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Panthers trading Adam Thielen to Vikings

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After days, maybe weeks of rumors, the Carolina Panthers have traded wide receiver Adam Thielen to the Minnesota Vikings. The Panthers are sending out a couple of late round picks with Thielen and in return are getting a fifth round pick next year and a fourth round pick the year after.

Homecoming: Panthers and Vikings are finalizing a trade for WR Adam Thielen to return to Minnesota, sources tell ESPN.

The trade: Vikings get Thielen, a conditional 2026 seventh-round pick and a 2027 fifth-round pick.

Panthers get a 2026 fifth-round pick and a 2027… pic.twitter.com/GETXaMjY21

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 27, 2025

It’s sad to see Thielen go after he established himself as not washed and a reliable target for Bryce Young. He’s been far and away the Panthers’ best receiver in his two seasons here. However, Thielen was apparently interested in a homecoming after he grew up, went to college, and started his NFL career in Minnesota. The Vikings have been hunting for wide receiver help with Jordan Addison facing a suspension and very little depth behind he and Justin Jefferson.

As for the Panthers, Thielen’s departure clears up a little bit of space in a wide receiver room that’s become somewhat log jammed. Tetairoa McMillan should be able to take over the top wide receiver spot in Thielen’s absence while Xavier Legette and Jalen Coker should theoretically make for decent complements on the outside. This also opens up playing time for interesting young guys like Jimmy Horn Jr. and Brycen Tremayne in rotational roles.

Source: https://www.catscratchreader.com/ca...5472/panthers-trading-adam-thielen-to-vikings
 
Reacts Results: Fans optimistic entering Panthers 2025 season

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Despite flagging hopes after the preseason, most fans of the Carolina Panthers are still confident in at least mild improvements from their favorite team in 2025. The Panthers have not won more than five games in a season with a full time head coach since 2018. Dave Canales matched that in 2024 in his first year as a head coach at any level of football. That “success” combined with quarterback Bryce Young’s improved play down the stretch generated a level of optimism that has carried through the offseason.

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Fans were extremely high on the Panthers after the draft and free agency and are still mostly up on the team after a disappointing preseason. A majority of fans remain confident that the team is headed in the right direction. Keep in mind that, despite this being a question about overall confidence in a long term plan, this question has always been remarkably sensitive to recent wins and losses. The 30% of fans who appear to have lost faith after three exhibition games would likely come rushing back to confidence off of a Week 1 win. Conversely, anything less than a close loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on September 7th could easily see another 30% of fans ready to jump ship.

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This is probably a better indicator of the full range of emotions across the fanbase. A majority expect the team to win at least one more game than they did last season. Three quarters of fans expect something between mild to incredible improvement, while only 26% are expecting the team to take a step back.

Panthers fans have been through a lot since 2018, so optimism like this is a bit of a new look for all of us. What actually happens next is anybody’s guess, but the good news is that we only have to wait one more week to find out how it’s all going to start.

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Source: https://www.catscratchreader.com/ge...fans-optimistic-entering-panthers-2025-season
 
Jalen Coker to IR, Hunter Renfrow returning in Saturday shake up

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The Carolina Panthers have announced that wide receiver Jalen Coker has been placed on the reserve/injured list with a quad injury. The fan favorite will miss a minimum of four games with this designation and not be allowed to practice with the team until he returns to the active roster.

Dan Morgan has turned to another fan favorite, former Clemson wide receiver Hunter Renfrow, to fill Coker’s roster spot and, likely, his role in the slot. Renfrow was a successful receiver with the Las Vegas Raiders, totalling 269 receptions for 2884 yards and 17 touchdowns in five seasons.

Renfrow struggled in 2022, missed much of the 2023 season, and the the entire 2024 season with what was ultimately diagnosed as ulcerative colitis. His comeback with the Panthers this season has been an underdog story with more optimism than on field results. His return to the Panthers roster is hopefully a sign that both those results and his veteran leadership are expected to come as a stabilizing factor for a wide receiver room that has lost two of it’s top four receivers just this week.

Renfrow will have at least until the Panthers Week 4 road game against the New England Patriots to make his case for a season’s worth of work. The earliest Coker can return to the field is Carolina’s Week 5 home game against the Miami Dolphins.

