The Carolina Panthers are going into Week 17 with a chance to win the NFC South if they beat the No. 1 seed Seattle Seahawks. The Panthers would also need the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to lose to the Miami Dolphins, but that should put the Panthers in go mode as they try to clinch the franchise's first playoff spot in eight seasons.
The Carolina Panthers can clinch the NFC South this weekend. They need a few things to happen, but if those things do, they'll be division champs for the first time since they went to the Super Bowl.
The Carolina Panthers are in position to claim the final spot in the NFC playoff picture after the Green Bay Packers clinched at least a Wild Card berth following the Detroit Lions' loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Christmas Day.
Somehow it made sense that the secondary of the Carolina Panthers would rise to the occasion in the team’s crucial 23-20 win over the rival Buccaneers.
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NFL writer Brent Sobleski of Bleacher Report handed out his quarterback grades for Week 16. Dave Canales’s team got a solid game from his third-year signal caller, who connected in 21-of-32 passes for 191 yards and two touchdowns in the team’s 23-20 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
This offseason, Carolina Panthers’ general manager Dan Morgan was busy in free agency adding key pieces to the worst defense in the league in 2024, as well as adding a few offensive weapons as well.
Chad Ochocinco was one of the most vocal supporters of the Carolina Panthers during the offseason. He believed they had set up a nice wide receiver room for an ascending QB in Bryce Young.
It's Christmas, which means plenty of Carolina Panthers fans will have presents waiting for them under the tree. Metaphorically speaking, the Panthers themselves have a few gifts waiting for them as well.
Carolina has gone through most of 2025 without starting right guard Robert Hunt, but a late-season return from IR is on the table. The Panthers opened his 21-day practice window on Wednesday, per Darin Gantt of the team’s website.
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 don't really look like a great NFL team. Sure, they might be leading their division, but it's the worst division in football. The Panthers are only 8-7.
Carolina Panthers cornerback Jaycee Horn became today the only player on the roster to make the Pro Bowl. He did so for the second season in a row. Tetairoa McMillan and Rico Dowdle were named alternates.
Bryce Young has very quietly been on a heater. The box scores don't really illustrate how good the Carolina Panthers QB has been, but the play has been excellent.
The Bleacher Report quartet of Gary Davenport, Kris Knox, Maurice Moton and Brent Sobleski have put together the Week 17 NFL Power Rankings following a wild Week 16.
The Carolina Panthers played what was more or less a must-win game on Sunday. The Panthers' playoff hopes would've dropped to 5% with a loss; they're now in the playoffs every week, so to speak.
Dave Canales knew he had a difficult challenge ahead of him when he took the Carolina Panthers head coaching job. However, in year two, Canales has the Panthers on the precipice of the playoffs.
The Panthers were able to defeat the Buccaneers, who are four-time division champions, and GM Dan Morgan thinks that HC Dave Canales and DC Ejiro Evero have helped the team reach this point and keep them in contention.
There’s two weeks remaining in the 2025 NFL season. It’s been a year of growth for the Carolina Panthers, although the team continues to play the game of alternating wins and losses in their last nine outings.
The Carolina Panthers have been one of the most intriguing stories of the season that not many people have been paying attention to, yet the team is in the pole position of the NFC South with two games remaining and looking toward hosting a playoff game.
Per Aaron Wilson, the Panthers are elevating LB Isaiah Simmons and Saahdiq Charles for Week 16. Simmons, 27, was a two-year starter at Clemson and won the Butkus Award as college football’s best linebacker in 2019.