolina Panthers defense suffocated the Packers offense in the red zone and their rookie kicker played the role of hero again. First Quarter Chandler Zavala marked his return to the lineup the best way he knows how—by committing a false start before the Panthers could get their first snap off. That put the offense […]

Panthers vs Packers: Open game thread

Bryce Young is back today for the Carolina Panthers. Rico Dowdle is reportedly getting the start and lion’s share of the carries this week. Everything is looking up for the Panthers upset chances against the Super Bowl hopeful Packers, right? Ignore the continuing chaos along the injury-plagued offensive line, the mixed blessing that has been […]

Reacts Results: Fans mixed on Canales’ future

Fans of the Carolina Panthers are rather expert at spotting a head coach who isn’t going to last. Team owner David Tepper may have a reputation for an itchy trigger finger when it comes to his head coaches, but he has yet to fire somebody who the fanbase hadn’t already soured on. Ron Rivera, Matt […]

Panthers Injury Report & Transactions – Week 9

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. Injury Report Rookie outside linebacker Princely Umanmielen is out this week as is center Cade Mays. And Mays isn’t the only Panther offensive lineman popping up on this week’s injury report. A […]

Panthers vs Packers: Offensive preview

The Carolina Panthers were without Bryce Young last Sunday and instead had to roll with Andy Dalton. Recent history would have told you that the drop off from Young to Dalton wasn’t all that significant, and if the Panthers were going to compete with Young, they could do just about the same with his backup. […]

Panthers vs Packers: Defensive Preview

Hello CSR! Its time for this week’s edition of the Panthers defensive preview, as they’ll travel to Lambeau Field to face the 5-1-1 Green Bay Packers. The Panthers defense is coming off a dreadful performance, albeit definitely not aided by 3 turnovers on the offensive side of the ball. The Panthers defense managed to keep […]

2026 NFL Draft Prospect Profile: Keldric Faulk

Even though the 2025 NFL season just started, 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 looking at prospects the […]

Panthers Reacts Survey Week 9: Let’s talk about Dave Canales

Nobody really expected to beat the Buffalo Bills last week. But a lot of us thought that maybe the Carolina Panthers could look competitive against them, even with the venerable Andy Dalton under center (Happy Birthday, buddy!). What we saw instead was so disheartening and played so directly against the established identity and strengths of […]

Carolina Panthers vs Green Bay Packers Odds

The 4-4 Carolina Panthers are still technically in the hunt for the playoffs, but hope is fading fast for a team that hasn’t been at or above .500 this late in the season since Week 8 of the 2021 season. All eyes this week are on Bryce Young. Look out for today’s injury report to […]

Carolina Panthers vs Green Bay Packers Odds

The 4-4 Carolina Panthers are still technically in the hunt for the playoffs, but hope is fading fast for a team that hasn’t been at or above .500 this late in the season since Week 8 of the 2021 season. All eyes this week are on Bryce Young. Look out for today’s injury report to […]

Brian Asks: Well that was rough

Hello CSR! Welcome to Brian Asks, your weekly Panthers fan mail bag for everyone! We’re moving on from a really tough Sunday, where the Panthers both got beaten badly in the football department and beaten badly in the injury department. It was rough sledding, but that’s life of the regular season. The Panthers are four […]

Panthers vs Bills game review: Déjà vu

If I had a nickel for every time the Carolina Panthers got off to a promising start against an AFC East opponent then had several unforced but critical errors snowball into a margin of defeat nearing 30 points – I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice. Or […]

Canales: Christensen ruptured Achilles, likely out for season

During his postgame press conference, Dave Canales broke the news that sixth-man offensive lineman Brady Christensen likely ruptured his Achilles in Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills, adding injury to insult. Christensen was lauded as a do-it-all lineman who could step in at all five positions on the offensive line. He had recently been filling […]