Most of the moves that the Carolina Panthers front office made this past offseason have paid off. There are exceptions to the rule, though - and the Tershawn Wharton signing has yet to really deliver like they would have hoped.
The only Carolina Panthers player who was around the last time they made the NFL playoffs was forever long snapper JJ Jansen, who will be playing his 274th career game for Carolina the next time that he takes the field.
The Carolina Panthers have a chance to move into first place in the NFC South with a win over the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football. It’s a big game for a team that’s missed the playoffs each of the last seven seasons and hasn’t won the division since 2015.
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The Chiefs’ defense enjoyed a shutout performance on Sunday, but the unit lost a key figure along the way. Omarr Norman-Lott exited the game and he will miss the remainder of his rookie campaign.
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It’s been an interesting first three weeks for Dave Canales’s club. The Carolina Panthers have gone from giving up 200 yards rushing and being pushed around by the Jacksonville Jaguars, 26-10, in Week 1 to posting the franchise’s first shutout victory since 2020 last Sunday—blanking the rival Atlanta Falcons, 30-0.
The Kansas City Chiefs have to make difficult decisions every offseason and this past offseason was no exception. One player the Chiefs ended up parting ways with was Tershawn Wharton, who signed with the Carolina Panthers on a three-year deal worth $54 million.
In May, Derrick Brown expressed a desire to be back at full strength by the start of the regular season. The Panthers Pro Bowler has indeed been cleared well before that point.
Panthers HC Dave Canales said DL Tershawn Wharton has grown into a leader by helping players with assignments and creating a sustainable culture for the organization.
The Chiefs have completed each of their rookie deals. Second-round defensive tackle Omarr Norman-Lott has agreed to terms, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.
Panthers DC Ejiro Evero is excited about the addition of DL Tershawn Wharton and said that he’s a student of the game. “When you first meet him, he’s got a presence about him,” Evero said, via ESPN.
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After missing virtually all of the 2024 season, Panthers defensive tackle Derrick Brown is aiming for a full return to the field during training camp later this summer, per Joseph Person of The Athletic.
The Carolina Panthers knew they needed to address their historically bad defense heading into the offseason, and while they struck out on Milton Williams in free agency, they did make some other very notable additions that should be of big help in 2025.
When the legal tampering period opened to kick off free agency, the Carolina Panthers wasted no time getting down to the business of improving the worst defense in the NFL.
The Carolina Panthers have gone to great lengths to fix their run defense this offseason. They knew they were getting Derrick Brown back in 2025, but they also added Tershawn Wharton, Trevon Moehrig, Bobby Brown, and Christian Rozeboom in free agency to address the issue.
The Carolina Panthers were one of the worst teams in football at getting to the quarterback this past season, finishing with just 32 sacks. The Panthers
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The focus for the Panthers has shifted towards rebuilding a defense that allowed 31.4 points per game last season, the worst in the NFL. Carolina has taken steps to doing that so far this offseason.
When the Carolina Panthers inked defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton to a three-year, $45 million deal, they made a clear commitment to strengthening their defensive line.
Five-year veteran defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton signed a new contract with the Carolina Panthers. Wharton, a former undrafted free agent, spent the entirety of his professional career with the Kansas City Chiefs.
He is heading to Charlotte on a three-year, $54M deal that comes with $30M guaranteed, NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo tweets.
Tershawn Wharton became an underrated X-factor for the Chiefs' defense during his time in Kansas City. An undrafted free agent signing in 2020 from nearby Missouri S&T, Wharton grew to be an impactful piece against both the run and the pass.
His 6.5 sacks, seven tackles for loss and 667 snaps in the regular season were all career-highs, and he added two more sacks in the postseason.
In the past, Tershawn Wharton could be had for a song. One year later, the Kansas City Chiefs are going to have to fight off competing suitors for his services.
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Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton saved a young fan who fell from the stands after the game against the Carolina Panthers. The fan was looking to get gloves from Wharton before falling over the barrier.
A young Kansas City Chiefs fan made the trip to Carolina to be on hand to watch his favorite team play the Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday.
The Kansas City Chiefs, currently on their bye week after a strong 5-0 start, have once again been featured in the NFL’s weekly fine releases, this time it’s to defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton.
As the Kansas City Chiefs get set to return from their bye week, one player will be doing so with a bit less change in his pockets. Over the weekend, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reported that defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton is being fined for unnecessary roughness displayed during Week 5's win over the New Orleans Saints.
The NFL has fined Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Tershawn Wharton $11,817.00 for an unnecessary roughness penalty that he committed in Week 5 against the New Orleans Saints.
The Kansas City Chiefs' activity on the free agent market has been relatively quiet, but the club is reuniting with one of its in-house free agents on Thursday.
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