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The Carolina Panthers now know how it feels when ‘close’ stops being good enough. The Panthers did not limp into relevance in 2025. They announced themselves. For a franchise that has spent years searching for direction, last season finally felt like a turning point. That said, the Wild Card loss to the Los Angeles Rams […]

The Carolina Panthers had reasons to be happy about their playoff performance, but, of course, someone has to take the blame for the loss. Looking forward, here are the Panthers’ top free-agent targets after their crushing playoff loss to the Rams. It was a hard-to-take 34-31 setback, where the Panthers held the lead until the final […]

Momentum has built for the Carolina Panthers, but the margin for error is gone. They enter the 2026 NFL Draft at an interesting position. They are close enough to believe but flawed enough to fall short. The 2025 season proved that the offense can win games and that the foundation around Bryce Young is real. […]

The Carolina Panthers now face coaching staff attrition after falling to the Los Angeles Rams. Head coach Dave Canales is now facing losing Ejiro Evero to the Las Vegas Raiders or Atlanta Falcons. Evero’s name surfaced on the head coaching radar of both franchises nearly 24 hours after the NFL Playoffs loss. ESPN NFL insiders […]

Ikem Ekwonu suffered a serious knee injury in the first quarter of the Carolina Panthers’ 34-31 playoff loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. On Sunday, it was announced that he must undergo surgery. The decision to undergo surgery for his ruptured patellar tendon threatens Ekwonu’s availability for the Panthers’ 2026-27 campaign, according to ESPN’s Adam […]

On Saturday afternoon, the Carolina Panthers’ 2025 season came to an end with a crushing home loss to the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card round of the NFL playoffs. The Panthers kept things much closer than many pundits expected, having backdoored their way into the playoffs via winning the putrid NFC South with […]

The Carolina Panthers’ season has come to a close after their 34-31 Wild Card Round loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Now, the Panthers have a crucial decision to make on Rico Dowdle. The running back is set to hit free agency. Carolina may not have the upper hand in negotiations based off of Dowdle’s […]

The Carolina Panthers almost got it done against the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday evening. In what could have been the second win against the Rams this season, Matthew Stafford led a game-winning drive to silence any hope that Carolina had. The Panthers surprised everyone this season and have proven to be one of the […]

The Carolina Panthers dropped a Wild Card game on Saturday to the Los Angeles Rams, 34-31. It was a thriller that featured several lead changes. Following the game, Panthers rookie wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan thanked former Carolina players who supported him and his squad, including Cam Newton. “All the legends were coming out tonight, they […]

The Carolina Panthers learned the harshest January lesson of all: being brave isn’t enough if you can’t be clean. They were 38 seconds away from rewriting the arc of their season and maybe their future. Instead, the cold truth of playoff football hit hard. In a game they won’t soon forget, the Panthers didn’t lose […]

The Carolina Panthers fell just short of a stunning playoff upset on Saturday, losing 34-31 to the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Wild Card round. While the defeat will linger, the night also delivered a powerful reminder of what the Panthers may have uncovered in wide receiver Jalen Coker. For much of the season, […]

The Carolina Panthers had the NFL world believing the Los Angeles Rams would torch them. L.A. came out firing early on, but Bryce Young handed the heavily favored Rams a scare. The NFC South champs and L.A. exchanged leads late — four in total during the fourth quarter. Carolina still took the 34-31 loss Saturday, […]

The Carolina Panthers suffered heartbreak in the NFL Playoffs after falling 34-31 to the Los Angeles Rams in the NFC Wild Card Round on Saturday night. Going into the matchup, Carolina exceeded expectations throughout the regular season. Despite finishing with an 8-9 record, it was still enough to win the NFC South Division title. They […]

The Carolina Panthers were on the cusp of pulling off an improbable upset against the heavily favored Los Angeles Rams in Saturday’s Wild Card clash. Carolina took a 31-27 lead with under three minutes remaining. But Los Angeles answered with a seven-play, 71-yard season-saving drive. And Matthew Stafford delivered the game-winning touchdown to Colby Parkinson. […]

The Carolina Panthers’ season-ending loss to the Los Angeles Rams may have carried consequences that extend well beyond the final score. During Saturday’s 34-31 wild-card defeat, Carolina lost one of its most important foundational pieces when left tackle Ikem Ekwonu exited early with a knee injury that immediately raised alarm inside the organization. After the […]

The Carolina Panthers and their fans will mourn Saturday’s 34-31 loss to the Los Angeles Rams for a while, but when the playoff heartbreak subsides, they should be able to appreciate an important development that came out of this hard-fought NFC Wild Card matchup. Jalen Coker posted the best game of his young NFL career. […]

Carolina Panthers cornerback Jaycee Horn exited Saturday’s playoff game versus the Los Angeles Rams after colliding with wide receiver Puka Nacua. Considering that the Cats were on the precipice of upsetting MVP candidate Matthew Stafford and one of the favorites to win the NFC, his status was vitally important. He went into the blue medical […]

Although Bryce Young has made progress in his third NFL season, he has yet to quell all doubts about his ability to be the Carolina Panthers’ franchise quarterback. However, he might be earning some additional supporters in Saturday’s NFC Wild Card face-off with the Los Angeles Rams. Despite tossing a brutal interception, the former No. […]

The Carolina Panthers are hosting the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card round. It’s Carolina’s first home playoff game since the team reached the Super Bowl in 2015. Panthers fans are hyped for the matchup against the heavily favored Rams. But Carolina quickly ran into trouble. Los Angeles jumped out to an early lead […]

