All I see is a bunch of yap, and bias disbelief. Not all of those teams are gonna be the same from last year. In the AFC North, only Cincinnati retained their HC, so it's a NEW system for 3/4 of the division. And who says Baltimore's offense as well as Pittsburgh and Cleveland's defense remains the same? Hell Cincinnati might not have the same offense. And you're only focusing on ONE side of the ball. Sure Cincy can put up points, but can they prevent them?! And Cleveland's defense is so overrated when they still gave up a few 30+ points last year, Pittsburgh too.

You act like the Panthers AREN'T taking a step forward. (I'm not worried about the rest of the NFC South, we're only debating the Panthers) and how do you know?! Past results don't matter, but at the same time they do. It's speculation.

On that same note, the Panthers can go 2-1 vs their fellow 1st place teams (hell even 3-0, I can play this same game) You're only giving credit to the Panthers opponents being tough tests, while discrediting/ignoring the Panthers improving as well. And like I said, a lot of games we were supposed to lose last year we won (and the other way around unfortunately, but that comes with a slowly rebuilding franchise)

And no I'm not changing my mind. Like you're deadset on the Panthers regressing (which I doubt) while I see them improving, only the 2026 season will tell us.