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The Carolina Panthers are leaving all the options on the table with how they handle their superstar quarterback Cam Newton’s right shoulder injury. It’s unknown what his timetable is going forward, but the team may need him to recover for another year. David Tepper, who purchased the Panthers last July for 2.275 billion dollars, said […]

According to Grant Gordon of NFL.com, Dallas Cowboys rookie linebacker Leighton Vander Esch is replacing Carolina Panthers Luke Kuechly due to injury. Vander Esch out of Boise State was drafted by the Cowboys with the 19th overall pick in last year’s draft. He was incredibly effective as a 4-3 outside linebacker for the team, totaling […]

The Carolina Panthers had a disappointing season again this year and owner David Tepper thinks a big reason was the health of Cam Newton’s shoulder. The Panthers started out their season 6-2 and they looked like a Super Bowl contender. That’s when the wheels fell off with the Panthers losing seven games in a row […]

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has had a roller coaster of a career. At one point, he was considered one of the best players in football. Now, he is almost an afterthought. However, in a poll conducted by The Athletic, players voted Newton as the league’s most underrating signal-caller, with the 2015 NFL MVP receiving […]

By and large, Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid is known in the NFL mostly for these two things: for being among the players who protested during the national anthem before games and for allegedly being used like a guinea pig by the league’s drug-testing committee. According to Reid, he’s been tested seven times in 11 […]

Carolina Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis announced Wednesday night that the Panthers informed him Monday they were going in “a different direction at the linebacker position” and would not be re-signing him. However, Davis says he’s not retiring and intends to keep playing in 2019. pic.twitter.com/hOOjzjvfWb — Thomas Davis (@ThomasDavisSDTM) January 10, 2019 “Carolina is going […]

The Carolina Panthers’ 15th ranked total defense seems to be going nowhere with no immediate change on the horizon. Head coach Ron Rivera will remain the defensive play caller for the 2019 season, according to the Charlotte Observer’s Jourdan Rodrigue. The NFC South is a rough division, and each team is trending up with their […]

Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid kept talking during the season about how he felt like he was being targeted with random drug testing. After a December 17th loss Reid claimed he was getting tested for the seventh time since joining the team and the NFLPA agreed they would look into it. In a joint statement […]

Former first-round pick Ha Ha Clinton-Dix is a free agent this offseason and Maurice Moton of Bleacher Report thinks that the Carolina Panthers should pursue him. Clinton-Dix started his career with the Green Bay Packers before being traded to the Washington Redskins before the October 30th trade deadline this season. The thought is that the […]

During the Week 17 matchup against their division rivals, the New Orleans Saints, Carolina Panthers’ running back Christian McCaffrey became just the third player in NFL history to have 1,500 rushing yards and 1,500 receiving yards in their first two seasons. He joins Herschel Walker and Alvin Kamara who reached the milestone earlier this season. […]

The last two seasons for Carolina Panthers star tight end Greg Olsen have been nothing short of frustrating, due to breaking his foot in each campaign. The pair of injuries have significantly limited his availability on the field, which has brought into question about whether the Panthers will keep him in the fold for the 2019 […]

The Carolina Panthers have officially placed quarterback Taylor Heinicke on injured reserve after suffering a left elbow injury in the Week 16 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Heinicke was named the start prior to last week’s game after the team chose to shut down star quarterback Cam Newton for the rest of the season. However, […]

The Carolina Panthers shut down quarterback Cam Newton for the final two games of the season due to shoulder issues, allowing second-year signal-caller Taylor Heinicke to take the reins. Well, now, the Panthers may need to dig deeper and use a third quarterback. Heinicke will be getting an MRI on his non-throwing elbow after injuring […]

The Carolina Panthers may rest running back Christian McCaffrey in their regular-season finale against the New Orleans Saints next weekend, according to Panthers beat writer Bill Voth. While nothing is set in stone yet, Panthers head coach Ron Rivera says the team “needs to be smart” and that it could be a good time “to […]

Atlanta Falcons punter Matt Bosher applied one of the biggest hits you will ever see by a punter on Sunday afternoon, drilling Carolina Panthers returner Kenjon Barner in the first half of the Falcons’ win. Afterward, Barner had some fun at his own expense, tweeting that Barner’s hit was “disrespectful”: @MattBosher5 this offseason I’m coming […]

The end may or may not be near for Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers. The 38-year old defender told David Newton of ESPN, “We’ll talk about that later,” when asked if this would be his last season. Peppers’ teammate, cornerback Captain Munnerlyn, isn’t sure that Peppers would want to go out on a bad […]

Carolina Panthers second-year running back Christian McCaffrey made history against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday afternoon, becoming only the third player in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards and catch 100 passes in the same season, according to NFL Research. McCaffrey joins former Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte and former San Diego Chargers […]

In spite of a disappointing 2018 campaign that will end without a playoff appearance, the Carolina Panthers are expected to keep Ron Rivera as their head coach, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The Panthers currently own a record of 6-8. They started the season 6-2 and looked primed to contend in the NFC, […]

Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid has been fined by the NFL for a hit he made during the Panthers’ loss to the New Orleans Saints on Monday night, according to The Associated Press. Here is the thing, though: Reid was not penalized for the hit during the game. Adding it to the file…1) Legal play […]

