The Panthers were destined to look bad on Monday night — after all, it was a primetime game. Carolina’s propensity for laying goose eggs on the brightest stage has been a calling card of the franchise for the better part of 30 years, so why stop now? First you get mad about it, then you accept it, finally all you can do is laugh, but the frustration at seeing the offense continuously vacillate from world beaters to absolutely abysmal is simply nauseating.

Dave Canales offered cold comfort in the wake of another loss. It was more of the same from...

Every ounce of momentum the Carolina Panthers have generated this season has been met with a bone-jarring stop. That hurt all the more last night in their 20-9 loss to the San Francisco 49ers when the Panthers were presented with a gift wrapped and golden opportunity to win their first primetime game in two years and take the division lead over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in late November for the first time in ten years. A battered to hell and back offensive line, Bryce Young, and Dave Canales couldn’t score more than three points in the first half despite three...

Welp, with the Carolina Panthers dreams of a wildcard berth and actually making some noise in the post season quietly washing away last night, we’re back to our weekly ritual of acknowledging the team’s well-earned status as an underdog. This week they are favored to lose to the Los Angeles Rams, one of the best teams in professional football at this time.

Y’all, it’s not going to be pretty.

Week 13

Spread

Rams: -10.5 (-110)

Panthers: +10.5 (-110)

O/U

45.5 (-110/-110)

Moneyline

Rams: -750

Panthers: +530

Remember that home-field advantage is traditionally accounted for by spotting...

The Carolina Panthers and San Francisco 49ers played a mistake-filled game on Monday night, but if the Panthers were able to pull it out, they would lead the NFC South. That did not happen, and Carolina falls two games out of the wild card and a half-game back of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for first in the NFC South.

Carolina and Tampa play twice over the last three weeks of the season, so there is a very clear path to the division crown even if two of their remaining games are against the NFC-leading Rams and the strong Seattle Seahawks....

A first half so full of incompetence that it was entertaining eventually turned into a total stinker as the Carolina Panthers put out another dud in primetime. They lost to the 49ers, 20-9.

First Quarter

The Christian McCaffrey revenge game started with five straight touches for the former Panther. He ended up with nine touches on a long, methodical drive to open the game. The Panthers defense did a good job containing most plays to modest gains, but they couldn’t get the stop or force the mistake they needed to upend the drive. It was finally capped off a...

Welp, here were are folks. The Carolina Panthers are playing a big game with huge playoff implications the week of Thanksgiving. Literally, who would have guessed this ten weeks ago?

The 49ers are a good team who may be as injured as the Panthers are right now. Brock Purdy is back, but much of their defensive fire power will be watching from the sidelines. This could turn into a shoot out if Atlanta Bryce shows up, or a slaughter if he doesn’t.

Tonight could be great. I can’t promise it will be fun. What I can promise that it will...

The 6-5 Carolina Panthers are tied with the 6-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the win column. They trail by one game by their divisional records (2-1 compared to 2-0) and have an opportunity to take sole possession of the lead in the NFC South with a win over the San Francisco 49ers tonight. Does that make them the best team in the NFC South?

The short answer is: if they win tonight. The long answer depends on how four other questions are answered over the next six games. Let’s dive in.

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The Carolina Panthers can take the NFC South lead with a win on Monday night. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers suffered their third straight loss on Sunday night, opening the door for the Panthers.

The rest of the top three teams stayed the same in the playoff race, but the order changed. The Los Angeles Rams moved up with a win, the Philadelphia Eagles moved down with a loss, and the Chicago Bears stayed third with tier win.

In the wild card race, the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers both won. The San Francisco 49ers need to win in *Monday...

The Carolina Panthers are watching the NFL from the sidelines today as they prepare for tomorrow night’s Monday Night Football match up against the San Francisco 49ers. But that doesn’t mean we have nothing to root for today.

Somehow, the Panthers are in the mix for both a wildcard berth and the NFC South crown as we enter the last six weeks of the 2025 regular season. Rooting for the Rams against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is easy, but we’ve also got wildcard scenarios to imagine today. Carolina is in ninth place in the NFC and they need to reach...

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

The 6-5 Carolina Panthers have a golden opportunity to prove they’re for real as they travel to San Francisco to take on the 7-4 49ers on Monday Night Football. At this point in the season health and injuries often play a major role in which team wins and which team loses, and there are some big injury concerns this week for the Panthers.

Starting inside linebacker Christian Rozeboom left last week’s game with...

With a win over the Atlanta Falcons, back above .500, and fresh off a franchise-record setting performance by quarterback Bryce Young, the Carolina Panthers are nearing their season high in fan confidence once again. 84% of fans are confident in the direction of their favorite franchise in Week 12.

This is the fourth week that this survey has returned in the 80s and the ninth week over the 50% mark. For all that this number trends as a “did the Panthers win or lose” metric, we can say that most fans have mostly been optimistic about this team this season...