Monday Morning Optimist: A close loss never felt so good

I haven’t felt this good after a loss in years. The Panthers somehow managed to have their first game under head coach Matt Rhule come down to a one possession game decided on a bad play call on fourth-and-1. It sounds all too familiar, but it’s amazing how different that situation feels when the coach responsible for it doesn’t have nine years of history of bungling that exact situation weighing him—and us fans—down. It’s amazing how different it feels when the team you are rooting for has actually tried to score points every time they touched the ball.