Black and Blue Review
With the Panthers nearing the end of their 20th year, Jerry Richardson is still waiting to check off the two biggest items on his NFL owner bucket list: a Super Bowl win and consecutive winning seasons.
Earlier this month, neither looked possible. But both still are. Sort of.
First thing’s first, of course. The Panthers have to win the de facto NFC South title game Sunday in Atlanta to get into the playoffs. If they do, they’ll become the first team to go back-to-back in the division, and it’d be the first time Carolina has punched postseason tickets in two straight seasons.
“We’re trying to develop something that we can carry on not just this year, something that we can continue year after that and year after that,” linebacker Thomas Davis said. “That’s the goal right now, but we know it all starts with taking care of this game that we have this weekend.”