When the NFL schedule was released last spring, the Week 8 game between Carolina and Arizona looked like a must-see midseason matchup.
Last season’s NFC Championship Game contestants both returned most of their starters and were widely expected to contend for the conference crown again.
How far have they fallen? So much so that FOX moved the NFC title game rematch out of its Game of the Week spot at 4:25 p.m. to a 1 p.m. kickoff.
“Fox doesn’t think we’re sexy because we’re not 6-0 like we were last year, or we’re not 4-2,” Panthers fullback Mike Tolbert.