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As announced on Saturday afternoon, guard Chandler Zavala has been activated from injured reserve. The third-year offensive lineman missed the last four games due to a knee injury. Zavala could start at right guard this weekend in place of Brady Christensen, who ruptured his Achilles in the Week 8 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Christensen was placed on injured reserve on Thursday. To open up a spot on the active roster for Zavala, the Panthers have released running back DeeJay Dallas. Dallas recorded one carry and six kick returns in two games this season. Carolina also elevated outside linebacker Jeremiah Moon from the practice squad. Moon can provide depth at the position in the absence of rookie Princely Umanmielen, who has been ruled out against the Packers with an ankle injury https://pantherswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/panthers/2025/11/01/panthers-roster-moves-chandler-zavala-deejay-dallas/87036350007/

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https://x.com/best_in_boston/status/1983920909854368047?s=46&t=xeIgh_-Vr2aKxBkBJdfnKA Developing: The #Patriots have now made multiple trade offers to the #Panthers for RB Chubba Hubbard. TBD if the deal gets done. Likely would be Monday or early Tuesday. A 5th round pick has been discussed. #NFL #KeepPounding

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That's big if he can. Imagine Yosh Nijman going up against Micah Parsons

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Carolina Panthers (4-4) Chance to make playoffs: 15.4% Projected first-round draft slot: No. 12 Adding, subtracting or sitting it out? Carolina has cap space -- $23.7 million, per Roster Management System -- and could use help at all three levels of the defense. The Panthers are a could-go-either-way team, and whether they add or subtract could depend on whether they're 5-4 or 4-5 after Sunday's game in Green Bay. -- Graziano Key position of need: Inside linebacker. The Panthers rank last in DVOA against tight ends, and Christian Rozeboom has the highest broken tackle against rate among regular off-ball linebackers, according to Sports Info Solutions. -- Schatz Who could be on the move? Running back Chuba Hubbard. There's really no interest in trading Hubbard, and the Panthers aren't expected to be aggressive. But with the emergence of Rico Dowdle, confidence in rookie Trevor Etienne and the return of Jonathon Brooks next season, you could make a case for listening to trade offers for Hubbard and his four-year, $33.2 million contract. -- David Newton Who could be targeted? Titans edge rusher Arden Key. The Panthers' 31.1% pass rush win rate ranks 31st in the NFL, and the edge rusher group has been a big reason why. Though Carolina isn't really in a position to spend future resources for a short-term contract, there's another reason why this could make sense. The Titans have the most 2026 cap space ($113 million) of any team, per OverTheCap.com, which means they probably will be spenders in free agency and unable to get a compensatory pick for losing Key. The Panthers could deal a pick for Key now and then recoup some of the value via a comp pick because they have $31 million in cap space next year (or they could re-sign Key if they like what he brings to them). He has a 22.5% pass rush win rate at edge this season, which would rank fifth best if he had played enough to qualify. -- Walder

Upset alert

The team waived defensive tackle Jaden Crumedy and signed outside linebacker Trevis Gipson off the 49ers practice squad. The 28-year-old Gipson has appeared in 59 games during his career, with 11.0 sacks. He was most recently active with the 49ers, playing in three games and recovering a fumble. Originally a fifth-round pick of the Bears out of Tulsa, he's also spent time with the Jaguars and Seahawks. They also brought back rookie offensive tackle Michael Tarquin to the practice squad. He was here throughout the offseason and training camp and was released from the practice squad last week. To make room for him, they released practice squad cornerback Michael Reid. https://www.panthers.com/news/panthers-make-a-change-on-defense-add-outside-linebacker-trevis-gipson

The kiss of death

Trevis Gipson CARDefensive Lineman#56 Panthers signed EDGE Trevis Gipson off the 49ers’ practice squad. Gipson had actually been one of San Francisco’s main outside players last week while they dealt with injuries, but figures to play a backup role in Carolina. It’s another blow for a 49ers defensive line group that struggled to rush the passer against the Texans last week.