Source: https://www.catscratchreader.com/ca...hunter-renfrow-returning-in-saturday-shake-up
 
2025 Season Opener Countdown: 7 days to go

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Hello CSR! We are officially ONE WEEK away from kickoff for the Carolina Panthers 2025 season opener. That means its time to celebrate number 7 on the roster: safety Tre’von Moehrig!

Moehrig entered the league out of TCU as the 43rd overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft, selected by the Las Vegas Raiders. He had himself quite a career there, starting 64 games with 297 tackles, 29 pass deflections, 6 interceptions, 2 fumble recoveries, and 3 sacks as a safety for their unit. His steady production at safety, despite being played out of his preferred position at times, led him to free agency this off-season, where the Panthers scooped him up on a 3 year, $51 million contract with $34.5 million of it guaranteed!

Moehrig was brought in to be the DAWG of the secondary. He’s always been a tone setter of a tackler, and its shown in training camp. GM Dan Morgan and HC Dave Canales have praised him as a guy who is physical in everything he does, whether it be in run support, defending the pass, even special teams when needed. He can do basically everything you need from a safety, but he’s definitely best suited to play close to the line of scrimmage as his best seasons came as a strong safety in this league. Carolina’s secondary definitely needs the boost the Panthers paid him a boatload of money to be.

What are your thoughts on Moehrig, Panthers fans? Sound off below in the comments!

Source: https://www.catscratchreader.com/ca...548/2025-season-opener-countdown-7-days-to-go
 
2025 Season Opener Countdown: 8 days to go

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We’re down to single digits in our countdown towards the Carolina Panthers season opener. It’s just over a week away. With there being eight days left, our countdown piece is focused on number 8 himself: cornerback Jaycee Horn.

Horn, the eighth overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, has been the best defensive back on the Carolina Panthers since he was drafted. His reception amongst fans has been mixed, however, due to a combination of injuries spoiling his availability, need at other positions available at his draft position, and the low visibility of a good cornerback on network television broadcasts.

His reputation inside the building and around the league is nothing less than sterling. He is widely respected as one of the better young corners in the league and was paid like one by the Panthers at the start of free agency this year. Horn’s four-year, $100M extension briefly made him the highest paid defensive back in NFL history.

Horn’s injuries haven’t been the type to suggest lingering health concerns or an overall fragility, but he has certainly had bad luck. That has continued this offseason with a preseason car accident that resulted in him requiring stitches in his hand. The team is being quiet on his availability for Week 1 against the Jacksonville Jaguars, so we’ll be keeping a close eye on the first batch injury reports this week.

Source: https://www.catscratchreader.com/ca...541/2025-season-opener-countdown-8-days-to-go
 
2025 Season Opener Countdown: 6 Days to Go

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There are 6 days left until the start of the Carolina Panthers 2025 schedule, so today’s countdown piece is about number 6 in your program, punter Sam Martin.

Before the Panthers

The Panthers punter has some ties to the Carolinas as he played his college ball at Appalachian State from 2009-2012. While at App State he emerged as the nation’s best punter and was named First Team Associated Press All-American. Given his college exploits he was selected in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions, a notable feat for a punter to be drafted that high.

Martin won the starting job his rookie year and was named to the 2013 FWA All-Rookie Team for his performance. He spent the first seven seasons of his NFL career with the Lions. In 2020 he departed for the Denver Broncos and spent two seasons there before joining the Buffalo Bills in 2022, spending the past three seasons winning games and freezing his butt of in Buffalo.

In 12 NFL seasons he has 755 career punts averaging 46.2 yards per punt. Over the course of his career he has been a consistently good punter, but has yet to make a Pro Bowl.

Martin’s role with the Panthers

The 35-year-old veteran signed a 1-year, $1.6 million contract with the Panthers this past offseason. He will be the team’s starting punter. He replaces Johnny Hekker who held that job for the past three years and is now with the Tennessee Titans. In three seasons with the Panthers Hekker averaged 47.0 yards per punt, so nearly a yard longer than Martin’s career average of 46.2.

Martin’s role with this iteration of the Carolina Panthers is an important one. While the Panthers offense has talent at wide receiver, that talent is young and largely unproven. Carolina hasn’t had a viable tight end receiving option since Greg Olsen in 2019. Quarterback Bryce Young has been up and down (and now back on the upswing!) in his first two NFL seasons.

