It’s game day! There are zero days left until the start of the Carolina Panthers 2025 schedule, so today’s countdown piece is about number 0 in your program, tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders.

Editor’s note: That means the game is today, y’all, in case you’ve missed the entire point of this series.

Before the Panthers

The 6-foot-4, 252-pound tight end spent three college seasons with the Texas Longhorns before declaring for the 2024 NFL draft following his junior year. As a freshman in 2021 he appeared in 12 games, primarily playing special teams, without recording any offensive stats. In his 2022...

Y’all, I’m nervous. Dave Canales and Bryce Young seem like the real deal. They could be a winning combination of leaders for the Carolina Panthers both tomorrow and for years to come. But we’ve thought that before about some of our previous combinations of head coaches and quarterbacks. Some of those quarterbacks have gone on to greater successes elsewhere. That’s less true of the head coaches. What those coaches—and general managers past—have done is leave a legacy imprinted deep in the Panthers roster of poor free agency decisions and even poorer drafting. It has been a legacy of losing that...

It’s Cam Newton Day on our Season Opener Countdown, y’all. That means the Carolina Panthers kickoff against the Jacksonville Jaguars tomorrow to open their 2025 regular season. Newton needs no introduction, even though we are five seasons out from his first departure from the team. We all know the man and what he meant to this franchise. His most effective leadership was by example and, when the team was successful, through his infectious joy over simply playing football. That makes him the perfect player to ring in the last day of the offseason.

The Carolina Panthers have been lacking in...

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Hello CSR! Welcome to Brian Answers, part two of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! Its officially the first week of the NFL season, expectations are high, and anxiety is even higher! Many of the questions that rolled through this week had to do with what the Panthers season looks like if they can’t pull out a win on Sunday, and I think its a fair thought to have. So as a reminder, this is YOUR mailbag to ask all your questions, whether they be Panthers related, football related, or even completely off topic! ‘Brian Answers” is the place...

Despite what fantasy football platform you frequent, chances are you’ll have a similar projection for the Panthers in 2025. Bryce Young will be better but not great, Chuba Hubbard will be the best fantasy performer, and the defense might actually lose you points. Let’s take a closer look at ESPN’s fantasy projections specifically and whether or not we agree with them.

Quarterback

Bryce Young – 268.36 fantasy points

Projection: 367/589 passing, 3948 yards, 22 passing touchdowns, 13 interceptions, 51 carries, 294 rushing yards, 4 rushing touchdowns

Bryce Young played well enough down the stretch for many in the...

Welcome back to another season of the 5 Questions series where we needle our opposing bloggers with questions about their teams, trying to prove that they are held together with as much spit and duck tape as our favorite Carolina Panthers. If the wins pile up we will seek to be gracious with these audiences. As the losses pile up we will, true to our mascot, try to be increasingly catty and lure them into superstitious traps.

For this week, I spoke with Gus Logue over at Big Cat Country about the Jacksonville Jaguars. As it is Week 1, I...

We’re down to single digits in our countdown towards the Carolina Panthers season opener. It’s now under a week away. With just days left, our countdown piece is focused on the player wearing the number 2 jersey, cornerback Mike Jackson.

Jackson, a University of Miami graduate, was the 158th overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. Selected by the Dallas Cowboys, he was waived during roster cuts that same season. He was signed off their practice squad by the Detroit Lions before spending time with the New England Patriots (2020) and the Seattle Seahawks (2021-2023). He joined the Carolina Panthers...

Hello CSR! The regular season is finally here, and Sunday afternoon we’ll FINALLY get to see this new look Panthers defense in all of its glory (or horror ) deployed in full force! They’ll face off against a Jaguars offense that boasts an explosive pair of wide receivers, a duo at running back, and a new look offensive line. Let’s dive right into the keys to this game on defense.

How will the Panthers deploy their safety group?

The Panthers released their first *unofficial* regular season depth chart this week, and much is being made about Nick Scott’s listing...

We’re just days away from the first meaningful minutes of Carolina Panthers football in 2025. Cauti0us optimism surrounds a Panthers offensive unit that started to come on a bit at the end of last season. The unit is largely the same as it was then save for some modest improvements at the skill positions. Rico Dowdle is in as a complement to Chuba Hubbard, which is something the Panthers didn’t really have last season. Also in is rookie wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan with expectations of becoming a Pro Bowl caliber receiver. He’ll be better than the now departed Adam Thielen,...

We’re down to single digits in our countdown towards the Carolina Panthers season opener. It’s now under a week away. With just days left, our countdown piece is focused on the player wearing the number 3 jersey: outside linebacker Princely Umanmielen

The 77th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft changed jersey numbers yesterday and is now set to wear the number 3 jersey this season. The Ole Miss product is more of a pass rushing specialist than a complete, edge setting defender just yet, but the Panthers have high hopes about the 23-year old rookie’s ability to develop alongside...

Week 1 of the Carolina Panthers 2025 season is here and, for their rapidly dwindling wide receiver corps, it couldn’t come too soon. A shaky preseason and a couple of injuries have everybody on the edge of their seats, ready to get this show on the road before any more wheels come off the wagon. With that said, let’s dig into this week’s survey.

The first question is our standard confidence question. Remember, this is not a question asking if you think the Panthers will win this weekend against Jacksonville. This is a question asking about your opinion about the...