After receiving some help from the Falcons in Week 18, the Panthers successfully clinched the NFC South, despite losing their season finale against the Buccaneers. Now, they’ve been granted the No. 4 seed in the playoffs and will take on the No. 5 Rams in the wild-card round of the postseason.
Carolina is the only team to win less than half of their games that made the playoffs. At 8–9, the Panthers are the first team since the 2022 Buccaneers to make the playoffs with a sub-.500 record. Now, the team will have a tall task looming in what will be the organization’s first playoff game since 2017.