If the Panthers passing game bogs down at times, Sam Martin is going to be called upon to flip field position more often than Carolina fans would like to admit.

Source: https://www.catscratchreader.com/ca...522/2025-season-opener-countdown-6-days-to-go
 
The Optimist: Our superstitions will bring us home

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After a quiet holiday weekend of trading away quarterback Bryce Young’s favorite target and then losing his arguably next favorite target, second-year wide receiver Jalen Coker, to a quad injury for 4-6 weeks, the Carolina Panthers are faced with the first week of the 2025 season. It has been a long offseason of hope, questions, and no football. That has been quickly followed by a short run of weird injuries raising new questions for the team’s season opener this Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

We’ve joked all offseason about the confluence of the 2024 Ohio State National Championship, Jennifer Lopez’s divorce, and opening the season against the Jags meaning that we’re going to the Super Bowl this year. This may look like superstitious, even spurious, reasoning, that is all in good fun, but it has had staying power across the internet for two good reasons: they connect our present as a fanbase to better times. It has been ten years since the 15-1 2015 Carolina Panthers were at the peak of football and every year since then has been a step or a head-over-heels tumble down that mountain. Fun has been hard to find in Panthers football and being a fan of a football team should, occasionally, be fun. Connecting to the better years both reinforces the positive feeling of community that has stagnated in recent years and feels fun.

Last season, by the numbers, was a standard, disappointingly noncompetitive year for the Carolina Panthers. Their 5-12 record was their fourth five-win season in just the past six years. We were able to end the season on a high note watching the best quarterback play the Panthers have seen since before Cam Newton’s shoulder injury. But that play did not result in a winning streak to end the season thanks to Carolina’s historically bad defense. Taking one step forward and one step back has left the Panthers in an unpredictable spot.

If the defense steps up and Young maintains or elevates his level of play from last season then they’re in business. If Young takes a step back then we’re probably in the market for a new head coach and quarterback by Week 10. If the defense is no better than last season then we might walk out of the 2025 season in the exact same position we entered it: knowing nothing for certain. If. If. If. Then what do we, as fans, do now?

That’s not a question that we should answer based on things that have actually happened recently.

Superstitions are important in a sport that is increasingly overtaken by analytics. Sure, analyzing data can reflect the history of the game in a way that provides actionable insights into its future, but that has a bigger place in the team’s meeting rooms than in fan forums. We’re not making decisions for the team right now. We’re standing on the eve of a season that looks blessed by history and cursed by the present. We’re trying to sort out how we’re supposed to feel about it all. I can make a solid argument for why Jaycee Horn’s single car accident induced thumb injury or Ikem Ekwonu’s appendectomy are going to have a bigger impact on the Panthers’ tone-setting season opener in just five days than J-Lo’s divorce that was finalized in January. But I don’t want to because that’s not fun.

Superstitions are a deeply human behavior that date back to a time when we had no better heuristics with which to interpret the world. I know today that there is no way that passing gas has any affect on the weather just like I know that Ohio State’s 2024 season has no direct bearing on the Panthers 2025 season. But you better believe that one unlucky caveman had some strange beliefs after a stormy night and some bad beans. Just like more than one person out there has built their hope on this season in no small part to the coincidences between this season and the Panthers’ few glory days.

Maybe we live in a world where coincidence is enough to build a joke and a joke is enough to inspire the actual confidence needed to affect reality. Maybe our unlucky caveman was scared every time he ate beans or maybe he walked with false confidence, believing himself unusually powerful.

The impossible question that Panthers fans are grappling with right now is what matters more: Young’s ability to elevate this team, if he indeed has that ability, or the Panthers piling up of small injuries and the lingering foul taste of their 2024 defense. We’ve been waiting to answer some form of that question since the 2024 season ended on January 5th and it has only gotten more complicated since. It’s a question that is impossible and looms larger everyday because we can’t even start to answer it until we see them play real football on Sunday. It’s almost here and now we also have to ask ourselves if we want to know the answer. What if, after all, the answer is just “another 5-12 team”?

