0 comments by Marcelo Villa on 6/19/2016
Free agent cornerback Charles Tillman only wants to play for the Carolina Panthers if he returns for a 14th season. “I just want to play for Carolina,” Tillman said Saturday, according to NOLA.com. “Being in Carolina felt like I had been there my entire career. The team, the community, the atmosphere, that vibe. The Carolinas — […]
0 comments by Marcelo Villa on 6/9/2016
Is LeBron James the best player in the NBA, or is it Stephen Curry? Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, who is friends with both players, announced that James is a better basketball player during an appearance on WFNZ-AM radio’s “The Mac Attack” show. “A person asked me, ‘Well, is Steph Curry the best basketball player on […]
0 comments by Marcelo Villa on 6/6/2016
The Carolina Panthers have signed five-time Pro Bowl center Ryan Kalil to a two-year contract extension through the 2018 season, the team announced Monday. Kalil, 31, had the third-highest run-blocking grade of any center last season, according to Pro Football Focus. He was the anchor of a Carolina offensive line that ranked second in PFF’s offensive line […]
0 comments by Marcelo Villa on 4/29/2016
Cam Newton was able to lift a young fan’s spirits earlier this month with a little help from Make-a-Wish and the Lokai bracelet company. The Carolina Panthers quarterback spent a weekend with 11-year-old Noah, who’s currently battling a life-threatening pulmonary condition. Newton surprised Noah at a local bowling alley and they later attended a Charlotte […]
0 comments by Marcelo Villa on 4/28/2016
The top two quarterback prospects are a lock to go one and two in the first round of the draft Thursday. But as Fox Sports’ Peter Schrager suggests, there’s potential for more quarterbacks to be taken late in the first round. Hearing 25-30 is the “trade into the first round to get a QB” sweet […]
0 comments by Marcelo Villa on 4/20/2016
This isn’t going to help Cardale Jones’ case for getting drafted. In Bob McGinn’s assessment of the draft’s top quarterbacks for the Journal Sentinel, one NFL scout blasted the former Ohio State quarterback by comparing him to the biggest draft bust of all time. “Kind of reminds me of a poor man’s JaMarcus Russell,” said […]
0 comments by Marcelo Villa on 3/11/2016
The NFL free agency period opened this week with a few oohs and aahs. But what have been the biggest surprises so far? Here are 10 to start. (contract details courtesy of Spotrac) 10. The Ryan Fitzpatrick-Jets contract standoff Fitzpatrick had a career year in his first season with the Jets, throwing for 3,905 yards […]
0 comments by Marcelo Villa on 2/26/2016
After a near-perfect regular season and getting the Carolina Panthers to their second Super Bowl in franchise history, head coach Ron Rivera will get rewarded. Joseph Person of the Charlotte Observer reports, the Panthers have reached out to Rivera to begin work on a contract extension, his second in two years after receiving a three-year extension following […]
0 comments by Marcelo Villa on 2/1/2016
Even on one leg, Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith Sr. is confident he’s faster than Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning. Not even Manning’s 12-yard scramble in the AFC championship game could change his mind. Smith, who is rehabbing from an Achilles injury, said on The Dan Patrick Show last week “it’d be a photo finish” […]
0 comments by Marcelo Villa on 1/28/2016
NBA superstar and Carolina Panthers fan Stephen Curry couldn’t be happier his Panthers are headed to Super Bowl 50. He tweeted this after the Panthers’ 49-15 win over the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC championship game last Sunday: We going to the ‘ship what??? We going to the ’ship what?? We going to the freaking […]
