The unbeaten Carolina Panthers opened as one-point underdogs against the Dallas Cowboys (3-7), who sit in last place in the NFC while the Panthers (10-0) are in first.
It’s a head-scratcher for a lot of observers, and Panthers coach Ron Rivera went as far as agreeing with a media member who questioned if the betting line is disrespectful to one of the league’s two unbeaten teams.
“We’ll just take it in stride,” Rivera said. “As I said we’ll play them one at a time, and as far as we’re concerned everybody’s 0-0 and we’ll see how it comes out.