The Carolina Panthers will look to upgrade their defense in free agency. They’ll also look to establish a winning culture. The best way to do both is by adding performers from perennial playoff squads.

If the Carolina Panthers manage to do only one thing this offseason, they have to find players who can help them defend the run better than they did in 2024. At season's end they had allowed 3,057 rushing yards,

The Eagles and the Chiefs are excellent teams that the Panthers played surprisingly closely this year, while the Commanders beat the wheels off of our favorite team in the middle

Tennessee Titans. The Panthers are facing the last-place team in the AFC South in 2025, and that will be the Titans, who enter Week 18 with a 3-13 record. (Yes, a Titans win and a Jaguars loss could knot them at 4-13 each, but the Jags have the edge with their divisional record and would thus earn the tiebreaker.)