An embarrassingly incompetent offensive performance doomed the Carolina Panthers in a loss to the New Orleans Saints.

First Quarter

The Panthers got the ball first and moved the ball down the field pretty easily, especially through the air. It looked like the drive was going to short circuit in Saints territory when Bryce Young inexplicably threw the ball into triple coverage in the middle of the field. He was bailed out by a roughing penalty since he got slapped in the head. A couple plays later, Rico Dowdle punched in the first points of the game.

The defense nearly...

Much has been made about the Carolina Panthers having a winning record again this season. For the first time in living memory they are above .500 and facing a weak opponent. Of course, that means more than a few of us are expecting the team to fall flat on their faces today when they host the New Orleans Saints at Bank of America Stadium. It’s not that we think the Panthers should lose, it’s that we’re a few years away from expecting good things to happen.

That said, most fans are fairly optimistic today about the state and direction of...

The 5-4 Carolina Panthers have presented their fans with a novel conundrum: how to handle limited success. We’re experienced of late in divining the faintest of moral victories, in predicting future success, and expecting the sky to fall even when it is already on the ground. A positive record built on a repeatable offensive identity, a surprisingly improved defense, and a head coach who feels like he is being honest with the public? That’s new. So new, in fact, that Panthers fans who were born after the last time the Panthers showed a semblance of that are now in the...

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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.

Injury Report

The Panthers injury report is pretty clean this week. The most notable player listed as “out” is guard Chandler Zavala with an elbow injury. His absence will continue the carousel of new faces along the Panthers offensive line.

Two wide receivers are showing as questionable in rookie sensation Tetairoa McMillan and second-year free agent Brycen Tremayne. McMillan popped up unexpectedly on the injury report on Friday as a limited participant in practice,...

Now that the Super Bowl favorite* Carolina Panthers are expected to easily—almost effortlessly—expand their winning record against the New Orleans Saints (up to -5.5 favorites on FanDuel this morning), I thought it would be gracious to allow a fan of the 1-8 Saints to explain their situation from their perspective. To that end, Nic Jennings of Canal Street Chronicles was most cooperative.

All jokes aside, the Saints a struggling team who just sold off what little value remained on their team at the trade deadline. They are competing with the New York Jets for the first overall pick more than...

Hello CSR! Welcome to Brian Answers, part two of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! You all came in spades with a variety of questions this week, and I think the fanbase as a whole is a buzz with the possibility of actually playing meaningful football in late November/early December. We’ll see how long that lasts, but I am delighted with the participation week to week as we unwrap what exactly this team is. Let’s dive into your questions from this week!

TLGPanthersFan: Panters Gahnta Super Bowl?

I’m not betting on it right now, but the Panthers are certainly...

The Carolina Panthers are riding high right now. They’ve won four of their last five games in total and are a on a four game winning streak when Bryce Young is the starting quarterback (we’ll ignore that the game he missed would’ve still be very losable had Young started). The last win of the streak was the most impressive with the Panthers defeating the Packers in Lambeau Field despite entering the game as two touchdown underdogs.

That string of positive results does not mean everything is hunky dory in Panthers land. After some scintillating performances against the groups of tackling...

Hello CSR! We’re onto the next game as the Panthers will welcome the 1-8 New Orleans Saints to Charlotte for part one of their annual NFC South two-game-tilt. The Panthers are coming off their biggest win of the season, as their defense managed to hold a very good Packers offense to only 13 points in their home stadium. Meanwhile, the Saints are coming off a 34-10 beat down by the Rams where their offense struggled to run the football and the leading receiver from the day Rashid Shaheed has since been traded. Rookie 2nd round pick Tyler Shough has taken...

The Carolina Panthers are on a four-game winning streak, from a certain point of view. Bryce Young, who missed the Week 8 loss against the Buffalo Bills, has won four consecutive starts, including two semi-straight on the road. All five of the Panthers wins this season came in the last seven games, including six of those last seven with Young under center. While we haven’t been impressed with his performances yet in any of those wins, we do have to give credit where it is due: the Panthers are better with him than without him right now.

All of this...

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 LSU Tigers cornerback Mansoor Delane.

Bio

Hailing from Silver Springs, MD, Delane actually spent the first three seasons of his collegiate career at Virginia Tech, immediately becoming an impact player as a true...

The Carolina Panthers are 5-4 and coming off a road win over the Green Bay Packers. It’s a place no one would have reasonably expected this group to be, and the fan base is rightfully feeling really good about the direction of the team. However, all of the good vibes are hiding an elephant in the room that has been growing larger and larger—the quarterback is simply not good enough if the team wants to be genuinely competitive.

Bryce Young had a brutal rookie year in which his circumstances let him down. His second year was significantly better, especially in...