Carolina Panthers vs. New England Patriots FREE LIVE STREAM (8/8/24): Watch NFL preseason, Week 1 online | Time, TV, channel. The Carolina Panthers face the New England Patriots in a preseason game on Thursday, August 8, 2024 (8/8/24) at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
The NFL preseason is officially underway and Week 1 kicks off with a Thursday doubleheader. First up, the Carolina Panthers head to Gillette Stadium to take on the New England Patriots. This matchup will provide both teams an opportunity to assess their new draft picks and offseason acquisitions as they prepare for the regular season starting on September 5.
For the first time since 2000, the New England Patriots enter the season without head coach Bill Belichick. The Patriots replaced the legendary coach with former linebacker Jerod Mayo. Fans are eager to see how both teams will perform and we have all the details for catching the preseason action at home.
Here’s what you need to know:
What: NFL preseason, Week 1
Who: Carolina Panthers vs. New England Patriots
When: August 8, 2024
Where: Gillette Stadium
Time: 7 p.m. ET
TV: NFL Network
The Carolina Panthers will be without their top two draft picks and backup quarterback Andy Dalton as they prepare for their preseason opener on Thursday night at the New England Patriots.
But it’s not all bad news.
The Panthers avoided serious injury to first-round draft pick Xavier Legette over the weekend when medical exams revealed the wide receiver from South Carolina didn’t fracture his foot as initially feared. The team will remain cautious with Legette moving forward. He is listed as day-to-day.
“It is fantastic news for us really to just find that out,” coach Dave Canales said. “So we’re day-to-day with him. I would not expect him to play in this preseason game just on the side of caution.”
Legette missed time in OTAs with a hamstring injury, but this was a completely different injury. Canales said Legette’s foot “was just kind of heating up on him” and he didn’t hurt it on a particular play in practice on Sunday.
“We are just trying to get ahead of it,” Canales said. “And I think we did a good job of, or our training staff identifying that and making sure we took the necessary precautions to make sure he’s out there.”
Legette is trying to carve out some playing time in a wide receivers corps that includes veterans Diontae Johnson and Adam Thielen and former high draft picks Jonathan Mingo and Terrace Marshall Jr.
Running back Jonathan Brooks, a second-round pick from Tennessee, still hasn’t been on the field yet for the Panthers. He tore his ACL during his final season with the Vols and the Panthers expect he won’t be ready to play until late September at the earliest.
Brooks has the potential to battle for playing time with Chuba Hubbard and Miles Sanders at running back.
At quarterback, the Panthers are down to Bryce Young, Jack Plummer and Jake Luton as their only healthy QBs with Dalton sidelined for a few weeks with a strained quadriceps. Dalton is expected to be ready for the regular season. Luton was signed on Monday with Dalton out.
Canales said he hasn’t decided if Young will play in the preseason at all, which is a bit surprising considering he’s learning a new offensive system and only has one year of NFL experience under his belt.
This will be the first Patriots game in 24 years without Bill Belichick standing on the sideline as the head coach. It’s only an exhibition matchup, but the optics are historical for first-year head coach Jerod Mayo, who will finally step from the shadows of the greatest coach of all time.
This will be his first opportunity to lead the team in a game setting. Aside from Mayo’s big coaching debut, the other major storyline entering this matchup is the NFL debut of rookie quarterback Drake Maye.
The No. 3 overall pick of the 2024 NFL draft is expected to get an opportunity to play in this game. What will he look like on the field, and can he create a sense of hope for the Patriots?
New England rookie Drake Maye, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, will make his professional debut Thursday night. The 21-year-old won't start for the Patriots — Jacoby Brissett will play with the first unit – but the fans inside of Gillette Stadium will certainly be watching closely when Maye runs onto the field.
In 2023, the Carolina Panthers finished with a dismal 2-15 record, marking their sixth consecutive losing season and entering 2024 with their fifth head coach in just three years. Frank Reich was dismissed after 11 games, with the team sitting at 1-10, and they managed only one win in the final stretch under interim coach Chris Tabor.
Now, former Tampa Bay offensive coordinator Dave Canales has taken the helm, with hopes of revitalising a struggling offense after the Panthers selected quarterback Bryce Young with the first overall pick in the draft.
The Patriots, meanwhile, struggled with a 4-13 record in 2023 and finished rock-bottom of the AFC East as they registered their third losing season in the last four years. They have entered a new era, with Jerod Mayo taking over as head coach after Bill Belichick's departure.
