CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Jordan Gross was a rookie right tackle for the 2003 Carolina Panthers who lost Super Bowl XXXVIII to New England on a last-second field goal. Jake Delhomme was in his first year as a starting quarterback.
Both say the 2015 Panthers, set to play the Denver Broncos on Feb. 7 in Super Bowl 50, would beat their team.
"We were named the 'Cardiac Cats' because you thought we were going to lose damn near every game," Gross said this week. "It wouldn't be a pushover battle, but the '03 team would lose.