With four weeks to strike, the Panthers are hunting the division title. With the Buccaneers losing to the Saints this week, the Panthers are now tied for the lead in the NFC South.
Perhaps the most stunning thing about the Carolina Panthers' upset win over the Los Angeles Rams last weekend was the number of key players they were missing from the starting lineup.
The Carolina Panthers are getting close to contending again, if how this season has played out so far is any indication. Offensively, they have strong weapons with Rico Dowdle and Tetairoa McMillan and when Bryce Young is on he can torch even the best defenses in the NFL.
The Carolina Panthers didn't play this week, yet they moved up in the power rankings and got a major boost in the standings. It was the perfect bye week, and it might've come at the perfect time, too.
Things are different for the Carolina Panthers this year. For the first time since the 2017 season they find themselves in the thick of the playoff race, and after a fortuitous bye week they are tied for first place in the NFC South with the declining Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
All NFL players enter the season with high hopes, but sometimes seasons don't go as hoped. These 20 players have been some of the biggest disappointments early in the 2025 season.
In a surprise twist, the Carolina Panthers got some rare good luck working for them as they were off during their bye week. On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers got upset by the New Orleans Saints.
The Carolina Panthers are tied for first in the NFC South after 14 weeks. Thanks to the New Orleans Saints' upset of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the two rivals each sit at 7-6 with two games left against one another.
The Carolina Panthers find themselves tied with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers atop the NFC South division after Week 14 with both teams holding a record of 7-6 after the Buccaneers lost to the New Orleans Saints, 24-20.
The Carolina Panthers finally got to enjoy a hard-earned week off during the Week 14 slate after pulling a late bye week on the team's 2025 schedule but the team has to be thrilled with how the first 13 weeks of the season went.
The Carolina Panthers are in first place for the first time this season after the New Orleans Saints beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24-20 in Week 14 action.
General manager Dan Morgan put together as good a 2025 NFL draft class as any team in the league, boosting the Carolina Panthers' roster in several places where they needed it most.
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
The Carolina Panthers still have four games left to play, but it's never too early to start thinking about next year's NFL draft. General manager Dan Morgan did a splendid job of meeting the team's needs in the class of 2025, bringing in new weapons for Bryce Young and a couple of potential long-term starters on defense.
This is certainly unfamiliar territory for the current edition of the Carolina Panthers. In fact, it’s been quite some time since the team has even been in playoff contention, much less secured a postseason invitation.
It sure can be difficult for NFL players to shed the initial reputations they have coming into the league and the first impressions they make. There are probably still some analysts out there who believe Josh Allen is still one of the league's worst starters, even after winning MVP.
A late bye week is better than never, so the Carolina Panthers should have fresh legs when they return to action next weekend against the New Orleans Saints.
Overall, there's a lot to like about the 2025 Carolina Panthers. At the moment they have four more wins than they did at this time last year, their defense has dramatically improved after a historically-bad season and the outlook for this franchise is brighter than it's been in almost a decade.
Carolina Panthers wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan is having a huge rookie season, and Bryce Young has played a big role in his success. On3 recently caught up with McMillan and asked him about his experience working with the third-year quarterback.
Mike Kaye reports the Panthers are re-signing CB Kalen King to the practice squad. Carolina waived King a few days ago when activating S Tre’von Moehrig from a one-game suspension.
The Carolina Panthers have a big decision to make on quarterback Bryce Young in the coming months. Selected with the first-overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, the Alabama product started his career on a low note, struggling to do much of anything as a rookie before getting benched two games into his sophomore season.
This past spring, the Panthers exercised Ikem Ekwonu‘s fifth-year option. As a result, the team is set to have left tackle stability through at least 2026.
A Panthers team that was 0-2 and that suffered three losses over the season's first four weeks has since emerged as one of the top positive surprises of the campaign.