There are just two weeks remaining in the NFL regular season. That means playoff seeding and the teams who will play in the playoffs will be decided very shortly. Plenty of teams around the league are playing in must-win games to end the year. In Week 16, we have a couple of marquee matchups to […]

The Carolina Panthers came into the season with hopes and dreams of making a run to the Super Bowl. Spirits were high in Carolina when the team started out 6-2, but since then, the Panthers have not won a game. They are on a six-game losing streak with the most recent loss coming at home […]

Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera believes that tight end Greg Olsen will return to the field for the 2019 season. Olsen has dealt with injury issues over the past few years and most recently suffered a ruptured plantar fascia that will keep him sidelined for the rest of the season. So, with the veteran […]

Drug testing is supposed to be random in the NFL but for Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid it seems like he could be being targeted and coach Ron Rivera has caught on. Reid was signed after the season started and has only played in 11 games and according to Reid he has been tested after […]

In the wake of news that the Carolina Panthers are shutting down quarterback Cam Newton for the final two games of the regular season due to shoulder issues, Fox Sports analyst Jason Whitlock feels that the Panthers should begin preparing for life after Newton. "The Panthers should start preparing for life after Cam Newton." —@WhitlockJason […]

Linebacker Thomas Davis has spent his entire 14-year career with the Carolina Panthers. However, with impending free agency approaching, Davis isn’t sure of what the future holds in Carolina, according to Max Henson of the Panthers’ official team website. “If it’s up to me, it’s not,” Davis said when asked if this weekend’s matchup against […]

The Carolina Panthers have made the decision to shut down star quarterback Cam Newton for the rest of the season due to a nagging shoulder injury. This is something that has been lingering for the last few weeks that had heavily impacted his ability to throw the ball down the field effectively. In fact, this […]

Carolina Panthers linebacker Shaq Thompson has officially been placed on injured reserve due to an ongoing shoulder injury. Thompson has apparently been dealing with the shoulder issues throughout the season, but that hasn’t stopped him from playing in every game to this point in the season. The former Washington star has been played a considerable […]

In the last several weeks, the health of Carolina Panthers star quarterback Cam Newton has become a prominent topic of conversation around him and the organization. This is even more the case with Newton being shut down for the final two games of the regular season due to a nagging shoulder injury. It is a […]

In his second season in the league, Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey has been putting together a career-best campaign that has put among the most productive players at his position. However, it didn’t result in a selection to the Pro Bowl out of the NFC as the likes of Los Angeles Rams’ Todd Gurley, […]

With their playoff hopes dwindling, their quarterback ailing, and the burden of a long losing streak bearing down on them, the Carolina Panthers appear ready to concede the 2018 season. Head coach Ron Rivera confirmed on Wednesday that Cam Newton would be shut down for the final two games of the season with a right […]

Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey is close to achieving a feat that only two other players in NFL history have accomplished before, according to Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk. McCaffrey currently owns 979 rushing yards and 94 receptions on the season. If he ends up with 1,000 yards and 100 catches, he […]

Carolina Panthers center Ryan Kalil feels that the team did the right thing by shutting down star quarterback Cam Newton for rest of the 2018 season. Newton has been dealing with a shoulder issue for a while now, and it’s been more than obvious during Carolina’s current six-game losing streak. So, with the Panthers now […]

The Carolina Panthers appear to be leaning towards shutting quarterback Cam Newton down while he is clearly suffering from an injury to his throwing shoulder. Sources: #Panthers are expected to sit Cam Newton (shoulder) now that they are out of the playoff race and Taylor Heinicke is believed to be starting Sunday vs. the #Falcons. […]

Fox Sports personality Colin Cowherd has an interesting comparison when it comes to the issues surrounding Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers. The Panthers suffered their sixth straight loss on Monday night in a 12-9 defeat to the New Orleans Saints, which is quite the development after the team started 6-2 on the season. Of […]

The Carolina Panthers, after losing a close one to the New Orleans Saints by a score of 12-9, have lost six straight games. Cam Newton’s pettiness by wearing cleats with brooms on them did not do much for the Panthers offensively, as they settled for three field goals. This losing streak once again puts Ron […]

Safety Eric Reid joined the Carolina Panthers this season. He has already been drug tested seven times. After his team’s loss to the New Orleans Saints on Monday night, Reid received a notice that he had been chosen for random drug testing. Reid doesn’t seem to think it’s so random: https://www.instagram.com/p/Brg_8NfgcOo/?utm_source=ig_embed The notice came on […]

The Carolina Panthers saw their playoff hopes take a significant blow after Monday’s loss to the New Orleans Saints that have put them on the brink of elimination heading into the final two games of the regular season. It has also put into question head coach Ron Rivera’s job security beyond this campaign given how […]

The Carolina Panthers saw their playoff chances take another significant hit on Monday night after suffering a disappointing 12-9 loss to the New Orleans Saints. This has now put into question the availability of star quarterback Cam Newton for the final two games of the season due to his play continues to be impacted by his shoulder […]

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton has struggled this year and although he doesn’t want to admit it, it’s clear his shoulder injury has bothered him more than he has led on. He hasn’t aired the ball out as much this year and on a couple of hail marys at the end of a couple of […]