Panther Nation Podcast

The Panthers didn't play a snap last week and still had one of their best Sundays of the season. The Saints and Falcons both lost, and Carolina now sits alone atop the NFC South at 2-2.

The worst run defense in football just held Jahmyr Gibbs and the Lions to 46 rushing yards — on Sunday Night Football — without Jaycee Horn, Mike Jackson, Jalen Coker, Xavier Legette and three starting offensive linemen.

A brutal Sunday in Cleveland. The Panthers were up 18-13 with 2:29 to go and had the game-clinching interception — until a roughing the passer flag wiped it out. Cleveland scored, Carolina fell 21-18, and then the injury news got worse: Jaycee Horn is out 6-12 weeks with a torn quad. We break down how the game got away, the full injury picture, the corner crisis, stock up and stock down, and update both the Evero and Bryce Young meters before Detroit comes to town on Sunday Night Football.

One week after giving up a franchise-record 59 points, the Panthers defense held Atlanta to 3. Five takeaways, a Devin Lloyd pick-six, zero rushing touchdowns allowed, and a 34-3 win. We break down the turnaround, run through the full stock up / stock down, update the Evero hot seat meter and the Bryce Young extension meter, cover the Jonathon Brooks and Pat Jones injury news, and preview Sunday's trip to Cleveland.

Is Ejiro Evero on the hot seat after surrendering 291 rushing yards, six rushing touchdowns and 10 third-down conversions? We put a number on it. Then: where does the Bryce Young extension conversation stand after he threw for 361 yards and four total touchdowns? We put a number on that too.