Carolina Panthers vs. New England Patriots FREE LIVE STREAM (8/8/24): Watch NFL preseason, Week 1 online | Time, TV, channel. The Carolina Panthers face the New England Patriots in a preseason game on Thursday, August 8, 2024 (8/8/24) at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.
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The NFL preseason is officially underway and Week 1 kicks off with a Thursday doubleheader. First up, the Carolina Panthers head to Gillette Stadium to take on the New England Patriots. This matchup will provide both teams an opportunity to assess their new draft picks and offseason acquisitions as they prepare for the regular season starting on September 5.
For the first time since 2000, the New England Patriots enter the season without head coach Bill Belichick. The Patriots replaced the legendary coach with former linebacker Jerod Mayo. Fans are eager to see how both teams will perform and we have all the details for catching the preseason action at home.
Here’s what you need to know:
What: NFL preseason, Week 1
Who: Carolina Panthers vs. New England Patriots
When: August 8, 2024
Where: Gillette Stadium
Time: 7 p.m. ET
TV: NFL Network
The Carolina Panthers will be without their top two draft picks and backup quarterback Andy Dalton as they prepare for their preseason opener on Thursday night at the New England Patriots.
But it’s not all bad news.
The Panthers avoided serious injury to first-round draft pick Xavier Legette over the weekend when medical exams revealed the wide receiver from South Carolina didn’t fracture his foot as initially feared. The team will remain cautious with Legette moving forward. He is listed as day-to-day.
“It is fantastic news for us really to just find that out,” coach Dave Canales said. “So we’re day-to-day with him. I would not expect him to play in this preseason game just on the side of caution.”
Legette missed time in OTAs with a hamstring injury, but this was a completely different injury. Canales said Legette’s foot “was just kind of heating up on him” and he didn’t hurt it on a particular play in practice on Sunday.
“We are just trying to get ahead of it,” Canales said. “And I think we did a good job of, or our training staff identifying that and making sure we took the necessary precautions to make sure he’s out there.”
Legette is trying to carve out some playing time in a wide receivers corps that includes veterans Diontae Johnson and Adam Thielen and former high draft picks Jonathan Mingo and Terrace Marshall Jr.
Running back Jonathan Brooks, a second-round pick from Tennessee, still hasn’t been on the field yet for the Panthers. He tore his ACL during his final season with the Vols and the Panthers expect he won’t be ready to play until late September at the earliest.
Brooks has the potential to battle for playing time with Chuba Hubbard and Miles Sanders at running back.
At quarterback, the Panthers are down to Bryce Young, Jack Plummer and Jake Luton as their only healthy QBs with Dalton sidelined for a few weeks with a strained quadriceps. Dalton is expected to be ready for the regular season. Luton was signed on Monday with Dalton out.
Canales said he hasn’t decided if Young will play in the preseason at all, which is a bit surprising considering he’s learning a new offensive system and only has one year of NFL experience under his belt.
This will be the first Patriots game in 24 years without Bill Belichick standing on the sideline as the head coach. It’s only an exhibition matchup, but the optics are historical for first-year head coach Jerod Mayo, who will finally step from the shadows of the greatest coach of all time.
This will be his first opportunity to lead the team in a game setting. Aside from Mayo’s big coaching debut, the other major storyline entering this matchup is the NFL debut of rookie quarterback Drake Maye.
The No. 3 overall pick of the 2024 NFL draft is expected to get an opportunity to play in this game. What will he look like on the field, and can he create a sense of hope for the Patriots?
New England rookie Drake Maye, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, will make his professional debut Thursday night. The 21-year-old won't start for the Patriots — Jacoby Brissett will play with the first unit – but the fans inside of Gillette Stadium will certainly be watching closely when Maye runs onto the field.
In 2023, the Carolina Panthers finished with a dismal 2-15 record, marking their sixth consecutive losing season and entering 2024 with their fifth head coach in just three years. Frank Reich was dismissed after 11 games, with the team sitting at 1-10, and they managed only one win in the final stretch under interim coach Chris Tabor.
Now, former Tampa Bay offensive coordinator Dave Canales has taken the helm, with hopes of revitalising a struggling offense after the Panthers selected quarterback Bryce Young with the first overall pick in the draft.
The Patriots, meanwhile, struggled with a 4-13 record in 2023 and finished rock-bottom of the AFC East as they registered their third losing season in the last four years. They have entered a new era, with Jerod Mayo taking over as head coach after Bill Belichick's departure.