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Which Panthers should consider wearing the No. 0 uniform? Here are our six picks:
On Tuesday, NFL owners voted to put the No. 0 back into its teams’ wardrobes—giving players, for the first time in 50 years, a chance to don the digit. So, that got us thinking—which Carolina Panthers players could be a hero with a zero?
Here are our six candidates for the new number.
(And remember, offensive and defensive linemen—despite being the best possible prospects for the number—are excluded in the rule.)
A disappointing result for the Panthers did have a few bright spots, including a career day from a rising star in Frankie Luvu.
As a whole, the Carolina Panthers went from stud to dud on Sunday. But how about on an individual scale?
Here are the best and worst performances from the team in their 30-24 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Chuba Hubbard and Raheem Blackshear starred in a dominant ground attack for the victorious Panthers on Sunday.
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The Carolina Panthers put themselves back into serious contention for the NFC South in Week 14, topping the Seattle Seahawks to the tune of a 30-24 victory. So, who helped (and didn’t help) get them there?
Here are our studs and duds from Sunday’s game.
Panthers WR Terrace Marshall Jr. made an 18-yard reception using his legs. That is not a typo.
If you’re a pass catcher, your arms and hands are for catching and your legs and feet are for running. But Carolina Panthers receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. might have his body parts a bit mixed up.
In the third quarter of Carolina’s Week 14 matchup against the Seattle Seahawks, the second-year wideout literally caught a pass using his legs. No, really . . .
Insane catch TMJ 🙌@Terracemjr pic.twitter.com/Kzl4XvZOdQ
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) December 11, 2022
Marshall Jr.’s grab (we can still call it that right?) resulted in an 18-yard gain—one Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll would understandably challenge. But after review, the catch stood and the highlight is now forever cemented as one of the oddest receptions you’ll ever see.
His quarterback would then go on to use his legs as well—but in a more conventional way—as Sam Darnold scrambled for a 26-yard gain up to the Seattle 24-yard line. The drive, however, would eventually be halted at the 3-yard line—as the Panthers turned the rock over on downs on a fourth-and-goal incompletion.
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After failing to hit the 30-yard receiving mark in any of the previous three games, Panthers WR DJ Moore had himself a day against CB Patrick Surtain II and the Broncos.
Earlier in the week, Carolina Panthers interim head coach Steve Wilks challenged his team—and more specifically, his stars—to step up. Well, that challenge was accepted and met on Sunday.
Here are the best (and a little of the worst) performances from Week 12’s 23-10 victory over the Denver Broncos.
Panthers WR Terrace Marshall Jr. is now averaging 18.8 yards per reception, the fourth-highest mark amongst all players with at least 15 catches in 2022.
There weren’t a lot of stats added in the Carolina Panthers’ Week 11 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. Because when the final score is 13-3 and you’re the team with the ‘3,’ there’s not much to look at.
Nonetheless, here are the team leaders heading into Week 12.
It’s safe to say, even without Week 11’s PFF grades, that many of the Panthers’ pass catchers didn’t have the greatest of days in Baltimore on Sunday. But here they are anyway.
The Carolina Panthers (at least on one side of the ball) gave a pretty good account of themselves in Sunday’s loss to the Baltimore Ravens. But how do the analysts at Pro Football Focus feel about the showing?
Here are the best and worst grades from Week 11.
D’Onta Foreman delivered—for the Panthers and for our Week 10 predictions.
How did we do in our string of predictions for Thursday night’s matchup between the Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons?
Let’s take a look at how the Week 10 win unraveled.
WR Laviska Shenault Jr. is finding a place in the Panthers offense.
The Carolina Panthers reignited some hope towards a run at this year’s NFC South crown, holding away the visiting Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night. So, what interesting takeaways do this week’s snap counts hold?
Let’s take a look.
This former LSU Tiger is trying to claw his way into fantasy relevance.
Every week, at least one player becomes my fascination of whether he’s worthy of a fantasy football start as a streamer. The decision can be a mental wrestling match, but for the purpose of brevity, only one player can be chosen as the fantasy football gamble of the week.
Tracking my predictions: 2-6-1
Win: Player produces ≥ 75% of projected fantasy points
Loss: Player produces >75% of projected fantasy points
Tie: Player is ejected, leaves with an injury, or lands on COVID-19 list after publishing
2021 record: 8-9-1
2020 record: 5-10-1
A lot of swinging and missing thus far … last week’s recommendation of Green Bay Packers running back AJ Dillon was a total flop. It is difficult to reconcile — regardless of how bad Green Bay has been — that the Lions managed shut out any offense until 3:22 left in the third and hold even the Packers to just nine points.
When making a prediction that hinges on game flow going in a specific direction, it’s basically impossible to make up any ground if the matchup doesn’t play out in such a way. This time out we’ll take a stab at an trending wide receiver on a terrible team and hope for a little bit of luck for a change.
It is just a numbers game. Carolina traded away both Robbie Anderson and Christian McCaffrey in the past several weeks, which created a massive opportunity for the second-year wideout to step up his game. Prior to just a couple of weeks ago, Marshall was trending into the territory of being a second-round bust, and there had been rumors about the team’s willingness to trade him away.
Over the last two games, Carolina has increased Marshall’s playing time and target share. He accounted for 28.1 percent of the Week 8 target share vs. Atlanta, securing four of nine looks for 87 yards. Last Sunday, with a mixture of PJ Walker and Baker Mayfield at quarterback, the LSU product tied WR DJ Moore for the team lead in targets with six (22.2 percent). Marshall secured his first NFL receiving TD in the contest.
Walker has been named the Week 10 starter after being benched, and while he has favored Moore 23-to-13 since McCaffrey was dealt, no other player in that time was within six looks. Tommy Tremble isn’t much of a target threat at tight end, and neither of the primary running backs are consistent receiving outlets. Furthermore, in what is a lost season, the Panthers need to find out what they have in Marshall prior to his third NFL offseason. The point being, even though the sample size is small, Carolina has few other capable options.
In the Week 8 meeting, Atlanta managed a 37-34 overtime win in what proved to be the Falcons’ highest-scoring offensive day of 2022. Little has changed since to expect these teams to be capable of stopping the opponent. Atlanta still faces major injury concerns in the secondary and has allowed WRs to average the most receptions and second-most yards in the past five weeks.
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No team has given up more points in standard scoring and just Pittsburgh has been worse in PPR. Six touchdowns have been scored, coming at the 14th-highest frequency. On the year, Atlanta is the biggest cupcake of them all, and a dozen TD grabs have come vs. this pushover.
The Falcons also stink vs. running backs, and D’Onta Foreman dismantled this unit in the earlier game. Even though he still racked up 118 rushing yards and a trio of scores, the Panthers still had to pass enough to send the aforementioned nine passes Marshall’s way, which should be encouraging.
While it’s a tad optimistic to expect nine targets again, the efficiency metrics vs. Atlanta make up for it. This is a top-10 opponent for yards per catch (13.9) and No. 12 for fantasy points per touch (1.82). Expect a total score somewhere in the mid-20s for each team, and Marshall should be no worse than a WR3 or flex play, but gamble on his plus-odds of delivering No. 2 returns.
My projection: 7 targets, 5 receptions, 71 yards, 1 TD (18.1 PPR fantasy points)
