right now. Riding a two game winning streak, and fresh off evening their record back to .500, Bill Belichick’s squad is looking as good as they have all season. Their opponent this week, the Carolina Panthers (+3.5), cannot say the same thing. Despite taking home a victory last weekend, the Panthers have seen the wheels fall off of their once promising 3-0 start, falling to 4-4 just like the Patriots.
As they say, not all .500 teams are built the same.
So, entering a week where all of the talk has surrounded Stephon Gilmore and the Patriots’ fumbling of his status with their franchise, this football team has an opportunity to show up and take what is rightfully there's —and what has alluded them for the past 19 years— a victory in Carolina.