From the outside, the Carolina Panthers’ 2025 season looks like a breakthrough. An NFC South title. A playoff appearance. A wild-card postseason game that came down to the final minutes against a Los Angeles Rams team that nearly reached the Super Bowl.
Inside NFL circles, however, the reaction has been far more complicated.
Brad Gagnon of The Bleacher Report handed the Panthers a B- grade for their 2025 campaign, a mark that acknowledges improvement while also flashing several warning signs about where this franchise truly stands.
“Let’s not get ahead of ourselves based on that somewhat flukey playoff berth in a terrible division,” Gagnon wrote.