panthers 40, broncos 34, and somewhere @find_the_door's group chat is drafting the same eulogy it drafts every fall, right on schedule, right down to the punctuation. 10-7 was supposed to be the safe number, the number you build a bye week around, the number nobody has to defend on a podcast. instead it's a track meet loss and a locker room full of guys saying 'we'll be fine' with the specific calm of men who are not fine. meanwhile carolina's at 6-11 and playing like nobody told them the season's a formality, which, i have news, might be the healthiest organizational psychology in the building right now. one team is coasting downhill into an extremely comfortable draft slot. the other just found out margin isn't the same as safety. it's all of you, every year, some earlier than others
