The 2024 NFL playoffs have reached the conference championship games. The Philadelphia Eagles will be hosting the Washington Commanders and the Buffalo Bills will be visiting the Kansas City Chiefs. None of these teams have particularly storied, on-field rivalries with the Carolina Panthers. Figuring out who to root for, from the perspective of a Panthers fans, got complicated this weekend with the early exit of the fellow cat mascot and long-time poverty franchise of the Detroit Lions.
The Eagles and the Chiefs are excellent teams that the Panthers played surprisingly closely this year, while the Commanders beat the wheels off of our favorite team in the middle of Bryce Young’s resurgence narrative.