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Defensive pass game coordinator and secondary coach Steve Wilks will serve as interim coach for the rest of the season. The 53-year-old Wilks spent one year as Arizona’s head coach, going 3-13 in 2018.
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Baker Mayfield leads the host Carolina Panthers against his former team, the Cleveland Browns. Mayfield said the Browns’ decision to replace him with Deshaun Watson came “abruptly and unexpectedly,” but added he’s happy in Carolina where he hopes to re-establish himself as a franchise quarterback.
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A day after a pair of fights resulted in five players being kicked out of the first joint practice between the Panthers and Patriots, two more incidents — including one in which a female fan was struck after a scrum spilled into the spectator area — nearly brought an end to Wednesday’s practice session.
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Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper’s real estate company has proposed to pay more than $82 million to creditors over an abandoned practice facility project in Rock Hill under a new plan proposed Thursday.
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The 6-foot-4, 310-pound Charlotte native is expected to start right away at left tackle. Ekwonu was the first offensive player taken in Thursday night's draft following five defensive players being chosen.
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The Panthers agreed to terms with former New York Giants head coach Ben McAdoo to become their next offensive coordinator on Monday.
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The Carolina Panthers agreed to a one-year contract to bring quarterback Cam Newton back to the franchise that drafted him No. 1 overall in 2011.
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Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper says he is no longer considering building a domed stadium in downtown Charlotte. Tepper had said in 2019 he hoped to build a retractable roof stadium in Charlotte within the next 10 years to attract other major sporting events. But he has backed off that idea after the coronavirus pandemic turned the sports world upside down.
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Jaycee is the son of former NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver Joe Horn. Jaycee Horn, a cornerback, played his college football at South Carolina. The Panthers passed on quarterback Justin Fields to help upgrade their defense.
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Marty Hurney is out again as Carolina's general manager.The Panthers fired their GM for a second time on Monday after the team lost eight of its last nine…