For the next five days, and maybe for the rest of the season, I’d like to believe that my favorite team is unusually powerful and that, whatever their diet has been this offseason, they’ll hit the league like the storms we saw from them in 2003 and 2015. I know that isn’t likely. I know the answer to the big question of the offseason—who are the Carolina Panthers?—will be answered with more of a shrug than a statement. But that shrug is never fun. Taking the otherside of the superstitious coin and looking at Horn, Icky, and Coker’s last couple of weeks as harbingers of what’s to come is also no fun. Connecting with the great years of our fandom’s past is. So right now I’m going to believe in what I can’t see, because—for only five more days—there’s nothing real that I can see to contradict that belief.

Whether the Panthers are blessed, cursed. or live in a causal reality, it makes no difference in the end. Football is here. Super Bowl or bust.

Source: https://www.catscratchreader.com/general/55566/the-optimist-our-superstitions-will-bring-us-home
 
Panthers Choose Main Captains, Will Have Others Rotate Weekly

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According to the team website and multiple other sources, the Carolina Panthers will have three players serve as the main captains for the team this season. The three players chosen were Bryce Young, Derrick Brown, and JJ Jansen. A fourth captain will be chosen each week and rotate among other players on the roster. These selections come as no surprise.

The quarterback is almost always chosen as a captain due to the leadership naturally required at the position, so Bryce Young will wear the “C” on his chest for the third time in his three seasons. The defensive captain was going to come down to one of two players with Derrick Brown being the more obvious of the two (Jaycee Horn being the other). Brown is a huge part of the defense and the locker room culture, and he just signed a deal to be the face of the defense a couple years ago. The entire team has been excited about Brown returning from injury, which solidified his standing as the anchor on that side of the ball. Jansen has been with the Panthers since 1842 and is a no-brainer for captain representing special teams. The Cart Talk host is a fan and player favorite and has seen just about everything the NFL can throw at you.

Candidates for the rotating captains could depend on many factors, and we haven’t gotten an explanation of what the criteria will be. Still, we can take a guess as to some of the more likely candidates. The aforementioned Jaycee Horn will almost assuredly be a captain at some point this season. Tre’Von Moehrig would be another fairly obvious choice after receiving a hefty contract this past offseason. We could also see players like Tershawn Wharton, A’Shawn Robinson, or Christian Rozeboom get the honor for a week. On offense, someone like Taylor Moton likely gets the nod at some point, as will Chuba Hubbard in all likelihood. Robert Hunt, Austin Corbett, and Damien Lewis could also put on the “C” for a game. The youth movement through the rest of the offense makes those the most likely candidates.

Source: https://www.catscratchreader.com/ca...-main-captains-will-have-others-rotate-weekly
 
Panthers Reacts Survey Week 1: Confidence and wide receiver drama

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Week 1 of the Carolina Panthers 2025 season is here and, for their rapidly dwindling wide receiver corps, it couldn’t come too soon. A shaky preseason and a couple of injuries have everybody on the edge of their seats, ready to get this show on the road before any more wheels come off the wagon. With that said, let’s dig into this week’s survey.

The first question is our standard confidence question. Remember, this is not a question asking if you think the Panthers will win this weekend against Jacksonville. This is a question asking about your opinion about the long term prospects of the franchise as a whole. Think of it as a referendum on the leadership of general manager Dan Morgan and head coach Dave Canales.

The second question, after a week of turmoil at the receiver position and in honor of it being Tetairoa McMillan day on our countdown series, is which receiver are you most looking forward to seeing on the field on Sunday?

T-Mac may be the obvious winner here, but I’m sure Xavier Legette and Hunter Renfrow have their fans out there as well. David Moore is also a coaching staff favorite, but is he a fan favorite? Let’s find out.

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Panthers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.

Source: https://www.catscratchreader.com/ge...vey-week-1-confidence-and-wide-receiver-drama
 
Panthers vs Jaguars: Opening odds

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The Carolina Panthers are continuing their streak of opening as underdogs for the 2025 season, but the margin isn’t nearly as wide as it could be. Bryce Young may have had a breakout back half of the 2024 season but oddsmakers aren’t giving him, or the Panthers defense, the benefit of any doubts just yet.

