The Carolina Panthers are sitting at 5-5 right in the thick of the NFC South race, despite the humbling loss to the lowly New Orleans Saints. But you wouldn’t know it from the way national outlets are talking about them.
According to Seth Walder of ESPN, the Panthers have just an 11.9% chance to make the playoffs, a 7.4% chance to win the division, and a laughable 0.2% shot at the Super Bowl. For a team that’s fought its way back from 0-2 and has one of the league’s most improved defenses through 10 games of the campaign, that’s flat out disrespectful.