CHARLOTTE — The difference in the Panthers now compared to times in the recent past is kind of like the difference between weather and climate. A win can be fool's gold, and a couple or even three wins can mask serious structural defects (if you remember what 2021's 3-0 turned into). But after beating the Cowboys in impressive fashion the week after the record-tying comeback win against the Dolphins, it feels like a corner is in the process of being turned by this 3-3 football team.
Nature is healing, friends.
That's not to say the Carolina Panthers are fixed. Derrick Brown stood in the locker room on Monday and cautioned anyone who might get ahead of themselves that they're not so far removed from being the team other teams overlooked, which means they can't overlook anyone, especiall