A bit of a shocker: Panthers are releasing WR Terrace Marshall.

Related players: Diontae Johnson, Adam Thielen, Xavier Legette, Jonathan Mingo

Some who follow the team thought Marshall was having a good camp and potentially turning things around for himself. But, the Panthers paid a lot of attention to the WR position the last couple of years. They traded for Johnson this spring after signing Thielen the previous year. Also this spring, they drafted Legette at the end of the first round, after selecting Mingo the previous season, that left Marshall buried down the depth chart.

Panthers signed former Buccaneers wide receiver Deven Thompkins, who spent the past two seasons with the Buccaneers, where he was with Carolina HC Dave Canales.

Related Players: Ihmir Smith-Marsette, David Moore, Terrace Marshall

Thompkins could have a long road to make the team after being released by the Buccaneers earlier this offseason. The former Utah State Aggie was taken as a UDFA in 2022, and has 35 total targets through his first two seasons.

The Steelers are sending WR Diontae Johnson to the Carolina Panthers. A new weapon for Bryce Young. Johnson has a $3 million roster bonus due Friday that the Panthers now will pay.

Related Players: George Pickens, Calvin Austin, Dez Fitzpatrick, Adam Thielen, Terrace Marshall, Jonathan Mingo

This is certainly good news for Bryce Young after the team brought him on board with arguably the worst pass-catching unit in the NFL last year. Johnson should instantly become the focal point of this offense, but the team still desperately needs help at WR, TE, and RB before we get too excited about the Panthers in fantasy.

For the Steelers, this also has them trending in the wrong direction on excitement-level, but it makes George Pickens very intriguing. This puts him in the conversation for a fringe WR2/3, not unlike Courtland Sutton with Russell Wilson the last two seasons.

Panthers wide receiver Terrace Marshall Jr. has received permission to seek a trade, per sources. Carolina has discussed the matter with agent Vince Taylor as the player seeks a more prominent role. He’s welcome back if no trade found.

Former second-round pick has 104 catches, 742 yards and one touchdown since 2021.

Marshall was likely riding a high after receiving 17 targets combine in Weeks 3-4, but ran only 15 routes and caught neither of his targets coming out of the team's bye. If Marshall was dropped in any deep(er) dynasty leagues, this would be a good time to check the waivers.

Another WR injury to monitor for the Panthers: Adam Thielen (ankle) was limited in practice today.

D.J. Chark (hamstring) didn't practice and Terrace Marshall (back) was limited.

Related Players: Jonathan Mingo, Laviska Shenault, Ihmir Smith-Marsette

This could all translate to a much bigger role for rookie Jonathan Mingo, who had already been getting a lot of buzz through training camp. Depending on statuses leading up to the game, Mingo could be in Flex consideration for deeper leagues.

D.J. Chark says hamstring feels good and he’s optimistic about Week 1.

Related players: Jonathan Mingo, Adam Thielen, Terrace Marshall

Chark injured his hamstring last week. He's battling for targets with the rookie Mingo and slot-guy Thielen. Marshall has recently returned to practice as well, but Chark does have a chance to emerge as a valuable target in this offense.

Frank Reich indicates D.J. Chark is injured and declines to expand on his situation "at this point." While Frank Reich wouldn't get into specifics on Chark, the fact he said the Panthers are not planning any "big moves" at WR suggests that it might not be too serious.

Related Players: Adam Thielen, Jonathan Mingo, Terrace Marshall

There are no specifics as of yet, but the fact that they would need to make *any* moves at all might be telling to the timetable they're thinking. Reading between the lines, we may assume that he will miss at least some regular-season playing time, which puts his fantasy prospects in doubt for a while. Chark was already going in the 13th round.

Terrace Marshall just took a front seat ride on a cart. Not sure what happened there. Didn’t seem like anything super dramatic.

Related players: D.J. Chark, Jonathan Mingo, Adam Thielen, Laviska Shenault

Other reports claimed HC Frank Reich said Marshall tweaked something in his back. Marshall has been a disappointment after getting second round draft capital in 2021. He's battling for a top-three spot on the re-made Panthers offense, but we put him behind Chark, Mingo and Thielen on our fantasy depth chart.

The Panthers aren’t done adding on offense, agreeing to terms with WR D.J. Chark on a 1-year deal. A complete remake of the Carolina offense is underway, and Chark will be a big part. As will their new rookie QB.

Related Players: Adam Thielen, Terrace Marshall

This signing immensely helps in shaping the team's three-wide sets with Chark, Thielen and Marshall. None of the three are necessarily fantasy targets until we see how the market for them plays out, but it's looking better for the soon-to-be rookie quarterback.

The Carolina Panthers have traded WR Robbie Anderson to the Arizona Cardinals less than 24 hours after he was kicked off his own sideline.

Related Players: Terrace Marshall, Rondale Moore, A.J. Green

Though Marquise Brown went down with a foot injury that could hold him out for a minimal amount of time, it's hard to see Anderson garnering a large role with the Cardinals. DeAndre Hopkins returns from suspension Week 7 and is guaranteed to be a target hog. Anderson should not be a waiver wire priority.