Carolina Panthers — 2026 season outlook, updated Aug 31, 2026.
Carolina Panthers finished the 2025 season 8-9 · NFC South champion, #4 seed.
Carolina Panthers: 8-9 regular season.
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2025 · NFC South champion, #4 seed
Where they rank — 2025
2026 schedule
- Bye week 5 — see all 2026 byes.
- 3rd-hardest schedule — opponents average 8.91 projected wins.
- Panthers backfield and handcuffs — depth chart, refreshed daily.
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Panthers Camp — Aug 31: Moton and Ekwonu Both Out at Least Four Games
Carolina set its initial 53 with both starting tackles on reserve lists — Ikem Ekwonu on reserve/physically-unable-to-perform, Taylor Moton on reserve/non-football illness — each out at least the first four games, with rookie Monroe Freeling and Rasheed Walker stepping in ahead of Bryce Young. The front office churned to the deadline: an agreement with Bobby Okereke a day before cuts, a trade for TeRah Edwards at it, and a waiver of two-year starter Trevin Wallace the beat treated as the weekend's surprise.
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- Camp · Aug 23, 2026
Panthers Camp — Aug 23: Young Went 5-of-6 With His Guards Back
Bryce Young went 5 of 6 for 49 yards and drove 58 yards for a touchdown in Carolina's 34-17 win at Jacksonville, one week after three straight three-and-outs — with starting guards Robert Hunt and Damien Lewis back in front of him. Jonathon Brooks finished the drive with his first professional touchdown, twenty months and two ACL tears after his last one.
- Camp · Aug 16, 2026
Carolina Panthers Camp Update — August 16: Phillips Sacked Josh Allen, Young Stalled Out
Jaelan Phillips sacked Josh Allen and Jonathon Brooks survived his first live contact in twenty months, but Chuba Hubbard pulled a hamstring, Nic Scourton's season is already over with an NFLPA investigation attached, and Bryce Young's debut was three three-and-outs behind a line missing both starting guards.
- Camp · Aug 9, 2026
Carolina Panthers Camp Update — August 9: Jonathon Brooks Is Taking Hits Again
Twenty months and two ACL tears later, Brooks took full-speed contact in the first padded practice and cut through the defense for the play of the day. The Panthers are in Canton for the Hall of Fame game, Kenny Pickett starts it, and the Bryce Young questions wait for real pass rushes.
- 2026 Preview
Carolina Panthers 2026 Season Preview — The Champion Priced Third
Carolina won the division on the least repeatable profile in our ten-year data — then spent the offseason buying exactly the thing it lacked, and the market can't decide which fact matters more.
- Season Review
Panthers 2025 Season in Review
8-9 regular season
- Draft Recap
7 picks in the 2026 NFL Draft
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