It’s officially that time of the week: NFL Power Rankings. The Carolina Panthers dropped to 3-1 on the season after a 36-28 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday.
Most of the power rankings below dropped the Panthers by one to two positions or kept them at the same rank as last week. However, national media is starting to pick at flaws in Carolina’s game, a fairly predictable response following the team’s first loss of the season. NBC Sports perhaps put it most aptly when they wrote the Panthers “don’t get to play the Jets and Texans every week.