Five fearless predictions for Thursday’s Carolina Panthers game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Bank of America Stadium:
1. Julius Peppers will get his 150th career sack ...
... and by game’s end he’ll have 151. Peppers enters Thursday one sack shy of becoming the fifth player in league history to reach 150 sacks. Peppers, 37, is second in the NFC with 5.5 sacks. He’s played well on Thursday nights, with 6.5 sacks, a forced fumble and an interception in nine games. And he’s matched against backup right tackle Halapoulivaati Vaitai, subbing for the injured Lane Johnson (concussion).