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Panthers face final roster decisions after preseason win

WFAE | By Woody Cain
Published August 24, 2026 at 7:33 AM EDT

The Carolina Panthers have less than a week to decide which players will make the team's final 53-man roster.

Carolina looked sharp Friday night in a 34-17 preseason victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Panthers will close out the preseason Friday night when they host the Houston Texans at Bank of America Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

The deadline for NFL teams to reduce their rosters to 53 players is Saturday afternoon.

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The Panthers' preseason is nearly over. Carolina wraps up exhibition play against Houston on Friday before making final roster cuts ahead of the regular season.
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Woody Cain
Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.
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