We’re only a few short weeks away from the Carolina Panthers meeting at Wofford College in Spartanburg http://www.authenticscarolinapanthers.com/cheap-da_norris-searcy-jersey , SC for training camp. With that in mind, let’s take another look at the Panthers’ 2018 schedule to see who they will be preparing to face on those miserably hot Spartanburg days.This will also serve as a primer for an upcoming series where I will dive into each opponent individually (similar to what I did last year). As for now, here’s a simple, quick look at the 2018 schedule. Panthers 2018 preseason schedule8/9 - Panthers at Bills; 7 p.m. ET8/17 - Panthers vs Dolphins; 7:30 p.m. ET8/24 - Panthers vs Patriots; 7:30 p.m. ET8/30 - Panthers at Steelers; 7:30 p.m. ETPanthers 2018 regular season scheduleWeek 1 (9/7) - Panthers vs Cowboys; 4:25 p.m. ETWeek 2 (9/16) - Panthers at Falcons; 1 p.m. ETWeek 3 (9/23) - Panthers vs Bengals; 1 p.m. ETWeek 4 (9/30) - BYE WEEKWeek 5 (10/7) - Panthers vs Giants; 1 p.m. ETWeek 6 (10/14) - Panthers at Washington; 1 p.m. ETWeek 7 (10/21) - Panthers at Eagles; 1 p.m. ETWeek 8 (10/28) - Panthers vs Ravens; 1 p.m. ETWeek 9 (11/4) - Panthers vs Buccaneers; 1 p.m. ETWeek 10 (11/8) - Panthers at Steelers; 8:20 p.m. ET (TNF)Week 11 (11/18) - Panthers at Lions; 1 p.m. ETWeek 12 (11/25) - Panthers vs Seahawks; 1 p.m. ETWeek 13 (12/2) - Panthers at Buccaneers; 1 p.m. ETWeek 14 (12/9) - Panthers at Browns; 1 p.m. ETWeek 15 (12/17) - Panthers vs Saints; 8:15 p.m. ET (MNF)Week 16 (12/23) - Panthers vs Falcons; 1 p.m. ETWeek 17 (12/30) - Panthers at Saints; 1 p.m. ETFlex schedulingThere’s a good chance that a few Panthers games towards the end of the year could be eligible for flex scheduling. The Panthers play a heavy dose of what are expected to be high stakes games from Week 12-17 (Seahawks, Lions, Saints http://www.authenticscarolinapanthers.com/cheap-wes-horton-jersey , Falcons), so we should (hopefully, anyway) expect to be candidates for those 1 p.m. games to be moved.Beginning in Week 5 and through the end of the regular season, the NFL can use flex scheduling to ensure that games with more interest/bigger stakes are broadcast in the 4:25 p.m. and 8:20 p.m. ET time slots. In Weeks 5-10, the league is only allowed to two games per week. However, from Weeks 10-17 http://www.authenticscarolinapanthers.com/cheap-c.j.-anderson-jersey , the league can flex as many games as they see fit.Games cannot be flexed to or from Monday or Thursday night. Only games originally scheduled for Sunday are eligible to be flexed. For more information about the NFL’s flex scheduling policy, you can click here.Stay tuned to CSR in the upcoming weeks for a more detailed breakdown of each opponent on the 2018 schedule, as we’ll provide that information when we get closer to the start of the season. The 2019 Pro Bowl rosters are out and the Panthers have two players participating in this year’s event. Linebacker Luke Kuechly and guard Trai Turner will represent Carolina at the Pro Bowl on January 27 in Orlando, FL.This is the sixth career Pro Bowl selection for Kuechly, the most in franchise history. Turner’s selection this year is his fourth consecutive invitation to the event.Panthers.com has more on Kuechly and Turner’s selection:Defensive tackle Kawann Short and running back Christian McCaffrey were named as alternates for the NFC. McCaffrey is considered a ‘snub’ since he has a chance to be the third player in NFL history to gain 1000 rushing and 1000 receiving yards in the same season (Roger Craig, 1985; Marshall Faulk http://www.authenticscarolinapanthers.com/cheap-michael-palardy-jersey , 1999). The starting running backs for the NFC are Ezekiel Elliott, Todd Gurley and Saquon Barkley, so there’s a chance that McCaffrey ends up playing in the Pro Bowl anyway since Elliott and Gurley will be on playoff teams. It would have been nice for him to be selected outright, though.You can check out the full Pro Bowl rosters for both conferences here.
