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Mike Caldwell

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Carolina Panthers · LB

Mike Caldwell recorded 149 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 11 rostered seasons with Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals, Detroit Lions, Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns.

▶Best highlights

1.7

tackles/gm

7

playoff games

11

indexed seasons

149

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to Mike Caldwell's most significant indexed performances.

Wild Card
2000
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
DEC 31, 2000

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Philadelphia Eagles

Wild Card · Dec 31, 2000

6 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Conference Championship
2001
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
ST. LOUISRAMS
JAN 27, 2002

Philadelphia Eagles vs St. Louis Rams

Conference Championship · Jan 27, 2002

8 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
2000
ARIZONACARDINALS
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
NOV 19, 2000

Arizona Cardinals vs Philadelphia Eagles

Regular Season · Nov 19, 2000

2 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Wild Card
2001
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
JAN 12, 2002

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Philadelphia Eagles

Wild Card · Jan 12, 2002

7 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Regular Season
1996
LOS ANGELESRAMS
BALTIMORERAVENS
OCT 27, 1996

Los Angeles Rams vs Baltimore Ravens

Regular Season · Oct 27, 1996

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from Mike Caldwell's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 11 total tackles

Regular Season
2001
WASHINGTONCOMMANDERS
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
NOV 25, 2001

Washington Commanders vs Philadelphia Eagles

Regular Season · Nov 25, 2001

11 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 sacks

Regular Season
1996
LOS ANGELESRAMS
BALTIMORERAVENS
OCT 27, 1996

Los Angeles Rams vs Baltimore Ravens

Regular Season · Oct 27, 1996

0 tackles · 2 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 2 tackles for loss

Regular Season
2001
ST. LOUISRAMS
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
SEP 9, 2001

St. Louis Rams vs Philadelphia Eagles

Regular Season · Sep 9, 2001

11 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 quarterback hit

Regular Season
2002
CHICAGOBEARS
CAROLINAPANTHERS
DEC 22, 2002

Chicago Bears vs Carolina Panthers

Regular Season · Dec 22, 2002

2 tackles · 1 sacks · 0 INT

Career high: 1 forced fumble

Regular Season
2001
PHILADELPHIAEAGLES
ARIZONACARDINALS
NOV 4, 2001

Philadelphia Eagles vs Arizona Cardinals

Regular Season · Nov 4, 2001

4 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped Mike Caldwell's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1985–1995

01
CLECALDWELL—Mike Caldwell
CLEKOSAR19Bernie Kosar
CLEMATTHEWS—Clay Matthews Jr.

Three AFC title games, three painful endings

Cleveland Browns · Kosar and the Denver heartbreaks

A homegrown contender reached three conference championship games in four seasons before The Drive and The Fumble became permanent Cleveland memories.

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Franchise era

1996–1999

02
BALCALDWELL—Mike Caldwell
BALLEWIS52Ray Lewis
BALOGDEN75Jonathan Ogden

A new franchise drafts its defensive spine

Baltimore Ravens · The Baltimore foundation

The Ravens used their first draft to select Lewis and Ogden, giving a young franchise two Hall of Fame pillars before the wins arrived.

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Franchise era

1988–2003

03
ARICALDWELL—Mike Caldwell
ARIWILLIAMS35Aeneas Williams
ARIPLUMMER16Jake Plummer

A new market waits for a stable winner

Arizona Cardinals · Finding a home in Arizona

The move to the desert brought only one playoff appearance in sixteen seasons, though Williams became an all-time defender and Plummer authored a memorable upset in Dallas.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

04
DETCALDWELL—Mike Caldwell
DETSANDERS20Barry Sanders
DETMOORE84Herman Moore

The league's most elusive runner

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

Sanders turned every carry into possibility and led the 1991 Lions to the NFC Championship Game, the franchise's lone playoff win of the era.

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Franchise era

1986–1998

05
PHICALDWELL—Mike Caldwell
PHIWHITE92Reggie White
PHICUNNINGHAM7Randall Cunningham

A historic front cannot find a matching offense

Philadelphia Eagles · The Buddy Ryan defense

White led one of football's deepest defenses while Cunningham reimagined quarterback movement, but the gifted group never won a playoff game together.

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Franchise era

1999–2012

06
PHICALDWELL—Mike Caldwell
PHIMCNABB5Donovan McNabb
PHIDAWKINS20Brian Dawkins

Five NFC title games make contention routine

Philadelphia Eagles · Reid and McNabb

Andy Reid and McNabb created the franchise's most sustained run of success and reached Super Bowl XXXIX after four straight NFC title-game appearances.

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Franchise era

1993–2003

07
CHICALDWELL—Mike Caldwell
CHICOX52Bryan Cox
CHICONWAY80Curtis Conway

A proud identity waits for another core

Chicago Bears · Between great defenses

Chicago searched for offensive stability while gradually assembling the line and linebackers that would power its next contender.

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Franchise era

2002–2010

08
CARCALDWELL—Mike Caldwell
CARSMITH89Steve Smith
CARPEPPERS90Julius Peppers

Defense, Steve Smith and a Super Bowl run

Carolina Panthers · Cardiac Cats

John Fox's physical team won three road playoff games in 2003 and pushed New England to the final seconds of Super Bowl XXXVIII.

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Career accomplishments

11 NFL seasons149 career games195 career solo tackles15 career sacksDrafted by: CLEDraft pick: 83Jersey: 597 playoff appearancesFirst appearance: Sep 5, 1993Most recent: Dec 7, 2003

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history