CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera discerned the direction of the question when he was asked if he saw similarities between what his team experienced following Super Bowl 50 and what the Atlanta Falcons are experiencing now.
"Yeah, the hangover," Rivera said on Monday. "It's difficult. It really is."
Rivera did everything he could prior to the 2016 season to avoid what has been dubbed "The Super Bowl Hangover": No team that lost in the title game has returned to it the following year since the 1993 Buffalo Bills.