4. The Carolina Panthers are 9-0. I’m less mad about the Bengals being 8-1 than I am about the Panthers being 9-0 because the Bengals actually have a quarterback who can throw the ball on a dime. (Until there’s a modicum of pressure. Then he’s Blaine Gabbert.) The Panthers, to be honest, do not. Cam Newton has a worse completion percentage than Nick Foles, Jameis Winston and Colin Kaepernick. He’s not a good passer at all. He brings so many things to the table and improves his football team, but it’s not because of his arm.
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Look, Carolina is a fine football team. They might be a good football team. There’s the slightest chance they may a very good football team. But this is not a 9-0 team. Since 1990, 19 teams have started 9-0 and if you’re telling me the Panthers are one of the best 20 teams of the past quarter-century I’m laughing in your face, heartily, while still appreciating Cam Newton’s dance moves because I think we all wish we could move like that, yes,
even you, lady who complained about it. You know you do.