Panthers

The Buffalo Bills, Oakland Raiders and New York Giants have had discussions about trading for Arizona Cardinals quarterback Matt Leinart, league sources told ESPN.

The Carolina Panthers’ exhibition finale against Pittsburgh tonight is the final chance for players on the bubble to make their cases.

Carolina Panthers coach John Fox doesn’t always play his starters in the exhibition finale, and was no closer to unveiling his plans Wednesday.

The Panthers have to cut down to their 53-man regular season roster by Saturday. Here’s a look at how it could go down (in the opinion of beat writer Darin Gantt).

Even after peeling three names off the board Tuesday, the Carolina Panthers wide receiver position is far from settled. In fact, it's probably more muddled than ever heading into the final exhibition Thursday night at Pittsburgh.

Excerpts from Observer columnist Tom Sorensen's Tuesday online chat. For the full chat, go to www.charlotteobserver.com/chat.

To get to the 75-man roster limit, the Panthers made five moves Tuesday.

Carolina Panthers receiver Steve Smith at least was able to breathe this week.

With all the roles he might play for the Carolina Panthers, there’s a reason they’re willing to keep waiting for Mike Goodson.

Which direction players are heading after Saturday’s 15-7 win over Tennessee in the third exhibition:

Unit was expected to be a weakness, but leads the NFL in four categories and is having a ball doing it.

After listening to the Panthers talk about their offense Saturday, I heard a lot of words that sounded semi-truthful and one word that was exactly right.

On third-and-9 early in the second quarter, the Panthers called a draw play. The run never had a chance and lost a yard. Fans booed. It was like old times.

Saturday was the 17th day of the Panthers' 2010 preseason, and the Carolina offense has yet to generate a touchdown.

The Carolina Panthers showed a little more variety on defense Saturday night, dusting off an old package with new personnel.