The Carolina Panthers’ first playoff appearance since 2017 has not gotten off to the best start. After it seemed like Bryce Young finally had the offense going, Trevor Etienne killed what little momentum the Panthers had with an inexcusable special teams blunder. Etienne, the Panthers’ punt returner, signaled for a fair catch on an Ethan […]

After a scoreless first quarter, Chuba Hubbard finally has the Carolina Panthers on the board. The fifth-year running back punched in a short score in the second frame to keep the Panthers’ upset bid against the Los Angeles Rams alive. The Panthers busted on each of their first three offensive possessions, which put them in […]

If the Carolina Panthers are going to upset the Los Angeles Rams in Saturday’s NFC Wild Card game, they likely need quarterback Bryce Young to play at a high level. The odds of that happening are obviously much greater if he receives ample protection. Returning right guard Robert Hunt, who has been sidelined since suffering […]

Despite finishing the season with an 8-9 record, the Carolina Panthers won the NFC South and earned the right to host a playoff game in the Wild Card round. Carolina opened the 2025-2026 postseason at Bank of America Stadium against the visiting Los Angeles Rams. The Panthers are looking for their first playoff win since […]

The Carolina Panthers are trying to shock the world and pull off a playoff victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday. Unfortunately, the offense may have suffered a huge loss early in the contest after Ikem Ekwonu was forced to exit with a leg injury. Ekwonu, who is a 25-year-old left tackle, sustained an […]

The Carolina Panthers step into the NFL Playoffs with Bryce Young under center, a looming fifth-year decision, and a Wild Card clash with the Los Angeles Rams now set for a bright January stage. Along the way, the Panthers clinched the NFC South at 8–9, slid in on a two-game skid, and still found a […]

The Carolina Panthers won the NFC South and clinched a playoff spot with an 8-9 record, making the postseason for the first time since 2017. Not everyone is sold on their run, but safety Nick Scott made it clear the team does not care how it looks from the outside. “As hard as we fight, […]

The Carolina Panthers are preparing to host the NFC Wild Card game on Saturday afternoon. They face a stiff test against the heavily-favored Los Angeles Rams. It goes without saying that the Panthers will need quite a bit to go their way if they want to pull off the upset. But on the eve of […]

The Carolina Panthers are officially the NFC’s No. 4 seed in the NFL Playoffs, playing in their first Wild Card game since the 2017 season. The Panthers were +135 underdogs to make the playoffs this year and following a string of Week 18 results that worked in their favor, they managed to secure the NFC […]

The Carolina Panthers are gearing up for their first playoff game since the 2017 season this weekend. Carolina won the NFC South after Atlanta pulled off a thriller against New Orleans in Week 18. The Panthers now have their first division title since the Cam Newton years and are feeling hyped ahead of the playoffs. […]

Who cares if the Carolina Panthers backed into the playoffs? Head coach Dave Canales isn’t worried about his team’s record. And since the Panthers pulled off the upset the first time against the Rams, here are three reasons that can do it again. Let’s be honest about this situation. The Panthers are a big underdog. […]

One of the most surprising developments of the 2025 season was the rise of the Carolina Panthers in the NFC South Division. The Panthers may not have had a winning record at 8-9, but it was good enough to win the division title. They had the same record as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the […]

The Carolina Panthers are getting ready to see action for their first game in the NFL playoffs since the 2017 season — and their first home postseason game in a decade. To give the team a nice boost for its NFC Wild Card Round showdown against the Los Angeles Rams this coming Saturday at Bank […]

The regular season is in the books, and now it’s playoff time! Before turning our attention to the postseason, it’s time to take a last look at a Week 18 slate that had a couple of consequential results mixed in with a lot of slop. On Saturday, the Panthers and Buccaneers played football (more on […]

Despite the controversial loss to the Buccaneers, Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales didn’t blame the referees. And he was pleased that his team was still in the playoffs. Furthermore, the team made a move at the wide receiver position ahead of the Wild Card game against the Rams. The Panthers dropped a veteran and […]

The Carolina Panthers, despite losing a heartbreaker to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday, won the NFC South. Despite an 8-9 record, they will host an NFC Wild Card game against the Los Angeles Rams. The fourth-seeded Panthers were installed as 10.5-point underdogs in Vegas, a number not often seen by road teams in the […]

The NFL Playoffs are just six days away, with the AFC and NFC Wild Card Weekend schedule set in place. As announced on Sunday Night Football, the Los Angeles Rams and Carolina Panthers will open the postseason at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday. The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears follow that up with […]

The Carolina Panthers pulled off a rare NFL Playoffs moment Sunday. Rare that a team loses its chance to clinch an outright division title, yet still win the division the following day. The Atlanta Falcons handed Carolina the NFC South by beating the New Orleans Saints. Atlanta’s win comes nearly 24 hours after the Panthers […]

On Sunday, the Carolina Panthers had everything on the line even though they were not playing, having lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a close game on Saturday afternoon. Still, the Panthers needed the Atlanta Falcons to defeat the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, which would give the Falcons, Panthers, and Buccaneers a three-way […]

For nearly four months, the Carolina Panthers fought their way from afterthought to contender. They turned the NFC South into a legitimate race and put themselves in position to clinch a division crown in the season’s final week. All they needed was one more composed, disciplined performance. Instead, under sheets of rain and rising pressure, […]