After an outright shellacking of Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Carolina Panthers have put themselves in a surprisingly advantageous position at this point in the NFC South race.
Over the past few weeks, Carolina was considered nationally down and out—firing their head coach, selling off two of their three best offensive weapons and, seemingly, building towards having the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft. Interim head coach Steve Wilks and company, however, pumped the breaks on that perception on Sunday.
