We're living in a world where, three months into the season, the Panthers are the NFL's only unbeaten team; the Patriots fell from the ranks of the undefeated when the Broncos beat them in overtime on Sunday night, 30-24.
Any other year and subsequent conversations about this game would include something about how the wily veteran Peyton Manning outlasted his wily veteran counterpart Tom Brady. But we only saw Manning on the field before the game, and he was in a walking cast and civvies. It was Brock Osweiler and C.