There seems to be a subtext of hope in a lot of the conversations surrounding the Carolina Panthers these days. One the hand, the team has grown at the quarterback position in recent weeks and there is a fresh, new head coach in the building who has shown progress on previous regimes.
On the other hand, the Panthers have started the 2024 season 1-3 and haven’t had a winning season since 2017. They are 32-71 since their last playoff appearance. The team has obvious, even designed, holes, so it’s not like we’re expecting them to repeat the 2013 Panthers feat of starting 1-3 only to finish 12-4.