The NFL schedule makers, in their infinite, algorithmic wisdom, have given us a Monday night curiosity.

The 49ers, I get — big brand, big names, big ratings for ESPN.

But the Carolina Panthers? I’m not even sure if noted superfan Steph Curry has watched a full Panthers game this season.

And was this supposed to be a breakthrough campaign for them?

So the NFL’s most forgettable team will be on arguably the sport’s biggest stage. And having watched them in preparation for Monday Night Football, I have some bad news to deliver:

The Panthers are not a good football team.

They aren’t even a bad football team — because bad teams at least have the decency to have an identity. No, the Panthers are something far worse: aggressively mediocre.

They’re the unsalted cracker of the NFL. The waiti

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