In this series, we break down the Panthers 2024 schedule piece by piece

With the 2024 NFL schedule officially released in full on Wednesday night, we now have a clearer picture of the road the Panthers will have to take in the first season of the D&D (Dan and Dave) Era. Will the season end up being a natural 20 or a critical fail? Let’s take a look at the matchups during the first quarter of the season.

Week 1: Panthers at Saints, September 10th, 1:00pm, FOX

For the second straight season, the Panthers start the season on the...

Breaking down the good and the bad of the Carolina Panthers 2024 schedule release.

The NFL’s annual schedule release extravaganza has concluded and with that we finally know what the Carolina Panthers 2024 schedule will be. As you might expect, there are some things to love and some things to hate. Let’s break down the highs and lows of the Panthers 2024 buffet of games as we look forward to Dave Canales and Dan Morgan’s first foray as the main figureheads in Bank of America Stadium.

Love: Week 10 versus the Giants in Germany

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Dates and locations for every game the Panthers play this year

The NFL has released the Carolina Panthers complete schedule for the 2024 regular season. Just from the predetermined opponents, we knew this wasn’t going to be easy. The start of the season is a mixed bag. Two out of three on the road, but against teams that may not be much better than the Panthers. The middle and toughest stretch of the season actually does the team some favors. They go to Germany in the middle of a stretch of homes games and have a bye immediately afterwards. They...

Carolina is hosting New York in the home of Oktoberfest

After months of suspense, the NFL has finally announced the Carolina Panthers opponent for the first ever game in Germany in 2024. They will be facing the New York Giants at Allianz Arena in Munich in Week 10 of the 2024 season. For those of you who don’t have the NFL calendar on their homescreens, that’s November 10th with a 9:30 AM ET kick off.

This will be the first ever game in Germany for both teams in what has been designated an “International Home Market” for them by the...

The Panthers left the draft with many weaknesses, which one is their biggest?

It’s that wonderful time of the year where, after the draft, we have a ton of new information about every team and very little idea how all of that information is going to actually affect any given team. But that’s not going to stop anyone from filling the May-July content void with power rankings, roster rankings, and really ranking anything related to an NFL team.

The ignominy of having traded away the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft before they even earned it is a...

Your home for the Panthers 2024 regular season schedule

The NFL is releasing the 2024 regular season schedule tomorrow at 8:00 PM ET in a two hour special that will air on NFL Network. The Panthers Munich, Germany game date and opponent will be announced tomorrow morning at 7 A.M. on NFL Network along with the rest of the league’s international series.

Here’s what we know so far—keep in mind that one of those nine home opponents will be the team’s “guest” in Munich:

Home:

Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers, [New...

Now that the Panthers have new pieces for their 2024 puzzle, how do those pieces fit?

With the 2024 NFL Draft behind us, we now have the opportunity to look forward and predict how this draft class will fit into the current regime’s plans. Obviously the coaches and scouts believe these players fit in some form or fashion into at least one of the three phases, but let’s try to look at past trends from this coaching staff and guess what type of usage we can expect from the newest Carolina Panthers.

The Panthers used their third round pick in...

Rookie Jonathon Brooks and veteran Rashaad Penny join a deep positional group at a position that has fallen out of favor.

Entering this year’s free agency and draft cycle the one position the Carolina Panthers seemed to need the least amount of work was running back. After all, conventional wisdom holds that running back is one of the last valuable, most easily replaceable positions in football. On its face that’s a somewhat bizarre statement given that running backs can impact the game so much by carrying the ball about 25 times per game, on average.

But there’s a reason why...

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Now that the Panthers have new pieces for their 2024 puzzle, how do those pieces fit?

With the 2024 NFL Draft behind us, we now have the opportunity to look forward and predict how this draft class will fit into the current regime’s plans. Obviously the coaches and scouts believe these players fit in some form or fashion into at least one of the three phases, but let’s try to look at past trends from this coaching staff and guess what type of usage we can expect from the newest Carolina Panthers.

The Carolina Panthers got Day 3 of the...

The team took care of business ahead of their rookie minicamp

The Carolina Panthers have announced the signing of all seven members of their 2024 NFL Draft class in advance of this weekend’s rookie minicamp. That means every healthy body from Xavier Legette (the no. 32 overall pick) to Michael Barrett (the no. 240 overall pick) will be on the field this weekend. That also means no Jonathon Brooks yet.

Rookie minicamp begins today at the team’s facility in Charlotte and continues through tomorrow. It is not open to the public.

The team has also announced jersey numbers for the...