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.

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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...

The Carolina Panthers came into Sunday with a defined set of win conditions and a game plan tailor-made to put the team in the best place to win versus the Green Bay Packers. As the saying goes: ‘Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”. Turns out the Panthers were the ones doing the punching.

Based on the aggressiveness of their offense, the Packers thought they were going to win the game by at least 2 touchdowns like the oddsmakers predicted. Drive after drive, the Packers attacked the Panthers vertically down the field. They even had some...

At 5-4 and firmly in the hunt, for the moment, for a playoff berth, the 2025 Carolina Panthers are ahead of schedule. That makes the pressure of today’s 4:00 PM ET trade deadline all the more attractive. General manager Dan Morgan and head coach Dave Canales were hired to fix one of the worst teams in the NFL. It was viewed internally as a three year job, and we aren’t at the end of the second year yet. How much closer could they be to having a truly competitive team if they just ponied up some future assets to pick...

Hello CSR! Welcome to Ask Brian (trying out a new title due to feedback), part one of your weekly Panthers fan mail bag for everyone! The Panthers are coming off a huge upset over the Green Bay Packers, with rookie kicker Ryan Fitzgerald nailing the game winner as time expired. Bryce Young returned from injury and did just enough to keep the Panthers in it and lead a game winning final drive. I know many fans are still down on the offense, but in general when you beat the best team in your conference (arguably) that is cause for celebration....

With the emergence of Rico Dowdle as the Carolina Panthers’ top running back option, many have begun to speculate about the potential availability of Chuba Hubbard as a trade candidate. The thought process makes sense: Dowdle has become the workhorse, Trevor Etienne has shown flashes, and Jonathon Brooks should be back fully healthy next season, so why not get some value for an overpaid backup running back?

The Panthers gave Hubbard a four-year, $33.2 million extension last year that includes a $4 million guaranteed salary this year and $4.5 million guaranteed in 2026. That is the extent of the guaranteed...

Most of yesterday’s upset win over the Green Bay Packers felt like a fun, but ultimately inconsequential romp on a windy day. The Carolina Panthers and their fans were just happy to be in the conversation with an opponent that was, and still largely is, considered to be the class of the NFC.

Nursing a one point lead deep into the third quarter, it seemed like only a matter of time before Jordan Love connected on one of his deep passing attempts and woke up the Packers normally prolific offense. Instead, Panthers safety picked off a Love pass 50-yards down...

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The 5-4 Carolina Panthers are favored for the first time all season after upsetting the upstart Green Bay Packers. Now that the Panthers will be viewed hither and yon as the legitimate Super Bowl contenders they’ve always been, they can finally start to enjoy their season.

Last week, the Panthers were underdogs by a margin second only to the New Orleans Saints. The Panthers pulled up the biggest upset in Green Bay history while the Saints lived down to their billing. This week, the Panthers are favored by a mere 4.5 points against those same Saints with the game in...

The Carolina Panthers defense suffocated the Packers offense in the red zone and their rookie kicker played the role of hero again.

First Quarter

Chandler Zavala marked his return to the lineup the best way he knows how—by committing a false start before the Panthers could get their first snap off. That put the offense behind the sticks, but they were still almost able to pick up the first down. Dave Canales left the offense on the field for a 4th and 1 in their own territory, and Jimmy Horn picked up the first on an end around. However,...

Bryce Young is back today for the Carolina Panthers. Rico Dowdle is reportedly getting the start and lion’s share of the carries this week. Everything is looking up for the Panthers upset chances against the Super Bowl hopeful Packers, right? Ignore the continuing chaos along the injury-plagued offensive line, the mixed blessing that has been Young’s play to date, and the fact that the Panthers only win on the road in 2025 was against the 1-7 New York Jets.

What realistic thing could go wrong today to spoil the Panthers being above .500?

Reality is no friend to the Panthers...