Here’s a fresh weekend open thread just for you. Feel free to use this thread to hang out over the weekend and chat about whatever you want (just make sure you follow the ToS ... the rules still apply here) with anyone who decides to stick around. This is now an open thread ..read more

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Now that the Panthers have new pieces for their 2024 puzzle, how do those pieces fit? With the 2024 NFL Draft behind us, we now have the opportunity to look forward and predict how this draft class will fit into the current regime’s plans. Obviously the coaches and scouts believe these players fit in some form or fashion into at least one of the three phases, but let’s try to look at past trends from this coaching staff and guess what type of usage we can expect from the newest Carolina Panthers. The Carolina Panthers got Day 3 of the Draft started by taking t ..read more

Photo by Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images The team took care of business ahead of their rookie minicamp The Carolina Panthers have announced the signing of all seven members of their 2024 NFL Draft class in advance of this weekend’s rookie minicamp. That means every healthy body from Xavier Legette (the no. 32 overall pick) to Michael Barrett (the no. 240 overall pick) will be on the field this weekend. That also means no Jonathon Brooks yet. Rookie minicamp begins today at the team’s facility in Charlotte and continues through tomorrow. It is not open to the public. The team has also announced je ..read more

Photo by Eakin Howard/Getty Images David Tepper is adding an actual analytics guy According to Joe Person, the Carolina Panthers are set to hire SumerSports vice president Eric Eager in an ambiguous “analytics role.” Eager previously worked for Pro Football Focus, the somewhat divisive football analytics website. PFF is often simultaneously praised and criticized for their player grades after each game, but the popularity of their advanced statistics cannot be argued. Eager has a PhD in mathematical biology (yes, that’s a real thing apparently) from Nebraska, so he definitely has the mathemati ..read more

Photo by Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Now that the Panthers have new pieces for their 2024 puzzle, how do those pieces fit? With the 2024 NFL Draft behind us, we now have the opportunity to look forward and predict how this draft class will fit into the current regime’s plans. Obviously the coaches and scouts believe these players fit in some form or fashion into at least one of the three phases, but let’s try to look at past trends from this coaching staff and guess what type of usage we can expect from the newest Carolina Panthers. The Panthers traded down, then back up to se ..read more

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The Carolina Panthers continue to add to their running back room Just a little over a week after taking Jonathan Brooks in the second round of the NFL Draft, the Carolina Panthers have added even more talent to their running back room. According to Jeremy Fowler, former Seahawks and Eagles running back Rashaad Penny plans to sign with the Panthers after rookie mini camp ends. Source: Running back Rashaad Penny plans to sign with the #Panthers. Former first-round pick reunites with head coach Dave Canales from their Seattle days. Signing likely happening ..read more

Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images The new Panthers linebacker might have the right mentality, but what else can be expected from the 72nd overall pick? If you’ve heard it once, you have heard it a thousand times: Carolina Panthers general manager Dan Morgan wants some ‘dawgs’ on his team. He may even want dawgs more than former GM Dave Gettleman wanted hog mollies, and that’s really saying something. Did Morgan keep his word, did he target dawgs in this draft? Well, Trevin Wallace seems to think so. Wallace, the former Kentucky Wildcat who was selected by the Panthers with the 72nd overall ..read more

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports Barnwell’s lengthy (and excellent) ESPN article provides objective proof of the benefits of living on Trade Down Island. For those of you who have bought property on Trade Down Island, ESPN’s Bill Barnwell wrote an extensive article about the risks of trading up. His column was dripping with more juice than the ripest pineapple on TDI. The column is excellent work by Barnwell and if you have 20 minutes to kill I encourage you to read it. But for those of you who prefer to have your benevolent dictator review it on your behalf and provide you with state-sponsored tal ..read more

Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports Here’s this week’s open thread. Greetings, internet users. Welcome to The Scratching Post. Feel free to use this thread to chat about (almost) anything you want: video games, food, movies, non-football sports, you name it. As long as it’s allowed by the site’s ToS, it’s fair game here. You know the drill. This is now an open thread ..read more

Here’s a fresh weekend open thread just for you. Feel free to use this thread to hang out over the weekend and chat about whatever you want (just make sure you follow the ToS ... the rules still apply here) with anyone who decides to stick around. This is now an open thread ..read more