SEATTLE
Every time you think the Carolina Panthers’ lost season can’t get any worse, something like Sunday night happens.
National TV. The eyes of the NFL on the Panthers and Seattle Seahawks.
And Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was benched for the start of a game the Panthers would go on to lose 40-7.
NBC, which broadcast the game, reported Newton was benched for a minor team violation. Sideline reporter Michele Tafoya later reported Panthers coach Ron Rivera described it as a dress code violation.
And that was the moment when the Panthers’ 2016 campaign reached the absurd level and came completely off the rails.