Maybe it’s new head coach Dave Canales’ relentless, infectious positivity. Maybe we really think that Lucy isn’t going to pull the football this time right as we’re about to kick it. Something—and it’s something deeply ingrained—has fans of the Carolina Panthers thinking happy thought entering the 2024 season.
I’m not saying y’all are all overly confident and we’re certainly not talking play offs or any other, shall we say, more standard metric of success. Last week’s Reacts poll showed most of us think 5-9 wins is about as reasonable a level of progress as we’re likely to see.