Excitement and anxiety. Joy and grief. This time of year, even the casual football fan’s heart is running through a myriad of emotions. Questions plague the minds of everyone involved from the participants on the field to the observers on the couch. Perhaps no team is starting this new football season with more uncertainty of the future than the Carolina Panthers.
Outside of a purposeful observation, this team could be written off without a second thought. Kelvin Benjamin, the number 1 receiver on the team, is out for the year. The franchise leading rusher who has shown he can still run with the big boys is no longer on the team.