CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Your starting quarterback that happens to be the reigning NFL MVP and your left tackle are out with concussions. Your starting running back is out with a hamstring injury and your star outside linebacker is questionable with the same injury.
Your starting left cornerback is out with a toe injury and your right corner was released three days ago, leaving you with a rookie making his first start on one side and a journeyman on the other.
(Your team is 1-3, coming off a loss in which it gave up a record 300 yards receiving -- to one player, (Atlanta's Julio Jones).