For the four 0-3 NFL franchises heading into this weekend, the futility has existed on a spectrum. From the sheer agony of the Chicago Bears and Denver Broncos, to the missed opportunities of the Minnesota Vikings, to the predictable growing pains of the Carolina Panthers.
For two of these franchises, it will get only worse on Sunday.
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Thanks to a scheduling coincidence that rarely happens, all of the league’s four remaining winless teams will collide with another member of their unfortunate fraternity — sending the Broncos on the road to face the Bears, and pitting the Vikings against the Panthers in Carolina.