🏈 Favorites to Win for First Time since 2022

That’s right, the Carolina Panthers opened up as the FAVORITES to win a football game this weekend, the first time since 2022.

This would be the first time that the Carolina Panthers are betting favorites to win a football game since Week 15 of the 2022 season, about 2 years ago. This would end a streak of 33 straight games as underdogs, the sixth-longest streak since 1970 and the longest since the 2012-14 Jacksonville Jaguars.

The 3-10 Panthers host the 5-8 Dallas Cowboys this weekend and currently sit at 2-point favorites. If this all holds it will be the first time since Dec. 18th, 2022, when the Panthers took on the Steelers at home, that Carolina is a favorite at kickoff. In case you were wondering they did not win that game, Steelers 24-Panthers 16.

One of the big reasons surrounding the recent success of the Panthers has been the re-emergence of their former number-one overall pick Bryce Young. Young, who was benched after a very disappointing first two games this year for Andy Dalton, has successfully hit the reset button.

Young has not only put the Panthers in a position to win, but has made big-time throws and protected the football since his return as the starter. Since his week 9 return, Young’s total QBR ranks 13th in the NFL. That is higher than Patrick Mahomes, Jayden Daniels, Bo Nix, and Jalen Hurts. He has proved to many haters out there that they may have the right guy in place to lead the franchise.

If the Panthers remain favored against Dallas, and cover, it will be the first time they’ve done that since late September 2021, when they defeated the Houston Texans 24-9 as a 9-point favorite.

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