Week 1​

Spread​


Panthers: +3.5 (-115)

Jaguars: -3.5 (-105)

O/U​


46.5 (-115/-105)

Moneyline​


Panthers: +154

Jaguars: -184

Remember that home-field advantage is traditionally accounted for by spotting the home team—the Jaguars, in this case—three points on the spread. That means this would be nearly a dead heat on a neutral field. That’s fitting as nobody really knows what to make of either team entering this season.

Neither Young nor Trevor Lawerence have established firm reputations as quarterbacks. Both Dave Canales and first year head coach Liam Coen are relatively fresh head coaches, both having spent just one year as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator before getting their current gigs. Coen may have a longer history as an OC at other stops, but this is his first head coaching role. What either leader is going to produce this season certainly remains to be seen.

The above odds were current as of the writing of this post. You can take a look at—and place a bet on—live odds for this game and more here at FanDuel Sportsbook.

Source: https://www.catscratchreader.com/carolina-panthers-odds/55594/panthers-vs-jaguars-opening-odds
 
Panthers vs. Jaguars: Defensive Preview

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Hello CSR! The regular season is finally here, and Sunday afternoon we’ll FINALLY get to see this new look Panthers defense in all of its glory (or horror ) deployed in full force! They’ll face off against a Jaguars offense that boasts an explosive pair of wide receivers, a duo at running back, and a new look offensive line. Let’s dive right into the keys to this game on defense.

How will the Panthers deploy their safety group?​


The Panthers released their first *unofficial* regular season depth chart this week, and much is being made about Nick Scott’s listing as the starter opposite Tre’Von Moehrig. While the coaching staff has remained steadfast that Nick Scott will be a part of this defense, the expectation I have is we’ll see some form of a rotation at the safety spots. The two primary backups in Demani Richardson and 4th round rookie Lathan Ransom have shown their own skill-sets throughout the preseason, and I would expect them to be deployed in some interesting ways. Ransom specifically took some snaps during the preseason (with the backups) closer to the line of scrimmage, so I’m wondering if we’ll see the same thing with the starters in a sub-package or in passing situations/lighter personnel on the offensive side. The safety position was one of the bigger weaknesses for the defense in 2024 in both pass and run plays, so I would expect the Jaguars to target this group with their passing calls and with perimeter rushing plays that will force them to come up and make tackles. I’m excited to see what Evero’s plan for this unit looks like.

What to do about the wide receivers?​


The Jaguars 2024 first round pick Brian Thomas Jr arguably had the most impressive rookie season of the entirety of a deep 2024 rookie receiver class. Then, the Jaguars doubled down on that position, trading up to select WR/DB Travis Hunter early in the 2025 NFL Draft. This particular pairing could pose a major problem, as Thomas was super productive without a high end running mate, even with the likes of Mac Jones throwing to him at times during the season. While Jaycee Horn will certainly face off against one of them on most snaps, how the other is deployed and how the Panthers line up against that should be a major key to this game. Whether its against Mike Jackson on the outside, Chau Smith-Wade on the inside, or one of the safeties, Hunter or Thomas could be a mismatch on virtually every snap. Considering week 1 is usually ugly football across the league, one of the easiest ways to insure you walk away with a win to start the season is to win the big plays battle against the opposing team’s offense. I would expect the Jags to take shots down the field early and often to this dynamic receiver duo.

New look pass rush could be the biggest key.​


The Panthers added a lot of talent along the defensive line this off-season, and it was to address their two biggest issues in 2024; the run defense, and the pass rush. While the rushing defense could look a bit rough simply because of the number of new faces having to acclimate to each other (run fits, gap control, etc), the pass rush could definitely hit the ground running if these guys can attack fast against the Jaguars passing attack. While Patrick Jones and DJ Wonnum are listed as starters, I would figure both rookies Nic Scourton and Princely Umanmielen will be featured, and how fast they progress as NFL players could be a big key to how successful this pass rush as a whole is, both for the season and in this game. Luckily this week, they’ll be facing a group of tackles for the Jaguars that is certainly not elite by any means. Walker Little and Anton Harrison will look to lock down the edges for Trevor Lawrence in 2025, so this will be their first big test of the season.

What are you looking for from the defense in week 1, Panthers fans? Sound off below in the comments!

