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Folks, it’s not that simple. One game doesn’t change a career path. Yes, Bryce Young impressed Baker Mayfield, but he still didn’t show enough grit to get on a fumble. And Young’s outing for the Carolina Panthers versus the Buccaneers didn’t prove he’s the team’s quarterback of the future. First, let’s start with the best […]

It hasn’t even been two years since the Carolina Panthers made an aggressive move to trade up in the 2023 NFL Draft in order to select Alabama quarterback Bryce Young with the 1st overall pick, and the franchise has already been through the ringer with the young QB. Young had a disastrous rookie season, was […]

The Carolina Panthers have fallen to 3-8 after their Week 12 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, though Bryce Young kept things interesting all the way to a last-second 30-27 loss. Despite the loss, the top pick of the 2023 Draft finished 21-35 with 263 yards and a touchdown, which may have cemented his position as […]

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are not having the 2024 season that they originally hoped for. Tampa Bay is 5-6 heading into Week 13 and is only one game back in the NFC South division standings. The Buccaneers will need to go on a winning streak if they want to make the postseason. They just got […]

Despite the 30-27 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young earned the respect of his coaching staff and players by showing his talents on the field. As there will continue to be questions if Young is the future of the Panthers, head coach Dave Canales spoke about how he was impressed […]

Head coach Todd Bowles and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face the Carolina Panthers for the first time this season in Week 13. Panthers head coach Dave Canales came within three points of taking down the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 12, and that near victory would’ve put Carolina on a three-game win streak. In […]

The Carolina Panthers went toe-to-toe with the Kansas City Chiefs in a surprisingly suspenseful Week 12 matchup. Ultimately, the Chiefs thwarted Carolina’s fourth-quarter comeback, improving to 10-1 on the season. While the Panthers showed signs of improvement, the team lost Ja’Tavion Sanders to a frightening injury during the game. Fortunately, Carolina received positive news about […]

Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young is a full go for the team’s upcoming matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as was announced by head coach Dave Canales in one of his most recent press conferences. Young was touch and go there for a little while, but he has since settled into a quarterback who looks […]

The Carolina Panthers have not had a great 2024 campaign. Carolina now has a record of 3-8 after losing a close game against the Chiefs on Sunday. The Panthers were in the game until the final seconds and came very close to getting a signature win against one of the NFL’s best teams. Panthers QB […]

The Carolina Panthers will be getting one of their key offensive players on the field against the Kansas City Chiefs, as Jonathon Brooks is set to make his season debut. Brooks has not played since tearing his ACL in his final season at Texas. At practice, head coach Dave Canales had a few words to […]

Following their second consecutive win, Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales dropped an update about running backs Chuba Hubbard and Miles Sanders, according to David Newton of ESPN. “Panthers coach Dave Canales says running back Chuba Hubbard “is good to go.’ Says Miles Sanders is ankle/foot and he’ll have a timeline for any potential time […]

The Carolina Panthers’ flight to Germany paid off, as they came away with a 20-17 overtime victory over the New York Giants. In the victory, Bryce Young continued to show head coach Dave Canales why he deserves to remain under center. Young completed 15-of-25 passes for 126 yards and a touchdown. His numbers may not […]

Panthers wide receiver Adam Thielen is facing a season-long shutdown after a concerning Week 10 status reveal. The news comes during a very frustrating year for Carolina under first-year head coach Dave Canales. Plagued by a ton of quarterback uncertainty between starter Bryce Young and backup Andy Dalton, the Panthers now sit toward the bottom […]

With Bryce Young set to start this Sunday for the Carolina Panthers, general manager Dan Morgan spoke to the media about the state of the team along with their commitment to the former No. 1 overall pick. Before the Panthers take on the New York Giants, Morgan would also touch on the trade market for […]

Bryce Young said he’s not frustrated with Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales. And the Panthers aren’t expected to trade Young. But Canales hasn’t named Young as QB1, and he gave a reason for it, according to a post on X by Joe Person. “Dave Canales concedes that gamesmanship — not giving the Giants a […]

The Carolina Panthers captured their second win on Sunday, defeating their divisional rivals from New Orleans 23-22. Head coach Dave Canales and his team move into third place in the NFC South, while the Saints fall to last. The loss was the seventh in a row for head coach Dennis Allen and the visitors, a […]

The Carolina Panthers won their second game of the season Sunday, defeating the New Orleans Saints 23-22 in an NFC South Divisional matchup. The win was keyed by the play of quarterback Bryce Young, the 2023 NFL Draft first overall pick. Young led the game-winning drive, which was capped off by running back Chuba Hubbard’s […]

With Bryce Young back under center, the Carolina Panthers earned a narrow 23-22 victory over the New Orleans Saints in Week 9. However, head coach Dave Canales didn’t confirm if that would be the status quo moving forward. Instead, Canales said he plans to watch the film and get all his ducks in a row […]

The Carolina Panthers have had a brutal first half of the 2024 NFL season. Carolina lost again on Sunday against the Broncos, extending their losing streak to five straight games. Bryce Young made his return as the starting QB and did not look great, prompting many to wonder if Andy Dalton will return to the […]

The NFL trade deadline often leads to odd and vague answers to be given to relatively simple questions. When Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales was asked if limiting wide receiver Diontae Johnson was related to the trade deadline, he gave reporters a cryptic, long-winded response, per Joe Person of The Athletic. “Those are all conversations that […]

