Today’s Panthers-Bucs game is crazy important, historically teams often see a bump post firing their coach and the Bucs are not good. There’s a bit of a buffer where the Panthers can win one game and still give us the first overall but they have a piss easy schedule and I don’t see any chance the Patriots win another game.
The Panthers as well are pretty committed to Bryce Young while I’ve never seen a qb shitshow as bad as the Mac/Zappe situation in NE right now.
You overestimate the trash bag of damp hair that is the Carolina Panthers. They would be lucky to contend in a high school playoff in their current state. Anything can happen, but I think the Bears have #1 overall locked up.