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For the first time in 2023, Bryce Young has earned PFF’s highest offensive grade for the Panthers.
Did Carolina Panthers rookie quarterback Bryce Young just quietly have his coming-out party?
Here are the best and worst Pro Football Focus grades for the Week 15 win over the Atlanta Falcons:
Panthers RB Miles Sanders earned his highest PFF grade of the season for his efficient Week 14 performance.
The Carolina Panthers recorded a grand total of zero touchdowns in their 28-6 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday afternoon. But, in a bit of a surprise, a few of their offensive players impressed the film buffs.
Oh, and some didn’t.
Here are the best and worst Pro Football Focus grades from the Week 14 defeat:
Panthers DT DeShawn Williams was out of practice on Wednesday due to a knee injury.
The Carolina Panthers held out four players from practice on Wednesday.
One of those absentees was defensive lineman DeShawn Williams, who was listed with a knee injury. Williams, who has recorded 24 combined tackles and a sack, has played in all 12 games for Carolina this season.
Also out was the veteran trio of wide receiver Adam Thielen, right tackle Taylor Moton and cornerback Troy Hill. All received rest days for the afternoon.
Here’s the first official injury report for the team’s Week 14 matchup against the New Orleans Saints:
| Injury | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Game status | |
| CB Troy Hill | Rest/ankle | DNP | |||
| OT Taylor Moton | Rest/knee | DNP | |||
| WR Adam Thielen | Rest | DNP | |||
| DT DeShawn Williams | Knee | DNP | |||
| S Vonn Bell | Shoulder | Limited | |||
| C Bradley Bozeman | Ankle | Limited | |||
| S Jeremy Chinn | Quadriceps | Limited | |||
| OLB Yetur Gross-Matos | Hamstring | Limited | |||
| OLB Marquis Haynes Sr. | Back | Limited | |||
| CB Jaycee Horn | Hamstring | Limited | |||
| TE Hayden Hurst | Concussion | Limited | |||
| TE Stephen Sullivan | Shoulder | Limited | |||
| TE Tommy Tremble | Hip | Limited | |||
| OLB Amaré Barno | Ankle | Full |
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Panthers DT Derrick Brown notched a season-high seven pressures in Week 13.
Who chopped the most wood in Sunday’s loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
Here are the best and worst Pro Football Focus grades for the Carolina Panthers in Week 13:
Panthers CB Troy Hill earned his team’s highest PFF grade of Week 11.
How did the Carolina Panthers grade out in their ninth loss of the season?
Here are the best and worst Pro Football Focus marks from the 33-10 loss to the Dallas Cowboys:
Week 11’s timeshare between Panthers RBs Chuba Hubbard and Miles Sanders was just about as even as it gets.
We seem to be getting the same ol’ story with these 2023 Carolina Panthers, who put forth another anemic offensive performance in another loss on Sunday. But do the snap counts tell us anything different?
Here are our biggest takeaways from Week 11’s totals:
Donte Jackson has been playing some of the best ball of his career lately. The Panthers will need more of it on Sunday against the Cowboys.
Let’s just be straight up—the Carolina Panthers will need a lot of factors to fall in their favor to pull off an upset on Sunday. Heck, we’ll even give you four as we head into kickoff later this afternoon.
Here are the key matchups for the Week 11 clash with the Dallas Cowboys:
Thursday’s injury report came out a bit cleaner for the Panthers.
As expected, the Carolina Panthers’ injury report from Thursday looked a lot cleaner than the one from Wednesday.
After holding out eight players from yesterday’s session, the Panthers got a handful of their men back this afternoon—including wideout DJ Chark, tight end Hayden Hurst, right tackle Taylor Moton and cornerback Troy Hill.
Among those still out were were receiver Laviska Shenault Jr., who sustained an ankle injury against the Miami Dolphins in Week 6, and outside linebacker Justin Houston, who is dealing with a hamstring issue.
Here is Thursday’s injury report in full:
| Injury | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Game status | |
| WR DJ Chark | Elbow | DNP | Limited | ||
| LB Clauin Cherelus | Knee | DNP | DNP | ||
| CB Troy Hill | Illness | DNP | Full | ||
| OLB Justin Houston | Hamstring | DNP | DNP | ||
| TE Hayden Hurst | Illness | DNP | Full | ||
| OT Taylor Moton | Knee/rest | DNP | Limited | ||
| WR Laviska Shenault Jr. | Ankle | DNP | DNP | ||
| WR Adam Thielen | Rest | DNP | – | ||
| S Vonn Bell | Quadriceps | Limited | Limited | ||
| OLB Brian Burns | Elbow | Limited | Limited | ||
| G Austin Corbett | Knee | Limited | Limited | ||
| LB Frankie Luvu | Hip | Limited | Limited | ||
| LB Chandler Wooten | Hamstring | Limited | Limited | ||
| RB Raheem Blackshear | Groin | Limited | Full | ||
| S Xavier Woods | Abdomen | – | Limited | ||
| G Cade Mays | Ankle | – | Full |
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Through six games, Adam Thielen now has three No. 1 finishes for the Panthers in PFF’s offensive grading.
Another week, another big-time showing for Carolina Panthers wide receiver Adam Thielen. (Oh . . . and another week, another loss.)
Here are the best and worst Pro Football Focus grades for the Panthers in their Week 6 defeat to the Miami Dolphins:
Panthers DC Ejiro Evero said that CJ Henderson and Troy Hill are the next men up for an injured Jaycee Horn.
Being without cornerback Jaycee Horn is not going to be an easy challenge to overcome for the Carolina Panthers—and defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero certainly senses it.
Evero spoke with reporters this morning, just a few days ahead of their Monday night matchup with the New Orleans Saints. When asked about his plan sans Horn, who is expected to miss a significant amount of time with a hamstring injury, he seemed confident in what he does have.
“It’s a tough deal, obviously,” Evero replied. “We feel really good about our corner situation right now. We got a lot of guys that got a lot of experience in this league and have played at a high level. And we’ll sort through, like, exactly who’s playing in what roles. But we look forward to it and we feel good about whoever’s out there.”
“Whoever” includes 2020 ninth overall pick CJ Henderson and 10th-year veteran Troy Hill, who Evero confirmed would be the first men up in place of Horn. The two’s performances vastly differed in the season opener this past weekend—as Hill earned Pro Football Focus’ highest overall grade for a Panthers defender in the 24-10 loss while Henderson was marked with the third-lowest.
Either way, they’ll both have to be on their game for the second outing—especially against a Saints offense that produced seven explosive plays to kick off their 2023 campaign.
In addition to Henderson and Hill, the active roster also includes Donte Jackson, Jeremy Chinn, D’Shawn Jamison and Sam Webb—whom was signed off the Las Vegas Raiders’ practice squad on Thursday.
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