Rivera was asked in the aftermath of Sunday's victory at Seattle what he thought about reporters no longer being able to ask him about his team's difficulties against the Seahawks or coming off byes.
"Thank goodness," Rivera said. "That's all I'll say. We'll go from there."
Dating back approximately two calendar years to Carolina's 1-3 start in 2013 that began with a heartbreaking loss to Seattle in the season opener, Rivera and the Panthers have been in the business of silencing such chatter on a number of fronts.
SEATTLE SLUMP: The Panthers had been a serious threat to the Seahawks four times over the previous three seasons but had never carried it all the way through.