While he's never been a bad running back, Hubbard's level of success this season does come as a bit of a pleaant surprise. He may even be in for his first Pro Bowl nomination, according to Kevin Patra at NFL.com, who's named Hubbard among his Pro Bowl sleepers for 2024.

To help break this all down, brace your ears for the voices of Mike Kaye (who was in Germany last weekend) and Alex Zietlow, who cover the Carolina Panthers for The Charlotte Observer and are co-hosts of the podcast Processing Blue.

Recently extended running back Chuba Hubbard has given the Panthers a power source offensively, and some of the young pass catchers are starting to carve out roles. The much-maligned defense had one of its better performances of the season,

T he Carolina Panthers have the most expensive offensive line unit in the NFL this season. In a rare twist of fate, that's actually working out for them. Despite missing multiple