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Panthers’ Canales cedes playcalls to OC Idzik

David NewtonFeb 24, 2026, 02:01 PM ET

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INDIANAPOLIS — Carolina Panthers coach Dave Canales is surrendering playcalling duties to offensive coordinator Brad Idzik, saying Tuesday that the change was made without pressure from general manager Dan Morgan or owner Dave Tepper.

“This is something that all of us collectively have talked about as an organization. It was my idea to come up with this,”

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McMillan apologizes for racial slur at esports event

David NewtonFeb 5, 2026, 06:33 PM ET

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Carolina Panthers wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan, who is up for the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Award at NFL Honors, apologized for using a racial slur during a live-stream video game event on Wednesday.

McMillan shouted the words “n—a, n—a, pick” after making an interception during Streamer Bowl VII, a charity esports tournament.

“Yesterday, while on live

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For Panthers’ great Luke Kuechly, HOF would be ‘the last checkmark of the career’

David NewtonFeb 5, 2026, 06:00 AM ET

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly made the 111-mile journey from his childhood home in Cincinnati to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, with a “buddy” in the third or fourth grade.

He was dreaming then of one day joining the best of the best even before he seriously began playing

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