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Player Defensive Snaps Special Teams Snaps Nick Scott 62 (98%) 9 (32%) Christian Rozeboom 60 (95%) 4 (14%) Tre'von Moehrig 58 (92%) Mike Jackson 56 (89%) 7 (25%) Jaycee Horn 55 (87%) Tershawn Wharton 49 (78%) 7 (25%) Trevin Wallace 45 (71%) Derrick Brown 44 (70%) 7 (25%) DJ Wonnum 41 (65%) A'Shawn Robinson 40 (63%) 6 (21%) Nic Scourton 39 (62%) 7 (25%) Chau Smith-Wade 27 (43%) 10 (36%) Boogie Basham 21 (33%) 4 (14%) Claudin Cherelus 18 (29%) 20 (71%) Bobby Brown III 18 (29%) 7 (25%) Lathan Ransom 17 (27%) 21 (75%) Princely Umanmielen 15 (24%) 3 (11%) LaBryan Ray 12 (19%) 1 (4%) Corey Thornton 8 (13%) 6 (21%) Akayleb Evans 7 (11%) 10 (36%) Thomas Incoom 1 (2%) 25 (89%)

Snap Counts Take a look at the snap counts and playtime percentage for the Panthers in Week 8 of the regular season against the Bills. Player Offensive Snaps Special Teams Snaps Damien Lewis 61 (100%) 3 (13%) Ikem Ekwonu 61 (100%) 3 (13%) Andy Dalton 61 (100%) Tetairoa McMillan 57 (93%) Xavier Legette 54 (89%) Brady Christensen 48 (79%) 2 (7%) Jalen Coker 40 (37%) Taylor Moton 36 (59%) 2 (7%) Chuba Hubbard 35 (57%) 4 (14%) Austin Corbett 34 (56%) 3 (11%) Ja'Tavion Sanders 33 (54%) 15 (54%) Tommy Tremble 28 (46%) 9 (32%) Cade Mays 27 (44%) Yosh Nijman 25 (41%) 3 (11%) Rico Dowdle 22 (36%) 4 (14%) Mitchell Evans 16 (26%) 8 (29%) Jake Curhan 13 (21%) 3 (11%) Brycen Tremayne 8 (13%) 18 (64%) Jimmy Horn 8 (13%) 4 (17%) Trevor Etienne 4 (7%) 11 (39%)

Worst of the defense 14. S Nick Scott: 45.1 15. DL Tershawn Wharton: 43.7 16. DL LaBryan Ray: 42.1 17. CB Jaycee Horn: 41.7 18. OLB Princely Umanmielen: 28.3 Horn's 41.7 mark is the lowest of his season. Umanmielen's 28.3 mark is the second-lowest for a Panthers defender in 2025.

Best of the defense 1. DL Derrick Brown: 70.2 2. S Lathan Ransom: 69.8 3. CB Mike Jackson: 69.4 4. ILB Claudin Cherelus: 66.9 5. ILB Christian Rozeboom: 60.4 Carolina allowed 216 rushing yards and two touchdowns to Bills running back James Cook, so there wasn't much run defense to speak of. But Brown finished with a team-best 71.2 grade in that department. Rozeboom cleaned up with a game-high 12 tackles.

Worst of the offense 13. RT Taylor Moton: 57.4 14. WR Xavier Legette: 57.4 15. TE Tommy Tremble: 53.3 16. QB Andy Dalton: 42.6 17. RT Yosh Nijman: 42.5 Nijman also filled in after Moton left with a knee injury. He allowed a team-high five pressures and was given a team-low 22.9 pass-blocking grade. Dalton completed 16 of his 24 throws for 175 yards and an interception. He lost a pair of fumbles as well.

Best of the offense 1. WR Tetairoa McMillan: 85.9 2. LG Damien Lewis: 83.3 3. RG Jake Curhan: 82.1 4. LT Ikem Ekwonu: 81.1 5. C Austin Corbett: 76.1

9-0 you guys should have seen this coming. I certainly did

Perfect timing. He's certainly a better option than Jake Curhan

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Tremendous

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