MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — They had the stars, the swagger and the sparkling record to prove it.
Then, poof, it was gone.
No Super Bowl ring, no parade, no trip to the White House. Nothing but a long offseason — or a lifetime in some cases — of what might have been.
Cam Newton and the rest of his “Dabbin'” dancing, selfie-with-the-clock-still-running Carolina Panthers will try to avoid the same fate the 2007 Patriots or the 1968 Colt, teams whose seemingly inevitable coronation instead turned into a crowning moment for the underdog.
Hey, at least the Panthers are still playing, right?