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Panthers bye week: Live fan discussion for Week 14

The Carolina Panthers are are off today, hopefully getting healthier during their late and well-earned bye week. Somehow, that has left us with more games to watch in which we, as Panthers fans, have an active rooting interest in. Just this morning I posted a playoff rooting guide using the “Carolina Panthers playoffs” tag unironically […]

Reacts Results: Confidence peaks after Rams upset

The Carolina Panthers are in the driver’s seat of their own December playoff dreams for the first time since 2017. The path won’t be easy, but the simple mantra of “win and you’re in” holds true for the Panthers. If they win out then will take the NFC South title and a home playoff game. […]

Playoff rooting guide for the Carolina Panthers bye-week

The Carolina Panthers are in the relatively new position of having to pay attention to their own path(s?!) to the NFL playoffs as they prepare to play meaningful December football for the first time in years. At 7-6, the Panthers are second in the NFC South—behind the Tampa Bay Buccaneers by half a game—and fifth […]

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CSR Weekend Warriors: 12/5-12/7

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

Panthers rest of the season offensive preview

On Thursday, we looked back at what has gone well and what has gone poorly for the offense. The up-and-down nature of the season has given us plenty to look at on both sides of that conversation. It’s made it impossible to predict what is going to happen on any given week. After exploding against […]

Panthers Injury Report & Transactions – Week 14

The Carolina Panthers front office is busy throughout the season with transactions, roster moves, and injury updates. Here’s what’s happening at Mint Street this week. Injuries With the Panthers entering a bye week, there’s little to report on the injury front, which is a good thing. Guard Chandler Zavala (elbow) and running back Rico Dowdle (quad) didn’t […]

Panthers Defensive Review Part 2: What lies ahead

Hello CSR! I recently broke down the whirlwind of a 2025 season for the Carolina Panthers defense, and while there were certainly bumps and bruises along the way, it seems Dan Morgan and his front office have laid a solid groundwork to continue building a quality unit. Sure, the pieces they’ve assembled have played vastly […]

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Panthers Offensive Review: A true grab bag of performances

The Carolina Panthers have no game to preview this week, so we’ll instead use this space to review what they’ve done on the offensive side of the ball this season. It has been one of the most curious and unpredictable units in the entire league. They’ve had games where they look like they could hang […]

Panthers Defensive Review: Breaking down the journey so far

Hello CSR! Its the bye week, meaning the Panthers do not have a matchup to break down this week. However, that means its a perfect time to do some self reflecting. I’ve brought you the defensive previews each week, and things have changed significantly since the start of the season, sometimes even on a week […]

Carolina Panthers 2026 NFL Draft Prospect Profile: Sonny Styles

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 Reacts Survey Week 14: Final win total prediction

The Carolina Panthers met the expectations of the vast majority of their fans for the 2025 season before their bye week. Now, with four games left to play on the season, they have the opportunity to exceed them. Unless the Panthers lose to the hapless New Orleans Saints next week, we’re going to spend the […]

Panthers vs Rams game review: Ready for the moment

At this point, there is not much left to be said that describes the up and down nature of the Carolina Panthers 2025 season.  By almost any metric, any point of view, any anything – the Panthers should not have won this game. The Los Angeles Rams came in Sunday looking like the most formidable […]

Brian Asks: What opinions have you changed since the off-season?

Hello CSR! Welcome to… wait, Brian Asks? “Didn’t you just change that title a few weeks ago?” You would be correct! However, its the bye week, meaning theoretically not much is going to change between now and their next game against the New Orleans Saints. So this week I decided to change the formula a […]

The Optimist: Meaningful December football

Dave Canales finally committed to the run against a superior opponent. Bryce Young delivered a precise-when-it-mattered and mistake-free game. This was the game we hoped for against the San Francisco 49ers and, instead, it showed up a week late and right on time as the Panthers head into their much needed bye week. For all […]

The Scratching Post: 12/1-12/5

Greetings, internet users. Welcome to The Scratching Post. 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

Recap and Reaction: Panthers shock the world and beat Rams

The Carolina Panthers continue to defy all odds in every direction as they took down the Los Angeles Rams. First Quarter Any expectations of a blowout seemed to get reaffirmed by the way the game started. The Rams got a big return into Panthers territory to open the game, and a Panthers penalty added another […]

Panthers vs Rams: Live fan discussion for Week 13

The Carolina Panthers are back in the market for a signature upset win. The Los Angeles Rams are one of the best teams in football this year. This could hardly work better as a script if it was written for Hollywood. Unfortunately, this is reality and the odds are that the good team plays well […]

Panthers Injury Report & Transactions – Week 13

The Carolina Panthers front office is busy throughout the season with transactions, roster moves, and injury updates. Here’s what’s happening at Mint Street this week. Injuries It’s a brutal injury report for the Panthers this week. On the defensive side of the ball, Carolina will be without stud cornerback Jaycee Horn, starting linebackers Christian Rozeboom and Trevin […]

Panthers vs Rams: Defensive Preview

Hello CSR! I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving week! As we all know, we can’t dwell on last week and we’re on to the Rams, who travel to Charlotte in an attempt to try and stay atop the NFC. Meanwhile, despite a horrific showing on Monday Night Football as a whole, the defense for […]

Panthers vs Rams: Offensive Preview

Gulp. I don’t know how to take an optimistic view of this game. That’s true of either side of the ball, but we’re going to focus our pessimism on the offensive side of the ball since this is the offensive preview. The offense just got done embarrassing themselves on Monday night by squandering away three […]

CSR Weekend Warriors: 11/29-11/30

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

Brian Answers: Ejiro Evero, Bryce Young, cranberry sauce, and more!

Hello CSR! Welcome to Brian Answers, part two of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! The Panthers let us down on prime time, a tradition almost as old as Thanksgiving. You asked questions, and I got answers for you. We’ll dive right in, and join us during next week’s Ask Brian column to have […]