The Panthers investment in their front seven on defense continues. Late Monday Night, Adam Schefter reported the Panthers had closed the deal with someone they’d been heavily rumored to be interested in and negotiating with, arguably the best available inside linebacker in free agency. Just like with EDGE Jaelan Phillips earlier in the day, the […]
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The Panthers are adding to their quarterback room behind starter Bryce Young. Per reports, Carolina is inking former Eagles, Raiders, and Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett to a one-year deal worth up to $7.5 million with $4 million in guaranteed money. He has mainly been a backup the past two seasons after two seasons as a […]
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The legal tampering window opens in just an hour. There’s no smoke yet, but we do expect the Panthers to start rubbing sticks together as soon as they can. That means agreeing to terms, restructuring contracts, and altogether shoring up roster holes ahead of next month’s NFL Draft. Keep your eyes here for all the […]
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Former Philadelphia Eagles edge defender Jaelan Phillips, SB Nation’s third overall rated free agent this season, is reportedly signing with the Carolina Panthers for a deal that is wildly outside of their current cap situation. The 26-year old pass rusher is one of the big gets of the offseason, a fact underscored by the 4-year, […]
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The “legal tampering period” before free agency opens today. That is to say that between now and the start of free agency on Wednesday, NFL teams will have the opportunity to leak all of the illegal tampering that they have been engaged in for weeks. Priorities for this offseason were clear (bolster the defense!) right […]
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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 […]
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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
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Last season too many of the Panthers opposing quarterbacks left the field at the end of the game with mostly clean jerseys. Sure, their jerseys may have been marred by sweat, spit, and maybe a Gatorade spill, but too few of them had grass stains. Lacking a signature edge rusher, the Panthers defense struggled to […]
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Hello CSR! Welcome to Brian Answers, part two of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! This is your space to ask questions, and discuss any topic you’d like. We’re powering right into the free agency period next week, and its dream time across the NFL. Let’s jump right into all your questions! Chef: Give […]
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The Carolina Panthers are coming off an 8-9 season and surprising NFC South division title. While many Panthers players who were on the active roster last season are already under contract for 2026 as the team hopes to build off last year’s success, there are a handful of fringe players Carolina is either returning from last year […]
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The combine has come and gone. The measurements are all well and good, but for a lot of teams, the chance to meet with players face to face is just as, if not more important. The Carolina Panthers likely met with a lot of players, but we only got a few reported to us. While […]
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As the Panthers prepare for free agency, how is their salary cap situation being impacted by dead money and rolling over unused salary cap from last year? According to Spotrac, Carolina currently has $7.6 million in available cap space, which ranks 18th in the league. That number could change at any time if the front […]
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The 2026 NFL Combine has come to a close, with some players seeing a rise to their draft stocks after getting a chance to impress NFL coaches and scouts in on-field drills, athletic tests, and interviews throughout the week. With those performances fresh in our minds, let’s take a guess at what round one will […]
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In this article, we’ll take a look at players consistently mocked to the Carolina Panthers before the combine and how they performed in Indianapolis. For this list, we’ll be focusing on players consistently mocked to the Panthers, not players who pundits randomly have the Panthers taking in order to generate clicks or hot takes. Risers […]
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Hello CSR! Welcome to Ask Brian, your weekly Panthers fan mail bag for everyone! The combine is behind us, and the first fun part of the off-season kicks off next week, as the legal tampering period will begin and a flurry of free agent signings will be announced ahead of the new league year. This […]
7 days ago | 1 read
We’re beyond the Super Bowl but not quite to the start of the new league year so it’s a somewhat quiet time in the NFL. Let’s pass the time by talking about the Panthers. Where’s the most random place you’ve run into a Panthers player or coach, and who was it? You could always tell […]
8 days ago | 2 reads
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 […]
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The combine has been underway for a few days now, and the workouts have taken everyone’s attention. But prior to all that, the combine served as a gathering place for NFL decision makers and the media to interact with one another and get some nice juicy headlines for the offseason. Dave Canales, Dan Morgan, Brad […]
10 days ago | 3 reads
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
10 days ago | 1 read
The Carolina Panthers have spent the last few seasons turning around the narrative of the on-field product, culminating in an unlikely NFC South division crown this past season. Off the field, the players have not seen as much growth. While the Panthers overall rank rose from 25th overall in 2025 to 23rd overall in 2026, […]
11 days ago | 1 read
Hello CSR! Welcome to Brian Answers, part two of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! We’re in full combine swing, meaning the Draft is only two months away! Of course, we’ll have free agency in between, but this week’s mailbag was all about tomorrow’s NFL Draft picks. Let’s dive right in! DBelt: How do […]
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Now that the dust has settled on the 2025 NFL season, it’s time to take a look at the results of those weekly confidence surveys we had y’all take throughout the season. It was a season of ups and downs across the league and at home for the Carolina Panthers and that is well reflected […]
12 days ago | 3 reads
Football is back. After a hefty two week break, the NFL is headlining the sports world once again. Teams are congregating in Indianapolis to watch a bunch of college kids run and jump and go through drills to add another data point to their scouting profiles. Every year, we talk about how film trumps measurables, […]
12 days ago | 1 read
The final two entries of the Rising Stars of the Carolina Panthers series will be dedicated to the players on each side of the football who, while compelling in their own way, have not quite done enough to qualify as a ‘star’. Those who have had an eyebrow-raising game or two, but for one reason […]
13 days ago | 2 reads
With the Panthers offseason underway and free agency just a few weeks 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 […]
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