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Rising Stars: Corey Thornton

One of the best stories of the Carolina Panthers training camp and throughout the preseason was the undrafted cornerback from Louisville who kept making a name for himself. Entering the Panthers offseason program as a complete unknown, cornerback Corey Thornton’s road to the 53 man roster had to be earned. Thornton had the size the […]

15 days ago | 2 reads

Ask Brian: Sam Darnold’s in the Super Bowl!

Hello CSR! Welcome to Ask Brian, your weekly Carolina care Panthers fan mail bag for everyone! The Super Bowl has been officially decided, so we’re only two weeks away from the 2025 NFL season officially being in the books and we can move on to the 2026 Free agency period NFL draft preparation. This is […]

15 days ago | 2 reads

Final 2025 ratings for the Panthers defense, per Pro Football Focus

The good people at Pro Football Focus spend enormous amounts of time breaking down every player’s performance on every individual play throughout the season. In the end, players can then be given a final rating somewhere between zero (poor) and 100 (elite). If you want to learn more about PFF’s methodology, you can read their Player […]

16 days ago | 0 reads

Final 2025 ratings for the Panthers offense, per Pro Football Focus

The good people at Pro Football Focus spend enormous amounts of time breaking down every player’s performance on every individual play throughout the season. In the end, players can then be given a final rating somewhere between zero (poor) and 100 (elite). If you want to learn more about PFF’s methodology, you can read their Player […]

16 days ago | 2 reads

The Scratching Post: 1/26-1/30

Greetings, internet users. Welcome to The Scratching Post and the new year. 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 […]

16 days ago | 1 read

2025 Playoffs: Conference Championship Sunday open thread

Conference Championships open with the “no good guys” bowl between the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos—in potentially arctic conditions—at 3:00 PM ET, 1:00 PM MT today. That will settle the first half of the Super Bowl slate. The second half will be determined immediately after when the Los Angeles Rams take on the […]

16 days ago | 1 read

CSR Weekend Warriors: 1/23-1/25

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

18 days ago | 2 reads

Panthers season in review: The passing offense

We started this review series talking about the Carolina Panthers rushing attack. Now, we move to the other phase of the offense. It’s everybody’s favorite topic to discuss—Bryce Young and the Panthers passing attack. How it went Like pretty much every part of this Panthers team, the passing attack could be defined as “just barely […]

19 days ago | 3 reads

Adding Teeth to the Bite: Panthers Roster Holes on the Offensive Line

With the Panthers offseason underway and free agency just a couple months away, let’s take a look at some of the areas on the roster that Dan Morgan and Brandt Tillis have to address this offseason. Instead of looking at the entire roster, we are going to break the list down by position group. For […]

20 days ago | 3 reads

Panthers season in review: The rushing offense

With the 2025 season in the rearview, it’s time to reflect on what exactly happened in all of the phases in the game and look at what can and should be done with them going into 2026. We start with my personal favorite part of the game, running the football. How It Went Chuba Hubbard […]

20 days ago | 1 read

Carolina Panthers 2026 NFL Draft Prospect Profile: Peter Woods

Now that the Panthers have officially entered their offseason, we 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 could seriously […]

21 days ago | 5 reads

Rising Stars: Nic Scourton

With their season over, the offseason is officially underway for the Carolina Panthers front office. Soon, behind closed doors in Bank of America Stadium, they will break out microscope to analyze every single detail of the roster before building a plan for the offseason before the quickly approaching Free Agency period arrives. In a new […]

22 days ago | 1 read

Ask Brian: Bring us all your offseason questions

Hello CSR! Welcome to Ask Brian, your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! The season might be over, but last week you all were VERY active in the mailbag. I love it. We’re only a few weeks away from the official end of the postseason. Many head coaches have been fired. The Panthers luckily haven’t […]

22 days ago | 2 reads

The Scratching Post: 1/19-1/23

Greetings, internet users. Welcome to The Scratching Post and the new year. 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 […]

23 days ago | 2 reads

2025 Playoffs: Divisional Sunday open thread

The Carolina Panthers may be out of the running, but that doesn’t mean the race is over. The Houston Texans are visiting the New England Patriots at 3:00 PM ET this afternoon and the Los Angeles Rams are on the road again against the Chicago Bears at 6:30 PM ET tonight. The Texans/Pats game is […]

23 days ago | 3 reads

2025 Playoffs: Divisional Saturday open thread

The Carolina Panthers may be out of the running, but that doesn’t mean the race is over. The Buffalo Bills are taking on the Denver Broncos at 4:30 ET/2:30 MT in Denver this afternoon and the San Francisco 49ers are visiting the Seattle Seahawks at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT this evening. The remaining results […]

24 days ago | 5 reads

CSR Weekend Warriors: 1/16-1/18

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

25 days ago | 1 read

Panthers retaining, promoting assistant quarterbacks coach Mike Bercovici

The Carolina Panthers are retaining assistant quarterbacks coach Mike Bercovici, who had interviewed with a couple teams for a job as quarterbacks coach. They are promoting him to passing game coordinator to get him to stay. Who? Bercovici is not a long-time Dave Canales assistant. He entered the ranks of NFL coaches in 2020 as […]

26 days ago | 6 reads

Panthers Reacts Survey: Offseason priorities

The Carolina Panthers have been eliminated from the playoffs. Besides rooting against the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos, there is not much for Panthers fans to pay attention to between now and next season. Besides from little things like the 2026 NFL Draft and Free Agency, I suppose. With more holes once again […]

27 days ago | 1 read

Carolina Panthers Upcoming Free Agents

The Carolina Panthers shocked many around the NFL in making their first playoff appearance since 2017 this season. Despite a great showing at home in front of legends like Cam Newton, Luke Kuechly, Steve Smith, and Jake Delhomme, the Panthers ultimately lost and their season has ended. After taking some time to reflect on this […]

27 days ago | 3 reads

Panthers vs Rams game review: Cover 3 nightmares

While the Los Angeles Rams emerged from Saturday’s wild card classic as the victor, the Carolina Panthers gave them everything they could handle. Until they didn’t.  Despite playing solid defense for a majority of the second half to allow the Panthers offense an opportunity to take the lead multiple times, the moment eventually became too […]

28 days ago | 1 read

Carolina Panthers 2026 NFL Draft Prospect Profile: Drew Allar

Now that the Panthers have officially entered their offseason, we 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 could seriously […]

28 days ago | 4 reads