{"id":910349,"date":"2026-06-05T04:39:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/910349\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T04:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T04:39:29","slug":"panthers-preseason-opener-among-only-5-nationally-televised-exhibitions-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/910349\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers’ preseason opener among only 5 nationally-televised exhibitions in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are now just two months away from the beginning of the NFL’s preseason, which means we are now just two months away from Carolina Panthers<\/a> football. Thanks, in part, to the upcoming enshrinement<\/a> of franchise great Luke Kuechly<\/a>, the defending NFC South champions will kick off summer play<\/a>\u2014along with the Arizona Cardinals<\/a>\u2014in the annual Hall of Fame game from Canton, Ohio.<\/p>\n

That’ll be one of just five nationally-televised preseason games in 2026, as announced on Wednesday . . .<\/p>\n

While the Hall of Fame game is the most preseason-y preseason game of the year, there will still be a few good reasons to tune in\u2014including the potential debut of first-round pick<\/a> and offensive tackle Monroe Freeling. On Arizona’s side, the main attraction could be the 2026 NFL Draft’s third overall pick, former Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love.<\/p>\n

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Just don’t expect to see Bryce Young<\/a> or Jacoby Brissett<\/a> starting at quarterback. We also may not even see much of backups Kenny Pickett<\/a> and Gardner Minshew<\/a>, either. So expect a healthy dose of Will Grier<\/a> and undrafted rookie Haynes King<\/a> for the Panthers and third-rounder Carson Beck<\/a> and Kedon Slovis<\/a> for the Cardinals under center.<\/p>\n

Here’s the complete preseason schedule for the Panthers . . .<\/p>\n

Panthers 2026 preseason schedule<\/p>\n

Hall of Fame Game: vs. Arizona Cardinals (Thursday, Aug. 6 at 8 p.m. ET)<\/p>\n

Follow\u00a0@ThePanthersWire<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter\/X for more Panthers content.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Panthers Wire: Panthers’ preseason opener among only 5 prime-time exhibitions in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We are now just two months away from the beginning of the NFL’s preseason, which means we are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[390,1476,53,235,260,2567,2037,7,8132,16482,38383,253,5328,125,7523,1728,570,6942,6,236,15987,17687,3237],"class_list":["post-910349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-carolina-panthers","tag-arizona-cardinals","tag-bryce-young","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-carolina","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-carolinapanthers","tag-carson-beck","tag-football","tag-gardner-minshew","tag-hall-of-fame-game","tag-haynes-king","tag-houston-texans","tag-ian-rapoport","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-jacoby-brissett","tag-kedon-slovis","tag-kenny-pickett","tag-luke-kuechly","tag-nfl","tag-panthers","tag-preseason-games","tag-preseason-schedule","tag-will-grier"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116695660189050350","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}