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(By Scott Fowler, ) If you think the Carolina Panthers are a team in major transition, you're absolutely right.By the end of the season they are about to embark upon, they are going to win a couple of games thanks to players you've barely heard of and los…

(By Tom Sorensen, ) I don't like to brag. I tire of people telling me how good they are. We know how good you are and we how good you aren't. People always know.Because my Carolina Panthers and NFL predictions have been so uncannily accurate, however, rea…

(By Darin Gantt, ) QUARTERBACKSIt's Matt Moore for the near term, but who knows what the future might bring. For the first time in a long time, the Panthers have young options in the pipeline.

(By Darin Gannt, ) The Panthers are getting closer to full strength on offense, but they're still missing one significant piece. RT Jeff Otah (knee) was held out of practice Wednesday, their first day of preparation for Sunday's opener at New York.

(By Darin Gantt, ) The Carolina Panthers enter the season in search of an identity.They have a plan, they have a philosophy, but after one of the most seismic offseasons in team history, they are very much a mystery.

(By Darin Gantt, ) One of the best ways to get successful and stay that way is by hitting on your own draft picks, and the Panthers are second-best in the league at that, according to numbers provided by NFL beat writers throughout the league. Only the Gr…

(By Darin Gantt, ) Contract terms for current Panthers players: UNDER CONTRACT THROUGH 2010 (24)

(By Darin Gantt, ) The Carolina Panthers take pride in having one of the deepest running back groups in the league, and had no intentions to break it up.A league source said that one NFC team called recently inquiring about the availability of running bac…

(By Eric Frazier, ) Next month, if all goes as planned, about 300 smart-phone-carrying contestants will spend a Saturday shooting video, snapping pictures, tweeting, updating Facebook and otherwise digitally socializing at preset locations around Charlott…

(By Darin Gantt, ) On the day he signed a second contract with his hometown team, it was hard for Trent Guy not to think of how close he came to never playing for the Carolina Panthers at all.Guy was signed to the practice squad Sunday. Players on the pra…

(By Darin Gantt, ) The Carolina Panthers insisted they wanted to get younger this offseason, and they lived up to their promise.After making final cuts Saturday to reach the regular season roster limit, the Panthers are well-stocked with players they've c…

(By Darin Gantt) Sunday, Sept. 12at New York Giants

(By Darin Gantt, ) In a few hours, there's a chance Carolina Panthers linebacker Nic Harris will be looking for a new home.Sadly for Harris, that search for stability has dogged him his whole life.

Which direction players are heading at the end of the preseason, after an ugly 19-3 loss to Pittsburgh wrapped things up:Stock up

(By Scott Fowler, ) A few thoughts on the humdrum 19-3 beating Pittsburgh just laid upon the Carolina Panthers in both teams' final preseason game. I watched this one on TV -- Tom Sorensen and I split the road games as The Observer's two sports columnists…

(By Darin Gantt, ) The Carolina Panthers knew Jeff Otah wasn't going to play Thursday night, but the question is quickly becoming how many more he will miss?The starting right tackle, who's been out since having an arthroscopic procedure on his left knee …

(By Darin Gantt, ) PITTSBURGH The Carolina Panthers learned a few important things Thursday night.Or at least, you hope they did, since it was hard to tell that anything was accomplished by either side at Heinz Field.

(By Darin Gantt, ) Even after peeling three names off the board Tuesday, the Carolina Panthers wide receiver position is far from settled. In fact, it's probably more muddled than ever heading into the final exhibition Thursday night at Pittsburgh.The Pan…

Excerpts from Observer columnist Tom Sorensen's Tuesday online chat. For the full chat, go to www.charlotteobserver.com/chat.Q: I am confused about why the defensive line is playing so much better without Peppers when he commanded double and triple teams …

The Panthers have placed Wallace Wright on season-ending injured reserve with a shoulder injury that requires, surgery, a blow for Carolina's shaky receiver unit and special teams.

(By Darin Gantt, ) To get to the 75-man roster limit, the Panthers made five moves Tuesday.As expected, two of the slots came from linebacker Thomas Davis being placed on reserve-PUP and defensive end Hilee Taylor being waived-injured.

The Panthers signed Tim Duckworth on Monday, less than a week after he was waived by New Orleans.