Processing Blue: A Panthers' Podcast
May 20, 2026 · 30 min · 7 segments
Charlotte Observer's Carolina Panthers beat reporters Mike Kaye and Alex Zietlow offer thoughts on what the Turk Wharton injury means for the team (0:50) and whether a free agent option makes sense…
Mike KayeHost
Alex ZietlowHost
[upbeat music] What's up, everyone? Welcome to another edition of "Processing Blue," where we process blue for you.
I'm Alex Zietlow, he's Mike K., and we write about the Carolina Panthers for The Charlotte Observer.
Well, Alex, we had a surprising amount of news come out between Friday and Monday, kind of a, a, a huge news dump, uh, over the span of the weekend, and we're gonna get into it.
We're gonna talk about Turk Wharton's recent surgery, we're gonna go into detail about the schedule, and then we're also gonna offer up a quick OTA preview, specifically with positional matchups we're going to watch.
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[upbeat music] What's up, everyone? Welcome to another edition of "Processing Blue," where we process blue for you.
I'm Alex Zietlow, he's Mike K., and we write about the Carolina Panthers for The Charlotte Observer.
Well, Alex, we had a surprising amount of news come out between Friday and Monday, kind of a, a, a huge news dump, uh, over the span of the weekend, and we're gonna get into it.
We're gonna talk about Turk Wharton's recent surgery, we're gonna go into detail about the schedule, and then we're also gonna offer up a quick OTA preview, specifically with positional matchups we're going to watch.