Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for the Carolina Panthers in 2018 – well, it didn’t.
Instead, the Panthers ended a bitter season on a sweet note Sunday, whipping the New Orleans Saints 33-14. So Carolina finished 7-9, avoided an eight-game losing streak to close 2018 but also worsened its draft position by beating a New Orleans team that sat out Drew Brees and Alvin Kamara to rest them for the playoffs.
It was a weird finish to what has been a weird year, a “Where has that been?” slap in the face for a team that hadn’t awoken for nearly two months.