Hamster Dance: Doug Martin Plus Buccaneers’ Late Surge Crushes Panthers In...
By Ted Fleming Greg Olsen summed it up the best when he said the Panthers have an “uncanny ability to lose,” after they squandered a late game lead to fall to the Buccaneers in overtime 27-21. The...
View ArticleCarolina Panthers Fans Thankful ThatThe End Is Nigh
By Ted Fleming It won’t be a Happy Thanksgiving in Panthers Land this year. A 2-8 record will take the joy out of that holiday. Credit, Scott Halleran/Getty Images) It wasn’t supposed to be this way....
View ArticleCam Newton Gets Plenty Of Exposure During Thanksgivings Games
By Ted Fleming The Panthers held a brief four-hour practice so players could enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday as they prepare for their Monday night tilt against the Eagles in Philadelphia. There was...
View ArticleCam Newton Shines On National Stage As Panthers Ground Eagles On MNF
By Ted Fleming They call it winning ugly, but the way the season has gone for the Carolina Panthers, it doesn’t matter how they got it. Taking advantage of three fumbles by a pair of rookies, a penalty...
View ArticlePanthers’ Win Against Eagles Was Costly
By Ted Fleming Just when they might have started feeling good about themselves, the Panthers have lost yet another starter to injured reserve while their number one running back could miss a game or...
View ArticleBattle Of The Cellar Dwellers: Lifeless Chiefs Host Revived Panthers At...
By Ted Fleming KANSAS CITY CHIEFS BY THE NUMBERS 2012 Record: 1-10 Record vs. Panthers: 2-2 Streak vs. Panthers: L2 Last Meeting: Carolina 34, KC 0 (Oct. 5, 2008) Next Game: Sunday at Arrowhead...
View ArticleInspired Chiefs Ride Wave Of Emotions In Victory Over Panthers In Kansas City
By Ted Fleming There were many legitimate arguments, both for and against, whether the Panther-Chiefs game should have been canceled or at the very least postponed following Saturday’s tragic events...
View ArticleThomas Davis Won’t Win Comeback Player, But Panthers Just Happy He Came Back
By Ted Fleming Thomas Davis, LB #58 Height: 6’1” Weight: 235 Age: 29 Hometown: Shellman, GA College: University of Georgia Experience: 8 years (Credit, Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) He could have walked...
View ArticleInjury Bug Strikes Panthers Again, Cam Newton Putting Early Season Woes...
By Ted Fleming The latest issue of the Panthers Injured Reserve Weekly has the continuing story of players who are unable to finish out the season for one reason or another, leading to a number of...
View ArticlePanthers’ Cam Newton Believes That Motivation Is Key To Playing Out Rest Of...
By Ted Fleming It’s a common refrain for teams with losing records, but in the Panthers’ case, they actually are a better team than what the record indicates. With only four games left before the golf...
View ArticlePanthers Want To Let Actions Speak Volumes In Rematch With Matt Ryan And Falcons
By Ted Fleming Atlanta Falcons by the numbers 2012 Record: 11-1 Record vs. Panthers: 23-12 Streak vs. Carolina: W5 Last Meeting: Falcons 30, Panthers 28 (9/30/12) Next Game: Sunday at Bank of America...
View ArticleFullback Mike Tolbert Left Money On The Table Just To Play For The Panthers
By Ted Fleming Mike Tolbert, FB #35 Height: 5’9” Weight: 245 Age: 27 Hometown: Douglasville, GA College: Coastal Carolina Experience: 5 years (Credit, Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) He doesn’t play a...
View ArticleRon Rivera Needs To Be Told He Will Return As Panthers Head Coach For 2013
By Ted Fleming It is amazing how a few wins have been able to put the brakes on all the claptrap surrounding the Panthers’ dismal season. It’s understandable how it all began, but now that the head...
View ArticleUnsure Of His Head Coaching Future, Ron Rivera Believes The Panthers Are...
By Ted Fleming When general manager Marty Hurney was fired, the words “trending upward” turned into a kind of catch phrase that became the exclusive property of the City of Charlotte. While it did...
View ArticleThe ‘Perturbed Panther PSL Owners Federation’ Giving Forrest Gump A Bad Name
By Ted Fleming It was signed the Perturbed Panther PSL Owners Federation. Presuming the word “owners” means there is more than one member of the PPPOF or the lengthier PPPSLOF, where did they come...
View ArticlePanthers Linebacker Thomas Davis Gets Walter Payton Award Nod, Practice News...
By Ted Fleming Thomas Davis will probably not garner a lot of votes when it comes to the Comeback Player of the Year Award. That’s because the Panthers linebacker is up against some pretty stiff...
View ArticleOffense Challenged Raiders Ripe For The Picking In Panther Final Home Game Of...
By Ted Fleming Oakland Raiders by the numbers 2012 Record: 4-10 Record vs. Panthers: 2-2 Streak against Panthers: L1 Last Meeting: Panthers 17, Raiders 6 (11/9/08) Next Game: Sunday at Bank of America...
View ArticleWithout Seymour, Raiders Left Defenseless Against ‘Healthier’ Panthers
By Ted Fleming If you are one of the two teams in the NFL that has given up more than 400 points so far this season you look for any silver lining you can get on defense as you prepare for the Carolina...
View ArticleCam Newton’s Ref Bump Could Be First Test Of Roger Goodell’s Post-Bounty Gate...
By Ted Fleming (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images) You might call it the “Bump heard ‘round the Panthers’ World,” and for Cam Newton, he is likely to be hearing from officials at the NFL offices in...
