The Carolina Panthers found lightning in a bottle this past weekend against the Miami Dolphins. With Chuba Hubbard out, they had to lean on Rico Dowdle on the ground, and he delivered. He ran for over 200 yards and a touchdown, good enough to earn NFC Offensive Player of the Week.

Hubbard didn’t practice on Wednesday, so his status for Sunday is very much up in the air. That means Dowdle could be in line for a revenge game against his old team, and it’s a matchup that should favor him. The Cowboys have given up more total yards than...

Hello CSR! We’re onto the Dallas Cowboys, as the Panthers welcome America’s Team to Charlotte, North Carolina on Sunday! While the Cowboys have just as many wins as the Panthers (2, because they, ya know, tied with Green Bay), their record doesn’t tell the entire story of their season. They’ve battled some injuries, dealt with some Offseason drama, along with the usual scrutiny that comes with being the Dallas Cowboys, but their hopes for the season are very much alive, and a lot of that has to do with their offense. Dak Prescott is currently second in the league in...

The NFL posted its players of the week for Week 5, and a Carolina Panther made the list.

Panthers running back Rico Dowdle got his first start of the season in place of an injured Chuba Hubbard, and he popped off. He ran for 206 yards on 23 carries, tied for the second most in Carolina Panthers history. He added a go ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter to put an exclamation point on his day.

As was pointed out on the broadcast, Dowdle did the vast majority of his damage running off the right side behind Taylor Moton and...

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 Oregon Ducks quarterback Dante Moore.

Bio

After sealing a Michigan high school state championship in his junior and senior seasons, Dante Moore became quite the popular recruit. After initially committing to Oregon, Moore...

The 2025 Carolina Panthers have, five weeks into the season, proven to be as chaotic as ever. One week they look dominant, the next they’re trash. Some weeks they look competitive. Others they spend more time putting players on injured reserve than on the practice field.

It is possible this is a good team still trying to find its stride. It is possible this is a bad team with a few good players on it. They are, as always, impossible to judge simply without ignoring a significant amount of what they’ve shown us on the field.

With that in mind,...

The Monday following the Carolina Panthers total dismantling at the hands of the New England Patriots, Dave Canales made his way to the lectern in the Panthers media room and told everyone listening that the team was taking a long, hard look at who they were over the first four games of the season. A promise to look at where they were at with their scheme and personnel to make needed changes going forward.

Truth be told, when I heard that I was tempted to roll my eyes so hard they would push out the back of my head. I...

Hello CSR! Welcome to Brian Asks, your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! Last week was a bit rough, as the Panthers were coming off a massive disappointment of a loss, and fan morale was starting to hit season lows. The Panthers again struggled to start fast against the Dolphins this week, however they got their crap together and managed to come back from a 17 point deficit, something I don’t think many fans would have expected given the way this season has gone. Now, the Panthers are priming for the Dallas Cowboys to come to town, and challenge the...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The Carolina Panthers and the Miami Dolphins walked into a bar, but neither of them cleared it because they were both bad teams. While we wait to hear of Mike McDaniels is losing his job for losing to Bryce Young, let’s make one thing clear across the Panthers fandom:

Yesterday was every kind of fun we’ve been hoping for this season.

The Panthers aren’t going to be good this season, but maybe they can be fun sometimes. That’s a heck of a lot better than they’ve been in years.

A bunch of...

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