The Carolina Panthers are are off today, hopefully getting healthier during their late and well-earned bye week. Somehow, that has left us with more games to watch in which we, as Panthers fans, have an active rooting interest in.

Just this morning I posted a playoff rooting guide using the “Carolina Panthers playoffs” tag unironically for the first time in years. Check it out to justify why we’re all rooting for the Saints today then come back here to commiserate on the sad state of things that requires us to wish well to that sorry franchise.

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The Carolina Panthers are in the driver’s seat of their own December playoff dreams for the first time since 2017. The path won’t be easy, but the simple mantra of “win and you’re in” holds true for the Panthers. If they win out then will take the NFC South title and a home playoff game. They even have some wiggle room for a loss or two depending on how the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and a handful of wildcard teams perform in the coming weeks.

That’s all possible because of last week’s upset win against the Los Angeles Rams, the then-one...

The Carolina Panthers are in the relatively new position of having to pay attention to their own path(s?!) to the NFL playoffs as they prepare to play meaningful December football for the first time in years. At 7-6, the Panthers are second in the NFC South—behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by half a game—and fifth place in the wildcard race—there are only three wildcard berths. Here is the NFC playoff picture as of this morning:

NFC Playoff Picture

Division leaders

1. Chicago Bears, 9-3
2. Los Angeles Rams, 9-3
3. Philadelphia Eagles, 8-4
4. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 7-5...

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On Thursday, we looked back at what has gone well and what has gone poorly for the offense. The up-and-down nature of the season has given us plenty to look at on both sides of that conversation. It’s made it impossible to predict what is going to happen on any given week. After exploding against the Falcons, most people expected at least a competent performance on Monday Night Football. Instead, the Panthers had one of their worst offensive performances of the season. Naturally that was going to be followed by a blowout loss to the Rams, but instead the Panthers...

The Carolina Panthers front office is busy throughout the season with transactions, roster moves, and injury updates. Here’s what’s happening at Mint Street this week.

Injuries

With the Panthers entering a bye week, there’s little to report on the injury front, which is a good thing. Guard Chandler Zavala (elbow) and running back Rico Dowdle (quad) didn’t practice on Wednesday, but those were the only two absences of note.

Transactions

Re-signed CB Kalen King to the practice squad

There is only one transaction of note as of publication during the Panthers bye week, and that’s the re-signing of...

Hello CSR! I recently broke down the whirlwind of a 2025 season for the Carolina Panthers defense, and while there were certainly bumps and bruises along the way, it seems Dan Morgan and his front office have laid a solid groundwork to continue building a quality unit. Sure, the pieces they’ve assembled have played vastly above the sum of their parts on paper, but what’s become clear in the last 13 weeks of football is simple; there is a plan and vision in place for this group. So, we broke down what they’ve done so far, but where do they...

The Carolina Panthers have no game to preview this week, so we’ll instead use this space to review what they’ve done on the offensive side of the ball this season. It has been one of the most curious and unpredictable units in the entire league. They’ve had games where they look like they could hang with anyone, but they’ve had more than their fair share of total duds.

The Good

It hasn’t been linear by any means, but the offense has been generally trending up over the last few weeks. It’s been doing so in a sustainable manner as...

Hello CSR! Its the bye week, meaning the Panthers do not have a matchup to break down this week. However, that means its a perfect time to do some self reflecting. I’ve brought you the defensive previews each week, and things have changed significantly since the start of the season, sometimes even on a week to week basis. They’ve managed to improve from league worst in 2024 to about middle of the pack in 2025, ranked as the 16th defense in points per game, 18th in yards per game, 14th in red zone scoring percentage, 19th in rushing yards per...

Even though the 2025 NFL season just started, it’s never too early to look ahead toward the 2026 NFL Draft. This weekly series will take a closer look at some of the prospects the Carolina Panthers could select in the 2026 iteration of the Draft. In this series, we’ll only be looking at prospects the Panthers could seriously consider. This week our profile will focus on Ohio State Buckeyes linebacker Sonny Styles

Bio

Styles’ father, Lorenzo, played six seasons in the NFL, including a Super Bowl win with the Rams, so Sonny definitely has football in his blood. He...

The Carolina Panthers met the expectations of the vast majority of their fans for the 2025 season before their bye week. Now, with four games left to play on the season, they have the opportunity to exceed them.

Unless the Panthers lose to the hapless New Orleans Saints next week, we’re going to spend the majority of December discussing their ability and chances to challenge the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the NFC South crown.

With that in mind, and in addition to our standard confidence question, we’re asking for your win total prediction for the Panthers. This will be the...

At this point, there is not much left to be said that describes the up and down nature of the Carolina Panthers 2025 season.

By almost any metric, any point of view, any anything – the Panthers should not have won this game. The Los Angeles Rams came in Sunday looking like the most formidable team in the NFL. A juggernaut with a chokehold on the top spot on most power rankings. Coming in to face a floundering Panthers squad that was down arguably 2 of their best 3 defensive players in Jaycee Horn and Tre’Von Moehrig. Not to mention...