This wasn't what fans wanted to hear.
Dave Canales is bullish about his team's chances in 2025. The head coach believes that the Carolina Panthers can achieve great things if everything clicks, especially considering how competitive they were, for the most part, over the second half of 2024.
However, one NFL analyst threw cold water on these ambitions with a damning assessment of the franchise's fortunes this season.
Nobody is expecting the Panthers to be competing for a Super Bowl during the upcoming campaign.