If you didn’t know better, you would think the Carolina Panthers were a member of the NFC East.
They would make more geographic sense than Dallas does, certainly. And the Panthers have been playing NFC East teams nearly every week this season. After completing their road games against Washington and Philadelphia in Weeks 5 and 6, Carolina will have played all four NFC East teams by mid-October.
It’s a good year to have the NFC East on the rotation, because it’s not exactly bulging with playoff teams. No team in the division is above .500. Carolina has already beaten Dallas and the New York Giants.