The Carolina Panthers are making an offensive change going into 2026 with offensive coordinator Brad Idzik taking over play-calling duties from head coach Dave Canales, and ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky voiced his concerns.
For several seasons, Andy Dalton was Bryce Young's mentor with the Carolina Panthers. But this offseason, GM Dan Morgan expressed a desire for something different behind Young, so he traded Dalton and signed Kenny Pickett.
It can be hugely beneficial to have veterans sprinkled throughout a roster to help young players. Carolina Panthers wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan benefited from being with Adam Thielen for literally just the offseason.
How many of the NFL quarterbacks to lead the league in passing touchdowns for each season since the AFL/NFL merger in 1970 can you name in seven minutes?
The Carolina Panthers have some important decisions to make for their roster this year. Every year, they're tasked with cutting down a massive number of players into 53 by the time the preseason ends.
Yardbarker's best-of NFL positional series continues with linebackers. This does not cover pure pass-rushing threats -- we will get to them -- but rather true off-ball defenders who thrived as traditional inside and outside 'backers.
The Carolina Panthers brought in Dave Canales to turn things around for Bryce Young in 2024. His work with Geno Smith and Baker Mayfield led the Panthers to believe he could "fix" Young after a brutal 2023.
As OTAs are underway and the offseason propaganda begins for each team, it's the time of year when every team feels optimistic about what it can become in 2026.
Jonathon Brooks is showing great signs as the Carolina Panthers ' OTAs are in full swing. Reports are coming out daily about Brooks's progress, including plays he made during live reps, such as 30-yard touchdown runs.
In the last six seasons, the Carolina Panthers have had zero First-Team All-Pros. They have hardly been recognized by the AP All-Pro voting in that time.
The Carolina Panthers may end up trading Xavier Legette. That seems much more likely than him making the leap and cementing himself as a legitimate and viable WR3 in this offense.
The Carolina Panthers desperately need a bounce-back season from Chuba Hubbard. Their offensive identity and success this year hinge on his and/or Jonathon Brooks' ability to play at a high level and punish defenses.
With the 2026 draft in the books, teams are already looking toward 2027. Here's our way-too-early 2027 NFL mock draft, as of April 27, 2026.
Bryce Young is a controversial quarterback. The Carolina Panthers QB doesn't do anything wrong off the field, and his personality has made him well-liked across the entire NFL.
Not all stretches during an NFL season are created equal. A favorable month can launch a playoff push. A brutal one can bury a team before Thanksgiving.
The Carolina Panthers splurged this offseason on two high-priced defenders in linebacker Devin Lloyd and pass rusher Jaelan Phillips, and the two are already making big impacts after just one day at OTAs.
The Carolina Panthers are fully entrenched in OTAs, and more information about the roster and specific lineups is coming out by the day. The Panthers have multiple position competitions that are ongoing, but none more important than the battle for the starting left tackle spot, between Rasheed Walker, and Monroe Freeling.
The Carolina Panthers kicked off organized team activities on Tuesday with the first day of the left tackle battle between veteran Rasheed Walker and first-round rookie Monroe Freeling coming into focus.
For the Carolina Panthers, WR1 and WR2 are entrenched. Tetairoa McMillan is the one, and Jalen Coker is firmly the two. Beyond that, the depth chart is two things: cluttered and uninspiring.
This past season, the 8-9 Carolina Panthers did just enough to win their first division title since 2015. Dave Canales’s club got off to a 0-2 start, and also dropped their final two regular-season contests.
Thus far, the Panthers have only appreciated Young enough to pick up the fifth-year option for 2027 attached to his rookie contract.
Much has been said about Xavier Legette's tenure as a Carolina Panther, and how his future with the franchise could end up with another underwhelming season, as more wide receivers make an impact on the field when Legette doesn't.
What would the Carolina Panthers do in 2023 if they could do it over again? This is a question that has plagued them since they traded up to the number one overall pick in 2023.
It’s been a rough go for Jonathon Brooks in the NFL since being picked in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers. After only playing three games in his rookie season due to an ACL tear in his right knee, Brooks was forced to miss the entire 2025-26 campaign.
The Carolina Panthers have found themselves back in an elite NFL conversation after a recent post from Endzone Brasil highlighted the longest regular-season winning streaks in league history.
The long-term future of Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young continues to spark discussions among media personalities and some NFL executives who reportedly believe
Undrafted free agents sign standard three-year contracts that are worth whatever the minimum salary is in those years. In 2026, the standard UDFA deal is worth $3.1 million.
The Carolina Panthers have waived RB Montrell Johnson from injured reserve with a settlement, per the NFL transaction wire. Johnson, 23, began his career at Louisiana in 2021 before transferring to Florida the following season.
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