Source: https://www.catscratchreader.com/ca...n/55598/panthers-vs-jaguars-defensive-preview
 
Panthers vs Jaguars: Offensive preview

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We’re just days away from the first meaningful minutes of Carolina Panthers football in 2025. Cauti0us optimism surrounds a Panthers offensive unit that started to come on a bit at the end of last season. The unit is largely the same as it was then save for some modest improvements at the skill positions. Rico Dowdle is in as a complement to Chuba Hubbard, which is something the Panthers didn’t really have last season. Also in is rookie wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan with expectations of becoming a Pro Bowl caliber receiver. He’ll be better than the now departed Adam Thielen, but it remains to be seen how long it’ll take him to get there.

On the other side is a Jacksonville Jaguars defense that was probably worst in the league outside of your very own Carolina Panthers. They ranked 31st in defensive DVOA and 31st in yards per play allowed. To try to remedy that, they signed veterans Eric Murray and Jourdan Lewis to bolster their secondary then traded up to select do-everything-guy Travis Hunter, who should also help their secondary. On paper, it’s a more improved unit, but it’d be a stretch to expect them to be good unless new defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile can work some magic that the past regime wasn’t. There are names on the defensive side, but outside of Josh Hines-Allen, they haven’t performed up to their reputation in recent seasons.

That gives the Panthers offense a chance to get their season started on the right foot. Let’s take a look at the keys to a successful first day at the offensive for Bryce Young and company.

  • Bryce Young needs to prove the end of last season wasn’t a mirage. There’s been a lot more optimism for year three of Bryce Young than there was for year two, but I can’t quite shake a nervous feeling about how sustainable the end of last season will be. It wasn’t the first time we’ve seen a quarterback thrive late in a lost season when there were no expectations, and we’ve seen plenty examples of those quarterbacks reverting to worse versions of themselves when expectations and real season pressure returns. Hopefully that doesn’t happen to Bryce Young, but it’s always possible. He has a new weapon in Tetairoa McMillan and the same offensive line that did a good job of protecting him this season. It’s a make or break season for Young, and he needs to get it off on the right foot.
  • How does Tetairoa McMillan fit into the offensive plans? The Panthers did a solid for Adam Thielen and sent him back to the Vikings to close out his career. That was followed by Jalen Coker going on injured reserve. That means the rookie first round pick is going to be needed in a primary receiver role right out of the gate. He flashed a bit in his limited preseason action. The Panthers need those flashes to be a consistent presence for Young and the offense. We might get some McMillan vs Travis Hunter snaps too, which would be a fun watch.
  • Can the offense find its rhythm early? It’s common to see a lot of teams struggle to find their offensive groove early in the season. The Panthers have a relatively soft opening stretch of the schedule before it gets tougher through the middle. On paper, the Jaguars are a great starting point for an offense. If the Panthers struggle, they might find it tough sledding to get going as the season goes on. For their own confidence and the confidence of the fan base, they need to put forth a good opening performance.

Source: https://www.catscratchreader.com/ca...thers-vs-jaguars-offensive-preview-nfl-week-1
 
2025 Season Opener Countdown: 3 days to go

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We’re down to single digits in our countdown towards the Carolina Panthers season opener. It’s now under a week away. With just days left, our countdown piece is focused on the player wearing the number 3 jersey: outside linebacker Princely Umanmielen

The 77th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft changed jersey numbers yesterday and is now set to wear the number 3 jersey this season. The Ole Miss product is more of a pass rushing specialist than a complete, edge setting defender just yet, but the Panthers have high hopes about the 23-year old rookie’s ability to develop alongside fellow rookie linebacker Nic Scourton.

We’re expecting to see Umanmielen feature early on in obvious passing situations, so don’t be shocked if you see D.J. Johnson rotating in ahead of him in short yardage situations. That won’t be an indictment of Umanmielen’s potential. Let’s remember he’s a rookie who is still getting his feet wet.

The number 3 jersey has a long history of being worn by backups for the Panthers, including Matt Moore, Derek Anderson, Will Grier, and, most recently, Raheem Blackshear. Here’s to hoping Umanmielen breaks from that legacy and makes the number his own.

Source: https://www.catscratchreader.com/ca...606/2025-season-opener-countdown-3-days-to-go
 
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