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Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Welcome to Monday Night Football Monday Night Football features a game that was expected, before the season began, to have huge playoff implications. Instead, the Detroit Lions are visiting the San Francisco 49ers with very little on the line for the home team. All Monday Night Football games kick off at 8:15 ET on ESPN. As always in our … [Read more...] about Lions vs 49ers: Monday Night Football game pick and open thread

Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports Here’s this week’s open thread. Greetings, internet users. Welcome to The Scratching Post. Feel free to use this thread to chat about (almost) anything you want: video games, food, movies, non-football sports, you name it. As long as it’s allowed by the site’s ToS, it’s fair game here. You know the drill. This is now an open thread! … [Read more...] about The Scratching Post: 12/30-1/3

Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images There wasn’t much new in this loss This is the last MMO column I am going to write in the 2024 regular season. By the time the Week 18 column publishes, these Carolina Panthers will have unlaced their cleats for the final time. It is worth pointing you back to Jon’s post game recap yesterday where he made probably the most relevant … [Read more...] about Monday Morning Optimist: What’s left to say?

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images Check out what the oddsmakers think about the Panthers this week A lot of things have happened since the Carolina Panthers lost 38-20 to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 6 of this season. Both teams will be starting younger quarterbacks on Sunday than they did several months ago, but that shouldn’t be expected to change the results of … [Read more...] about Week 18 opening odds for Panthers vs Falcons at FanDuel

Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images The Buccaneers needed a win to keep their playoff hopes alive and boy did they get one. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers absolutely bludgeoned the Carolina Panthers in all three phases of the game en route to a 48-14 win. First Quarter The Buccaneers got the ball first and went down the field with the amount of ease you’d expect from a … [Read more...] about Panthers 14 Buccaneers 48: Ouch