View ArticlePanthers’ Payback: Keep Brees Out Of Record Book
By Ted Fleming When the season started it was thought the New Orleans Saints were still good enough to make the playoffs despite the suspensions levied by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for what is now...
View ArticlePanthers Get Pro Bowl Snub, But Could Still Have Players Selected As Subs
By Ted Fleming (Credit, Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images) When the Panthers returned to work for the first time after they recorded their first three game winning streak since 2009, there might have...
View ArticleRecords, Jobs On The Line As Panthers And Saints Look To Close Out Season...
By Ted Fleming (Credit, Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) New Orleans Saints by the numbers 2012 Record: 7-8 Record vs. Panthers: 17-18 Streak vs. Panthers: L1 Last Meeting: Panthers 35, Saints 25 (9/16/12)...
View ArticleSeahawks Surge With Perfect Preseason Momentum Against Panthers
By Ted Fleming Russell Wilson (Credit, Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) SEATTLE SEAHAWKS BY THE NUMBERS 2012 Record: 11-5 Record vs. Panthers: 4-2 (Includes 2006 NFC Championship Game) Streak vs. Seahawks:...
View ArticleFullback Mike Tolbert Must Play For Panthers To Have Success Against Seattle
By Ted Fleming If there was one thing that had the Panthers feeling uneasy about their season opener against the Seattle Seahawks it was the state of their running game. Jonathan Stewart was already...
View ArticleThe Brighter Side Of Carolina’s 12-7 Loss To Seahawks
By Ted Fleming Just when it looked like the Panthers would break away from their modus operandi of a year ago and win a squeaker, they would fumble away a chance to knock off one of the NFL’s elite...
View ArticleDo Panthers Have Anything To Fear From Buffalo Bills?
By Ted Fleming BUFFALO BILLS BY THE NUMBERS 2012 Record: 6-10 2013 Record: 0-1 Record vs. Panthers: 3-1 Streak vs. Panthers: W1 Last Meeting: Bills 20, Panthers 9 (10/25/09) in Charlotte, NC Next Game:...
View ArticleRon Rivera Lashes Out After Watching Tape Of Seahawks Game
By Ted Fleming One thing about watching the tape after the emotions of a game have calmed is that you see more of what actually happened. While the obvious stood out when he addressed the media...
View ArticleCollege Football Spotlight: Ohio State Is Going To Pasadena, But For Which Game?
By Kevin McGuire (Credit, Jamie Sabau/Getty Images) The path to Pasadena is all clear now for Alabama and Florida State. Following another weekend of domination after Oregon stumbled on the road...
View ArticleHeisman Watch: Jameis Winston The Slam Dunk, Five Others Playing For Second
By Kevin McGuire (Credit, Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston will be shuttled around New York City this week in the days leading up to the awarding of this season’s...
View ArticleEagles Prepare For Saints Wild Card Battle
By Kevin McGuireThe Philadelphia Eagles are back in the playoffs and they will be faced with one of the more lethal threats right out of the gate. Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints make their way...
View ArticleBelichick A Possible Candidate For NFL Coach Of The Year
By Gregory Hunt In winning 11 AFC East Division titles in the 14 seasons he has coached the New England Patriots, Bill Belichick has been a master of consistency. The 2013 season marks the 13th...
View ArticlePackers Hope To Avoid Deja Vu Against Niners
By Chris Morgan The Green Bay Packers are being viewed as more formidable than your typical 8-7-1 team headed into the playoffs, and with good season. They made it into the postseason thanks to a major...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Eagles Prepare To Face Drew Brees
By Kevin McGuireFor the second week in a row, the Philadelphia Eagles will be facing a quarterback product of Purdue, but this weekend the Eagles cannot afford to let the former Boilermaker quarterback...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Eagles In Mostly Good Health Heading Into postseason
By Kevin McGuire The Philadelphia Eagles will need its defensive secondary to be on their toes this weekend with Drew Brees leading the New Orleans Saints into town with a monster of a passing offense....
View ArticleSaints’ Last-Second Field Goal Sinks Philadelphia Eagles, And The Grades Are In
By Kevin McGuire The Philadelphia Eagles drove 92 yards to take a 24-23 lead with just under five minutes to play, but the special teams gave New Orleans a chance and the defense failed to get off the...
View ArticlePutting The 2013 Philadelphia Eagles Season In Perspective
By Kevin McGuire Despite the season ending with a last-second field goal off the leg of a free agent kicker, the Philadelphia Eagles can still label the 2013 season as a success. It may take some time...
View ArticleColts, Not Bengals Better Bet For Patriots In Playoffs
By Gregory Hunt The Indianapolis Colts earned a trip to Foxboro this weekend, thanks to their 45-44 comeback victory over the Kansas City Chiefs and to the San Diego Chargers 27-10 upset win over the...
View ArticlePatriots Run Past Colts To Reach 3rd Consecutive AFC Championship Game
By Gregory Hunt This game was billed as a duel between star quarterbacks Tom Brady and Andrew Luck, but in the end it was running back LaGarrette Blount and lineback Jamie Collins who led the New...
View ArticlePatriots Team Grades: Super Bowl Hopes End With AFC Championship Loss To Broncos
By Gregory Hunt The 2013 New England Patriots season came to an end Sunday afternoon, thanks to a 26-16 loss to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High....
View ArticlePatriots 2013 Season Ends Badly, But The Journey Was Quite Good
By Gregory Hunt The New England Patriots 2013 season was unlike any in the history of the franchise. In many ways, it seemed to be a success and a failure at the same time. Depending on your...
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