The summer seems to have happened aeons ago. That was the last time we thought these Atlanta Falcons might be a 10 win team without some divine intervention, when Saints fans had convinced themselves that Derek Carr was the answer, when Buccaneers fans...well, their expectations were probably pretty realistic, actually.
No team had their hopes and dreams more rudely smashed to bits than Carolina Panthers. There were articles about an all-star coaching staff, big belief in Bryce Young, and a sense that this team might actually contend in a weakened NFC South.