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Ask Brian: The Super Bowl is almost here

Hello CSR! Welcome to Ask Brian, part one of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! I’m currently on vacation, away from the cold that is sweeping across the United States. I hope you all are staying warm. The NFL is currently closing in on its premier event of the year, and we’re just one […]

about 23 hours ago | 0 reads

Rising Stars: Jalen Coker

The story of Jalen Coker’s NFL journey so far is all about about opportunities and what you do with them. After all, Coker went undrafted in his rookie year and joined a Panthers team that seemingly had the receiver room already completely set. The Panthers had traded for Diontae Johnson, had Adam Thielen returning off […]

about 24 hours ago | 0 reads

GM Dan Morgan’s 2025 performance: Grading the Adam Thielen trade

The Carolina Panthers hired Dan Morgan as president of football operations and general manager on January 22, 2024. Morgan is a Panthers “lifer” after spending his seven-year NFL career in Charlotte from 2001 through 2007 then spending years in the Panthers front office. Let’s take a look back on Morgan’s second season as GM and assess his […]

2 days ago | 0 reads

GM Dan Morgan’s 2025 performance: Grading the free agents

The Carolina Panthers hired Dan Morgan as president of football operations and general manager on January 22, 2024. Morgan is a Panthers “lifer” after spending his seven-year NFL career in Charlotte from 2001 through 2007 then spending years in the Panthers front office. Let’s take a look back on Morgan’s second e season as GM. Last week […]

2 days ago | 0 reads

The Scratching Post: 2/2-2/6

Greetings, internet users. Welcome to The Scratching Post and the new year. Feel free to use this thread to chat about (almost) anything you want: video games, food, movies, non-football sports, you name it. As long as it’s allowed by the site’s ToS, it’s fair game here. You know the drill. This is now an […]

2 days ago | 0 reads

CSR Weekend Warriors: 1/30-2/1

Greetings, Panthers fans. Welcome to the weekend. Feel free to use this thread to chat about (almost) anything you want: video games, food, movies, non-football sports, you name it. As long as it’s allowed by the site’s ToS, it’s fair game here. You know the drill. This is now an open thread

5 days ago | 0 reads

Panthers season in review: The pass defense

On Thursday, we looked at the Carolina Panthers run defense. While massively improved from the year prior, it still wasn’t all that great. Now the pass defense on the other hand…it also wasn’t that great. How it went The Panthers have had a pass rush problem for a long time, and it only got worse […]

5 days ago | 0 reads

Panthers season in review: The run defense

Last week, we talked about the rushing and passing elements of the Carolina Panthers offense. Both phases were pretty underwhelming, which made for an underwhelming offense on the whole. Surely for a team that made the playoffs, that meant the defense was pretty solid, right? Not really. How it went The Panthers were historically bad […]

6 days ago | 0 reads

Adding Teeth to the Bite: Panthers Roster Holes in the Tight End Room

With the Panthers offseason underway and free agency just a couple months away, let’s take a look at some of the areas on the roster that Dan Morgan and Brandt Tillis have to address this offseason. Instead of looking at the entire roster, we are going to break the list down by position group. For […]

6 days ago | 1 read

Carolina Panthers 2026 NFL Draft Prospect Profile: CJ Allen

Now that the Panthers have officially entered their offseason, we 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 […]

7 days ago | 0 reads

Rising Stars: Corey Thornton

One of the best stories of the Carolina Panthers training camp and throughout the preseason was the undrafted cornerback from Louisville who kept making a name for himself. Entering the Panthers offseason program as a complete unknown, cornerback Corey Thornton’s road to the 53 man roster had to be earned. Thornton had the size the […]

8 days ago | 1 read

Ask Brian: Sam Darnold’s in the Super Bowl!

Hello CSR! Welcome to Ask Brian, your weekly Carolina care Panthers fan mail bag for everyone! The Super Bowl has been officially decided, so we’re only two weeks away from the 2025 NFL season officially being in the books and we can move on to the 2026 Free agency period NFL draft preparation. This is […]

8 days ago | 0 reads

Final 2025 ratings for the Panthers defense, per Pro Football Focus

The good people at Pro Football Focus spend enormous amounts of time breaking down every player’s performance on every individual play throughout the season. In the end, players can then be given a final rating somewhere between zero (poor) and 100 (elite). If you want to learn more about PFF’s methodology, you can read their Player […]

9 days ago | 0 reads

Final 2025 ratings for the Panthers offense, per Pro Football Focus

The good people at Pro Football Focus spend enormous amounts of time breaking down every player’s performance on every individual play throughout the season. In the end, players can then be given a final rating somewhere between zero (poor) and 100 (elite). If you want to learn more about PFF’s methodology, you can read their Player […]

9 days ago | 1 read

The Scratching Post: 1/26-1/30

Greetings, internet users. Welcome to The Scratching Post and the new year. Feel free to use this thread to chat about (almost) anything you want: video games, food, movies, non-football sports, you name it. As long as it’s allowed by the site’s ToS, it’s fair game here. You know the drill. This is now an […]

9 days ago | 1 read

2025 Playoffs: Conference Championship Sunday open thread

Conference Championships open with the “no good guys” bowl between the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos—in potentially arctic conditions—at 3:00 PM ET, 1:00 PM MT today. That will settle the first half of the Super Bowl slate. The second half will be determined immediately after when the Los Angeles Rams take on the […]

10 days ago | 0 reads

CSR Weekend Warriors: 1/23-1/25

Greetings, Panthers fans. Welcome to the weekend. Feel free to use this thread to chat about (almost) anything you want: video games, food, movies, non-football sports, you name it. As long as it’s allowed by the site’s ToS, it’s fair game here. You know the drill. This is now an open thread

12 days ago | 2 reads

Panthers season in review: The passing offense

We started this review series talking about the Carolina Panthers rushing attack. Now, we move to the other phase of the offense. It’s everybody’s favorite topic to discuss—Bryce Young and the Panthers passing attack. How it went Like pretty much every part of this Panthers team, the passing attack could be defined as “just barely […]

12 days ago | 0 reads

Adding Teeth to the Bite: Panthers Roster Holes on the Offensive Line

With the Panthers offseason underway and free agency just a couple months away, let’s take a look at some of the areas on the roster that Dan Morgan and Brandt Tillis have to address this offseason. Instead of looking at the entire roster, we are going to break the list down by position group. For […]

13 days ago | 2 reads

Panthers season in review: The rushing offense

With the 2025 season in the rearview, it’s time to reflect on what exactly happened in all of the phases in the game and look at what can and should be done with them going into 2026. We start with my personal favorite part of the game, running the football. How It Went Chuba Hubbard […]

13 days ago | 1 read

Carolina Panthers 2026 NFL Draft Prospect Profile: Peter Woods

Now that the Panthers have officially entered their offseason, we 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 […]

14 days ago | 5 reads

Rising Stars: Nic Scourton

With their season over, the offseason is officially underway for the Carolina Panthers front office. Soon, behind closed doors in Bank of America Stadium, they will break out microscope to analyze every single detail of the roster before building a plan for the offseason before the quickly approaching Free Agency period arrives. In a new […]

15 days ago | 1 read

Ask Brian: Bring us all your offseason questions

Hello CSR! Welcome to Ask Brian, your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! The season might be over, but last week you all were VERY active in the mailbag. I love it. We’re only a few weeks away from the official end of the postseason. Many head coaches have been fired. The Panthers luckily haven’t […]

15 days ago | 2 reads