Best I can say is this. The NFL has by far the greatest parity and the most sudden changes of any professional sports league. Tua went from looking like a dud to being an MVP candidate with Tyreek. The Jaguars went from being a dumpster fire with a bust QB to being a legitimate threat in the playoffs. At any given point, most teams are a spark away from making noise. All it takes is one smash hit and the Panthers could be back in it. Or they could linger at the bottom of the pile for a decade. Football is weird like that.