What looked like a clean, winner-take-all setup in the NFC South took another strange turn Sunday, because of course it did. When both the Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost in Week 17, it appeared the division would come down to a simple Saturday showdown in Tampa Bay. Win, and you’re in. Lose, and you’re out. Except this NFL season has refused to cooperate with simplicity.
The NFC South Isn’t Done Yet — And the Falcons Are the Wild Card
Carolina (8–8) still controls it...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
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ESPN’s Ben Solak just released his All-Rookie rosters in order to “highlight standout debut seasons”, and a pair of Chicago Bears made the list, both on offense. Luther Burden, the second-round pick out of Missouri (#39 overall), made the first team alongside Tet McMillan of the Panthers (#8) and Emeka Egbuka (#19). Burden is making […]
From Windy City Gridiron
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The Rams have to play their starters against the Cardinals in Week 18 and the reason has nothing to do with playoff seeds. It’s because Sean McVay, Matthew Stafford, and the Rams can’t go into the playoffs having lost four of their last six games with handouts to teams like the Panthers, Falcons, and Cardinals. […]
From Turf Show Times
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Chicago’s rookie wideout, Luther Burden III, earned a well-deserved place on ESPN analyst Ben Solak’s 2025 All-Rookie Team , joining the league’s best first-year players in a season that saw the rookie emerge as one of the Bears’ most dynamic playmakers. Burden was accompanied by Panthers rookie Tetairoa McMillan and Bucs rookie Emeka Egbuka on Solak’s list.
Solak highlighted Burden’s growth throughout the year, noting that while it took time for him to find a consistent role in Ben Johns...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
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Hello CSR! Welcome to Ask Brian, your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! I took a week off from the answers portion, partly due to a lack of participation (understandable during the holidays), and mostly because I was super under the weather after Christmas. But we’re back at it this week, and the stakes couldn’t […]
From Cat Scratch Reader
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While some may have hoped that it may not happen, most viewed it as inevitable. The Carolina Panthers were going to lose against the Seattle Seahawks, and the division would come down to the final game of the season. They made a game out of it for 50 stressful minutes behind a herculean effort from […]
From Cat Scratch Reader
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Malik Davis reflects on first career 100 yard game: ‘It’s a great feeling’ – Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com With Javonte Williams set to hit free agency, Malik Davis is about to become an even more important name to remember in the Cowboys backfield. Then Davis re-signed with the Cowboys a day before their first preseason game, […]
From Blogging The Boys
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The NFL weekend kicked off on Thursday with Christmas Day games followed by two games on Saturday, so we are a good chunk of the way through Week 17 already, believe it or not. The Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers squared off in a game with unexpectedly high playoff implications on Sunday. For the Seahawks, […]
From Field Gulls
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For what is likely the last time this season, the Seattle Seahawks once again came to the East Coast and left with a victory, defensively suffocating the Carolina Panthers 27-10.With the win, the Seahawks move to 13-3, and have now tied for the franchise record for wins in a regular season, with one more game […]
From Field Gulls
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The Seattle Seahawks defeated the Carolina Panthers 27-10 in a weird and terribly officiated road game. They also just found their recipe for the offense in the postseason. This team steadfastly refuses to score in the first half, putting up three points against Carolina yet again. However, another 24 point-second half sent this game out […]
From Field Gulls
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It was the farthest thing from being pretty unless you’re a fan of kickass defense…which I am! The Dark Side showed its true “force” by holding the Carolina Panthers to 139 total yards and 1-11 on third down. They also forced two turnovers and stopped the Panthers on fourth down three times en route to […]
From Field Gulls
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In Today’s Links: all (most of) the reactions, analysis, and takeaways that the average Seattle Seahawks fan could possibly need to educate themselves on yesterday’s big road win in Carolina against the Panthers. The offense once again looks sluggish at times, were inconsistent, and turned the ball over. But, the running game got going, and […]
From Field Gulls
