How to watch, listen and follow: Panthers at Packers in Week 8

From a quarterback near the top of the league and receivers that have joined him there, to another defensive starter lost to injury, get to know the Panthers' next opponent, the Green Bay Packers.

As Carolina improves as a club, they know more and more teams are going to bring them their best shot. After years of being the scrappy team to deliver a blow, now they have to learn how to take one.

The Panthers know the Packers will be thinking about the run defense, after giving up 258 on the ground against the Bucs Sunday. Plus more from Monday's short-week special.

The Panthers had a walk-through Monday as they prepare for Thursday's game at Green Bay, and were without a number of key pieces.

The veteran tackle was lost to injury during Sunday's loss to the Bucs. They signed outside linebacker Nick Hampton to the active roster to fill the spot.

The Carolina Panthers have released their depth chart for the Week 8 game versus the Green Bay Packers.

The Panthers remain at the top of the division, but things have tightened after a crazy weekend that saw two teams fall, one team dominate the ground game, and another knock off a previously undefeated squad.

The rookie lineman started the first four games at right tackle in place of Taylor Moton. Now, he'll do so again, with Moton "out for a while." Having two weeks to watch Moton prepare to start could pay dividends for Freeling though.

A look at some of the key stats from the game, as well as the snap counts from Sunday's loss to the Bucs in Week 7.

After giving up 258 yards on the ground in a loss to the Buccaneers, the Panthers' defense knows they have to quickly evaluate what went wrong to keep it from happening again in a copycat league.

The Panthers turned it over three times as an offense, and allowed five sacks in the 43-13 loss to the Buccaneers which dropped them to 3-3.