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Premier League panic index: Why Chelsea, Liverpool, Leicester are among teams feeling the heat

Two things have become abundantly clear in the opening weeks of the Premier League season: Everyone has way too much money to burn, and almost no one is enjoying themselves. You could even make the case that money has made almost no one any better.

Chelsea spent $310 million in transfer fees to seemingly become a thinner team at the front and back and fire their Champions League-winning manager after losing to Dinamo Zagreb. (In turn, they plucked away the manager of one of the league's only 100% positive stories, Brighton.