Monday Morning Optimist: McCaffrey is still healthy

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty ImagesThe Carolina Panthers lost to the New York Giants to extend a number of superlative statistics in the Matt Rhule era. Unfortunately, none of those stats are cause for optimism. My personal favorite is that the Panthers defended their active streak of most consecutive losses in the NFL from eight to nine. Points for consistency, I suppose.

Why don’t we all agree to talk about Rhule later today and focus for now on the few bright spots from yesterday. The point of this column, after all, is not to sell you on why this team is going to win next week but rather on why they might be worth watching next week and why they might win ever again. That gets harder and…