The Carolina Panthers instilled some faith for themselves heading into the 2025 regular season. In fact, a decent amount of experts picked them to upend the Jacksonville Jaguars last Sunday.
But, uh, that’s not quite what happened.
Jacksonville dominated the Week 1 matchup, holding Carolina down for a 26-10 victory. And that performance, understandably so, has those same experts now timid to take the Panthers this time around.
Here are their predictions for the winner of Week 2’s clash with the Arizona Cardinals . . .
Panthers (0):
Cardinals (6): Jarrett Bell, Nick Brinkerhoff, Chris Bumbaca, Nate Davis, Tyler Dragon, Mike Middlehurst-Schwartz
Panthers (1): Bucky Brooks
Cardinals (9): Daniel Jeremiah, Colleen Wolfe, Adam Rank, Marcas Grant, Maurice Jones-Drew, Grant Gordon, Nick Shook, Eric Edholm, Kevin Patra
Panthers (0):
Cardinals (11): Stephania Bell, Matt Bowen, Mike Clay, Jeremy Fowler, Dan Graziano, Kalyn Kahler, Pamela Maldonado, Eric Moody, Jason Reid, Lindsey Thiry, Seth Wickersham
Panthers (0):
Cardinals (8): Pete Prisco, Cody Benjamin, Jared Dubin, Ryan Wilson, John Breech, Tyler Sullivan, Dave Richard, Jamey Eisenberg
Panthers (0):
Cardinals (2): Mike Florio, Chris Simms
Panthers (0):
Cardinals (6): Claire Brennan, Mitch Goldich, Gilberto Manzano, Conor Orr, John Pluym, Matt Verderame
Total
Panthers: 1
Cardinals: 42
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