Overview
- The Carolina Panthers beat the Arizona Cardinals 33-30 when Haynes King scored a game-winning touchdown as time expired, a result that came in the Hall of Fame Game on Thursday, Aug. 6.
- The full three-week preseason runs Aug. 13–29 and will pair exclusive windows for NBC, Fox, CBS, ESPN and Prime Video with local broadcasts, NFL Network simulcasts and streams on services such as fubo, DIRECTV, Peacock and Paramount+.
- Training-camp reporting has produced several significant injuries, with season-ending setbacks to Ricky Pearsall, Chris Brazzell, Nic Scourton and Bryan Bresee, and Chicago Bears safety Coby Bryant expected to miss eight to ten weeks with a knee injury.
- Teams will use limited preseason snaps chiefly for roster evaluation, injury recovery and position battles, with attention on players returning from injury and touted rookies such as Raiders QB Fernando Mendoza.
- The regular season opens Wednesday, Sept. 9 with the Seattle Seahawks hosting the New England Patriots in a Super Bowl rematch, creating a tight timeline for teams to sort depth charts and final rosters.