Since turning the keys over from Bryce Young to Andy Dalton, the Carolina Panthers have been among the worst teams in the NFL. They’ve lost four of five, rank bottom-10 in every major offensive and defensive category, and currently hold a point differential of -133, which feels borderline impossible through seven games. … what? How […]

The options for new Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales are already getting thin, and it’s only Week 6 in the NFL. The first-year coach has already replaced his starting quarterback, Bryce Young, the No. 1 overall pick in last year’s NFL Draft, with veteran Andy Dalton. Dalton looks to be a short answer to […]

Dave Canales put Bryce Young in for clean-up duty during Week 5. The final minutes of the Carolina Panthers’ 36-10 defeat to the Chicago Bears provided the first glimpse of Young on the field since his benching three weeks ago. In the closing minutes of Sunday’s loss to the Bears, Canales assumed the role of […]

The Carolina Panthers dropped to 1-4 on the season after losing to the Chicago Bears in Week 5, 36-10. At the end of the blowout, tensions boiled over as several Panthers defenders and Bears offensive linemen threw punches at each other. As a result, Carolina cornerback Jaycee Horn and Chicago offensive tackle Matt Pryor each […]

When Adam Schefter sent it out into the ether on The Pat McAfee Show that Panthers wide receiver Diontae Johnson might be placed on the block should the Carolina continue to struggle because “he’s going to leave Carolina after this year anyway,” it turned heads around the NFL world. Suddenly, teams like the Kansas City […]

They say a quarterback can change a franchise’s trajectory for a season. Bryce Young, the Carolina Panthers’ No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft, was supposed to be that difference-maker. But after 19 starts, he was benched in favor of veteran backup Andy Dalton. Dalton did on Sunday what Young has only accomplished […]

The Carolina Panthers truly cannot have it all. Dave Canales has finally found the quarterback who could run their offense in Andy Dalton and won over the Las Vegas Raiders. However, they will have to adjust quite a lot come their Week 4 matchup. A lot of it largely has to do with Adam Thielen […]

The Carolina Panthers got their season back on track on Sunday, blowing out the Las Vegas Raiders 36-22 on the road. Of course, it was the Panthers’ first game with Andy Dalton starting at quarterback for Bryce Young, who was benched after just two games. Sunday’s win marked a complete reversal from the dismal Panthers […]

The Carolina Panthers have had quite a week. Just one week after benching Bryce Young and causing a week of controversy, the Panthers have their first win of the season. Carolina thoroughly beat Las Vegas on Sunday in a 36-22 victory that they controlled wire to wire. Panthers head coach Dave Canales gave an epic […]

The Carolina Panthers finally have an entry in the win column. It took a tough call from Dave Canales to bench Bryce Young and have Andy Dalton start but they did it. This win against the Antonio Pierce-led Las Vegas Raiders now puts them at a 1-2 record for the regular season. It might have […]

Despite struggling mightily over the first two games of the 2024 season, Carolina Panthers head coach Dave Canales committed to second-year signal caller Bryce Young for Week 3. After publicly endorsing Young as the Panthers’ starting quarterback, Canales made an unexpected pivot and benched Young in favor of veteran QB Andy Dalton. Canales declined to […]

Following another loss for the Carolina Panthers, they made a sudden decision. The Panthers benched starting quarterback Bryce Young for backup and veteran signal-caller Andy Dalton. Hall-of-Fame quarterback Kurt Warner was honest about the benching on the Pat McAfee Show. “It’s a tough situation to get benched at any point of your career but Bryce […]

The Carolina Panthers signed Andy Dalton in 2023 to help Bryce Young develop. However, after Young was officially benched, Dalton told reporters that he was surprised head coach Dave Canales had elected to switch quarterbacks. With the change under center, Dalton looks forward to being back on the field as a starter. “I’m really excited for […]

The Carolina Panthers have had a dreadful start to the 2024 season. Carolina lost two straight games, losing to New Orleans in Week 1 and the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 2. Now the Panthers have benched Bryce Young, which is causing quite the stir around Carolina. Former NFL QB Chase Daniel shared his thoughts […]

Well, that didn’t last long. The Carolina Panthers are benching their quarterback Bryce Young, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft. But, why? The full context of the Panthers’ decision was provided by NFL insider Ian Rapoport. “After [head coach] Dave Canales watched the film, same as anyone watching the game, the […]

The Carolina Panthers will bench second-year quarterback Bryce Young after an ugly 26-3 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. Despite Pathers head coach Dave Canales naming Young as his Week 3 starter after Sunday’s defeat, many wonder if Panthers owner David Tepper played a role in the Panthers benching Young less than 24 hours later, […]

After a brutal start to the 2024 season, Bryce Young and the Carolina Panthers might want to adjust their strategy. ESPN analyst Domonique Foxworth expressed concern about how these big losses and poor performances could derail the young quarterback’s career. “I feel like after last season, he didn’t have much confidence, and then he came […]

A team-wide failure by the Carolina Panthers resulted in a Week 1 47-10 blowout and laid bare a roster full of disappointment. They had no answers for the New Orleans Saints, who dominated in all three phases. Panthers head coach Dave Canales was candid in his criticism and didn’t mince words when speaking of his […]

The Panthers were the laughing stock of the NFL last season, finishing with the worst record in the NFL at 2-15. To make matters worse, they didn’t even get to make the No. 1 overall pick after trading it to move up for Bryce Young in the previous year’s draft. Unfortunately for Carolina, they picked […]