The Carolina Panthers now know how it feels when ‘close’ stops being good enough. The Panthers did not limp into relevance in 2025. They announced themselves.
The Carolina Panthers are approaching the offseason with a lot of optimism after winning the NFC South and making their first playoff appearance in eight years.
Six wild card games are in the books when it comes to the 2025 NFL postseason. That means it’s on to the divisional playoffs for the remaining eight teams that are looking to reach Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara.
The Carolina Panthers may have gotten to the playoffs and gone down to the wire with the vaunted Los Angeles Rams, but they still have holes. They need to address a lot of issues.
Rule changes have made passing numbers easier to compile in the modern era, and the game's top quarterbacks have taken full advantage. While the heaviest hitters are represented here, some storied postseasons by slightly lesser-celebrated QBs remain entrenched in playoff annals as well.
It’s the offseason for 24 NFL teams (including the Carolina Panthers) that are looking to get better in 2026. When it comes to free agency, the “legal” tampering period begins on March 9, and the NFL’s new fiscal year starts at 4:00 pm ET on March 11.
ESPN’s team of analysts and writers have been busy breaking down the 23 NFL teams that have been eliminated from the playoffs or didn’t qualify for the postseason to date.
Carolina Panthers General Manager Dan Morgan made several big free agent signings during the 2025 offseason, with the biggest contracts going to the defensive side of the ball.
The Carolina Panthers had reasons to be happy about their playoff performance, but, of course, someone has to take the blame for the loss. Looking forward, here are the Panthers’ top free-agent targets after their crushing playoff loss to the Rams.
On Saturday afternoon at Bank of America Stadium, the NFC South champion Carolina Panthers gave it their all against the talented and favored Los Angeles Rams.
The Carolina Panthers announced they have signed 15 players to futures deals. The following is a list of players Carolina signed to futures deals: G Ja’Tyre
For years, Thanksgiving belonged to the NFL, but Christmas belonged to the NBA. Occasionally, an NFL game would fall on Christmas, but it was anomalous, even avoided if possible.
The NFL is five games into the 2025 postseason. Road teams have won three of those contests. That includes the San Francisco 49ers’ dethroning of the defending Super Bowl champions, 23-19, in Philadelphia.
The Carolina Panthers lost 34–31 to the Los Angeles Rams in the Wild Card round, and it hurts. Any playoff loss hurts, especially one that was right there for the taking, but this Panthers Wild Card loss showed something fans haven’t been able to say in a long time: this team competed.
The Carolina Panthers suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the Wild Card Round, but they can absolutely take solace in the fact that they put such a tremendous effort in against a vaunted opponent.
The Carolina Panthers will officially pick 19th in the NFL draft following their heartbreaking exit from the NFL playoffs. Their picks are mostly set in stone now, so it's a good time to do a mock draft and see who they can get.
Matthew Stafford may have had the last laugh, but there's an argument to be made that Carolina Panthers QB Bryce Young outplayed him. The Los Angeles Rams' defense is overall stronger, the Panthers' offensive line is weaker and lost Ikem Ekwonu, and Young doesn't have three strong tight ends or Puka Nacua or Davante Adams to throw to.
The Carolina Panthers have a glaring need off the edge. Really, they've had that need for years, especially after trading Brian Burns ahead of the 2024 NFL season.
The Carolina Panthers lost Ikem Ekwonu early on against the Los Angeles Rams, and he never returned. It was clear from the get-go that it was a horrible injury and that he wouldn't return.
Hours after learning of his preseason extension, Panthers defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero received requests to interview for head coach positions with the Raiders (per ESPN’s Adam Schefter) and Falcons (per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero).
Ikem Ekwonu suffered what Panthers head coach Dave Canales referred to as a “significant” knee injury yesterday. Further testing has confirmed that is indeed the case.
Panthers defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero‘s contract was due to expire at the end of the 2025 season. Although it was not revealed until Sunday, during head coach Dave Canales‘ end-of-season presser, Carolina extended Evero before the start of the ’25 campaign (via Joe Person of The Athletic).
While the Panthers have to deal with the frustration of their season ending with a tough playoff loss, they have to come out of the game with a renewed sense of optimism about where the organization is going.
Former Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was finally welcomed back to Bank of America Stadium on Saturday, and the atmosphere for it was absolutely electric.