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Ask Brian: Thanksgiving week edition

Hello CSR! Welcome to Ask Brian, your weekly Carolina Panthers fan mail bag for everyone! Unfortunately, we are coming off another week of the seesaw performance of Bryce Young and the offense throughout this season. They got beat in their first Monday night, football game in quite some time, and unfortunately, Bryce Young regressed well […]

about 2 months ago | 0 reads

Panthers Reacts Survey Week 13: Do you expect good things from Bryce Young?

The Carolina Panthers, on the verge of controlling the NFC South and their own playoff destiny through December, laid one of their biggest offensive eggs in years. It would be sadder if it didn’t feel like a Carolina primetime tradition that transcends regime and player. The ever lively comment section here on Cat Scratch Reader […]

about 2 months ago | 0 reads

Panthers ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ offense has to stop

The Panthers were destined to look bad on Monday night — after all, it was a primetime game. Carolina’s propensity for laying goose eggs on the brightest stage has been a calling card of the franchise for the better part of 30 years, so why stop now? First you get mad about it, then you […]

about 2 months ago | 2 reads

The Optimist: Whiplash hurts

Every ounce of momentum the Carolina Panthers have generated this season has been met with a bone-jarring stop. That hurt all the more last night in their 20-9 loss to the San Francisco 49ers when the Panthers were presented with a gift wrapped and golden opportunity to win their first primetime game in two years […]

about 2 months ago | 1 read

Carolina Panthers vs Los Angeles Rams opening odds

Welp, with the Carolina Panthers dreams of a wildcard berth and actually making some noise in the post season quietly washing away last night, we’re back to our weekly ritual of acknowledging the team’s well-earned status as an underdog. This week they are favored to lose to the Los Angeles Rams, one of the best […]

about 2 months ago | 1 read

Recap and Reaction: 49ers beat Panthers because both teams can’t lose

A first half so full of incompetence that it was entertaining eventually turned into a total stinker as the Carolina Panthers put out another dud in primetime. They lost to the 49ers, 20-9. First Quarter The Christian McCaffrey revenge game started with five straight touches for the former Panther. He ended up with nine touches […]

2 months ago | 2 reads

Panthers vs 49ers: Live fan discussion for Monday Night Football

Welp, here were are folks. The Carolina Panthers are playing a big game with huge playoff implications the week of Thanksgiving. Literally, who would have guessed this ten weeks ago? The 49ers are a good team who may be as injured as the Panthers are right now. Brock Purdy is back, but much of their […]

2 months ago | 2 reads

Are the Panthers the best team in the NFC South?

The 6-5 Carolina Panthers are tied with the 6-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the win column. They trail by one game by their divisional records (2-1 compared to 2-0) and have an opportunity to take sole possession of the lead in the NFC South with a win over the San Francisco 49ers tonight. Does that […]

2 months ago | 1 read

The Scratching Post: 11/24-11/28

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

2 months ago | 1 read

Live fan discussion for NFL Week 12

The Carolina Panthers are watching the NFL from the sidelines today as they prepare for tomorrow night’s Monday Night Football match up against the San Francisco 49ers. But that doesn’t mean we have nothing to root for today. Somehow, the Panthers are in the mix for both a wildcard berth and the NFC South crown […]

2 months ago | 1 read

Panthers Injury Report & Transactions – Week 12

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 The 6-5 Carolina Panthers have a golden opportunity to prove they’re for real as they travel to San Francisco to take on the 7-4 49ers on Monday Night Football. At this […]

2 months ago | 1 read

Reacts Results: It always feels good to beat the Falcons

With a win over the Atlanta Falcons, back above .500, and fresh off a franchise-record setting performance by quarterback Bryce Young, the Carolina Panthers are nearing their season high in fan confidence once again. 84% of fans are confident in the direction of their favorite franchise in Week 12. This is the fourth week that […]

2 months ago | 1 read

CSR Weekend Warriors: 11/21-11/23

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

2 months ago | 1 read

NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year predictions: Tetairoa McMillan or Emeka Egbuka?

The NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Year race in 2025 runs through the NFC South. It’s one of the more unpredictable elements of an already wild season. What began preseason seeming like a lock for running back Ashton Jeanty has now settled in to being a two-horse race between a pair of wide receivers, both […]

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2 months ago | 1 read

Brian Answers: Can Bryce Young end the Panthers playoff drought?

Hello CSR! Welcome to Brian Answers, part two of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! We’re coming off a confusing last two weeks of Panthers football, so the questions you’ve been asking have been all over the place. Personally, I love it. We’re certainly having a better time this season than in years past. […]

2 months ago | 1 read

Panthers vs 49ers: Offensive Preview

Just when the Carolina Panthers were down and out and it looked like Bryce Young’s career was on the ropes, Young and the Panthers went into Atlanta and put forth their best passing display of Young’s career and the entire franchise’s history. Young finished with a Panthers record 448 yards passing. Tetairoa McMillan accounted for […]

2 months ago | 3 reads

Bryce Young and Tetairoa McMillan win weekly awards

The Carolina Panthers swept the FedEx Air and Ground Players of the Week award this past week. Young also won NFC Offensive Player of the Week. Young set a Panthers franchise record with 448 passing yards in a win over the Falcons on Sunday. He had 396 yards in regulation, and then a single pass […]

2 months ago | 1 read

Panthers vs 49ers: The defense faces a tall task vs 49ers weapons

Hello CSR! We’re back onto the next game after the Panthers miraculous overtime win over the Falcons that once again put them into the NFC playoff conversation. Their defense struggled mightily against Bijan Robinson last week, allowing two big touchdowns that put them down by two scores going into halftime. Luckily, the Panthers managed to […]

2 months ago | 0 reads

2026 NFL Draft Prospect Profile: Arvell Reese

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 […]

2 months ago | 0 reads

Panthers Reacts Survey Week 12

The Carolina Panthers have been up and they’ve been down. Bryce Young is setting franchise records and we still don’t trust him. Injuries and inconsistency has kept us from gaining a complete, predictive picture of who this team really is. All we know for certain is that, at 6-5, they have exceeded their win total […]

2 months ago | 5 reads

Panthers vs Falcons game review: Who even knows anymore

After a putrid performance versus the New Orleans Saints I described Bryce Young as a ’conservative yet still turnover prone passer whose skillset heavily limits the ceiling and creativity of an offense’. Public perception and confidence of the quarterback had hit a season long low, and the team was heading for a game against the […]

2 months ago | 1 read

Ask Brian: The Panthers do the opposite of what I expect

Hello CSR! Welcome to Ask Brian, part two of your weekly Panthers fan mailbag for everyone! What a wild rollercoaster the last few weeks have been. Just last week, the narrative around these parts and the internet in general was that Bryce Young was not, in fact, THE guy. Most of the conversations on the […]

2 months ago | 1 read