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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Bryce Young’s fifth year option cap hit, timing, and why it is the right decision

Carolina Panthers general manager Dan Morgan confirmed the team’s long rumored plan to exercise Bryce Young’s fifth year option in a press conference this morning. Young, who has generated considerably mixed opinions from fans due to his low production and inconsistent play, will be under contract for the Carolina Panthers through the 2027 season. When […]

Ask Brian: The off-season has officially begun

Hello CSR! Welcome to Ask Brian, your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! The Panthers playoff hopes unfortunately fizzled out over the weekend, though a hard fought game showed us the team can realistically try to compete in the very near future. Actual football may be over for Carolina, but the NFL grind never truly […]

The Scratching Post: 1/12-1/16

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 […]

The Optimist: When achieving is over-achieving

How is it that the 8-9 2025 Carolina Panthers landed squarely in the middle of everybody’s preseason win predictions, skipped leaving anybody confident in their evaluation of the team’s future, yet also finished the season with a strong and wildly optimistic playoff loss against a legitimate Super Bowl contender in the Los Angeles Rams? Carowinds […]

Panthers Ejiro Evero to return as defensive coordinator

The regular season may be over, but football never truly stops in the NFL. The Panthers will be bringing back Ejiro Evero for the foreseeable future, per Joe Person of the Athletic. According to Joe, Evero is under contract through the 2027 season. The details on Evero’s contract situation were kind of murky, as going […]

Wild-Card Weekend: Live fan discussion for Sunday

The Carolina Panthers may have been the first team eliminated from the 2025 playoffs, but they won’t be the last. That’s how the playoffs work, and we know that now from recent experience. Go us. For the first time in months, none of the remaining games have any effect on the Panthers playoff chances or […]

Panthers vs. LA Rams Wild Card 2026 analysis: Carolina almost did it

First quarter recap: The Panthers got the ball first in front of a rocking Bank of America stadium. They started the game with an ineffective run up the middle. They were quickly faced with a 4th and 1. They tried to get Bryce Young in space on a rollout, but the Rams covered everything up […]

Panthers vs Rams: Live fan discussion for Wild-Card Weekend

This is the first Carolina Panthers playoff game in eight seasons and the first playoff game of the 2025 season. Hold onto that theme ladies and gentlemen, because today could be a day of many more firsts. It could be the first time an underdog this big pulled off a playoff upset. It could be […]

Reacts Results: We’re just glad for the ride

It looks like fans of the Carolina Panthers didn’t waste all of their well wishes, gratitudes, and thankfulness on the holiday season this year. Despite being 2-3 since Thanksgiving, the Panthers managed to win the chaotic NFC South and sneak their way into the playoffs. Fans could hardly be happier. We have well documented the […]

5 more Qs with Turf Show Times

In Week 13 the Carolina Panthers shocked the world with their upset of the then 9-2 Los Angeles Rams. Our first iteration of an interview with a Rams blogger barely accounted for the possibility of a Panthers win, let alone a playoff rematch. Look at us now. Recent history aside, however, expectations going into tomorrow’s […]

Panthers vs Rams: Offensive Preview

Somehow we’re here. Despite a season of ups and downs and more losses than wins, the Carolina Panthers find themselves hosting a playoff game. It just so happens that it’s against the Los Angeles Rams, the team the Panthers defeated at Bank of America Stadium about a month ago in what was arguably the most […]

NFL Power Rankings Roundup: Where the Panthers rank in the Wild Card round

The Carolina Panthers are one of 14 NFL teams still standing. But not all 14 of these teams are created equal. With an 8-9 record and backing their way into the playoffs in a less-than-impressive fashion, there are plenty of Panthers skeptics out there. There are probably plenty of Panthers skeptics here, too, but for […]

Panthers vs Rams NFC Wild Card Round: Defensive Preview

The Carolina Panthers are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2017, and are division champions for the first time in ten years. That means we get bonus football! Unfortunately, it comes against a Rams team, and more specifically their offense, that will likely be looking for blood in this rematch from the […]

Who’s ready for a Rams rematch?

For those of you who believe in fate, there was never a doubt the Carolina Panthers would be sitting where they are right now – that is, hosting a home playoff game for the first time in forever. After all, who can argue with such foolproof analytics based off of Jennifer Lopez’s marital status, the […]

Panthers Playoffs History: X-Clown

For Carolina Panthers fans, the term X-Clown brings back elated memories. Images of Steve Smith crossing the goal line, arms stretched wide fill their minds. Before the Panthers embark on their next playoff journey, let’s take a look back at this scene from Panthers history. The Scene On January 10th, 2004, the then St. Louis […]

Comparing this Panthers team to the last one that made the playoffs with a losing record

The Carolina Panthers are going to the playoffs despite ending the season with an 8-9 record. It’s a rare but not unprecedented occurrence. It’s happened four times previously—the 2010 Seahawks, 2014 Panthers, 2020 Washington Football Team, and 2022 Buccaneers. As you can see, the Panthers have become the first multi-time entrant into that exclusive club […]