In 1995, the Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars entered the National Football League together as the league's newest expansion franchises, expanding the presence of pro football in the southeast and giving the Carolinas and northeast Florida a team to cheer for on Sundays. Thirty years after they first took the field, the Panthers and Jaguars will open their 2025 seasons in a head-to-head matchup as they chart a course for their futures.

For the Panthers, this game gives them a chance to act on optimism that they may finally be on the right track, as Carolina became an exciting and competitive team down the stretch of the 2024 season despite just a 5-12 record to show for it. Much of that was fueled by the resurgence of young quarterback Bryce Young after an early season ben

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