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The Carolina Panthers have exceeded fan expectations, doubled Bryce Young’s career high season win total, and managed an impressive load of offensive line injuries, all with a week to spare in the 2025 season. Yes, the hope this season was that the question about Young’s ability to play in the NFL would be soundly and […]
From Cat Scratch Reader
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The Carolina Panthers played a close game against the Seattle Seahawks that feel apart in the fourth quarter. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost a game to the Miami Dolphins that wasn’t particularly close until the fourth quarter. Neither team looked like they belonged in the playoffs or atop the NFC South in Week 17, yet […]
From Cat Scratch Reader
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With each of their Week 18 main courses within sniffing distance, the Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers plopped down in your booth at Chili’s, knocked over your drink and half-apologized, ordered your least favorite appetizer for the whole table, ate it noisily, talked with their mouths full, and never stopped badgering the server for more […]
From Field Gulls
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The Seattle Seahawks walked out of Sunday with a 27–10 win over the Carolina Panthers, but as has often been the case this season, the final score doesn’t fully capture the tension beneath the surface. That’s exactly what makes the live crossover post-game reaction between The Hawks Eye and Seahawks Forever—featuring Dan Viens—worth tuning into. […]
From Field Gulls
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The Carolina Panthers are playing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next week for the NFC South title and the winner could end up hosting the Los Angeles Rams in the wild card round of the playoffs. Kind of. There’s a chance that next week’s game between the Panthers and Bucs is not an outright division title […]
From Turf Show Times
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The Seattle Seahawks were left short-handed at wide receiver after two early exits in their 27-10 win over the Carolina Panthers. Cody White was the first of the contributors to go down, suffering a groin injury while nearly blocking a punt early in the first quarter. After the game, Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald provided […]
From Field Gulls
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The Seattle Seahawks have not lost a regular season road game to the Carolina Panthers since 2007, and that trend holds true for another season. As we’ve seen in a few other Seahawks wins, a slow first half gave way to a monster second half and a very comfortable win in the end. Any nerves […]
From Field Gulls
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A sluggish start, but a strong finish for the Seattle Seahawks (13-3), who are now on the doorstep of the NFC West title and the No. 1 seed. What was a 3-3 score at the half with the Carolina Panthers (8-8) turned into a 27-10 rout. Bryce Young was just 14/24 for 54 yards and […]
From Field Gulls
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The Philadelphia Eagles would’ve preferred a Carolina Panthers win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday but the silver lining from a Panthers loss is that the Birds have officially clinched no worse than the No. 3 seed in the NFC playoff picture. There was previously a chance (albeit a very small one) that the Eagles […]
From Bleeding Green Nation
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The Panthers unfortunately just could not get anything going on offense, despite a strong effort from Mike Jackson and the defense. The offense spent most of the day with its longest play going only 8 yards. Mistakes were the theme of the day, but unfortunately the Seahawks made less of them than the Panthers on […]
From Cat Scratch Reader
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The Carolina Panthers came within seventeen points of clinching the NFC South today—in a closer-than-it-looked loss to the Seattle Seahawks—after the Tampa Bay Buccaneers fell 20-17 to the Miami Dolphins. Now they turn to rooting for the Atlanta Falcons tomorrow night against the Los Angeles Rams while trying to focus on beating the Bucs in […]
From Cat Scratch Reader
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The Panthers didn’t do the Bears any favors this afternoon. Carolina fell to Seattle, eliminating the cleanest path for Chicago to take control of the NFC’s top seed on Sunday night. But while the door didn’t swing open, it’s not closed, either — the Bears still very much have a route to the No. 1 seed in the NFC.
Here’s where things stand:
The Bears (11-4) are guaranteed to finish as either the 1, 2, or 3 seed in the NFC. They entered the day sitting at No. 2 behind the Seahawks (12...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession
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The Seattle Seahawks’ wide receiver room took suffered another blow in their battle to stay atop in the NFC against the Carolina Panthers. Their special teams star Rashid Shaheed was ruled out with a concussion after leaving the field late in the first quarter. Shaheed was hit out of bounds by former Seahawks cornerback Mike […]
From Field Gulls
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