Carolina Panthers make big jump in NFL power rankings
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The Carolina Panthers have some of the best wins and worst losses across the entire NFL in the 2025 season. But the LA Rams shouldn't worry much.
This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/panthers/onsi as Where the Carolina Panthers stand in NFL playoff race after Week 13 win. It's hard to believe that at one point this season the Carolina Panthers were 1-3 and their chances of making the playoffs were in the single digits.
If Dave Canales coached a team in a more high-profile market, he'd receive more national attention for the job he's doing with the Carolina Panthers.
Panthers quarterback Bryce Young had 206 passing yards and three touchdowns, while Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford tossed 243 yards plus two scores and two interceptions. Carolina also had 164 rushing yards between running backs Chuba Hubbard and Rico Dowdle -- Young pitched in with 23.
If the Steelers have Styx, and the Bills have the Killers, then the Panthers have Carolina MiC, the homegrown musician and lifelong football fan whose now-viral song "If I Had $150,000" has taken the Carolina fanbase (and the NFL as a whole) by storm.
The Carolina Panthers are coming off their biggest win in years after upsetting the Los Angeles Rams, one of the NFL’s elite teams, on Sunday. The Panthers now find
Andrew Siciliano, Charles Robinson, and Frank Schwab break down the Panthers’ upset over the Rams, Chicago’s rise to the No. 1 seed in the NFC and more.
The Super Bowl favorites had their six-game winning streak snapped by a team that was 6-6 coming into Week 13.
This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/panthers/onsi as NFL exec credits David Tepper disappearance for Carolina Panthers' improvement. Something is different about these Carolina Panthers in 2025. In most instances since 2017, Sunday's home game against the Los Angeles Rams would have been an exercise in embarrassment.