CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Carolina Panthers have every right to feel down heading into their Week 5 game against the Chicago Bears (1 p.m. ET, Fox).
They are 1-3 following Sunday's 34-24 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals at Bank of America Stadium, and history shows they have little chance of making the playoffs with that kind of a start.
Injuries continue to mount, particularly on the defensive side, where Shaq Thompson was carted off the field Sunday with a lower leg injury.
Next week's opponent, the Bears, is the team they traded with so they could draft quarterback Bryce Young with the No.