The Carolina Panthers had a miserable 6-10 season in 2016, and they earned their last-place finish in the NFC South with consistently disappointing play. Head coach Ron Rivera was embarrassed because his team had slumped from NFC champion the previous year and had seemingly lost its way.
However, the Panthers are 2-0 early in the season, so everything is right with the Panthers once again, right? Hardly.
While they dominated the San Francisco 49ers in the opener, they struggled badly to beat the Buffalo Bills 9-3 in Week 2. The Panthers could not get into the end zone against the Bills and lost stellar tight end Greg Olsen to a broken foot.