Carolina Panthers

Editor's note: Michael Plundo is an incoming junior at Texas Tech studying Sports Management and spending his second semester as an intern at 600 ESPN El Paso. He is an aspiring sports journalist. Throughout the coming weeks, Michael will be diving into each NFL division to give his outlook on each team, with the ceiling and floor for each franchise...

If you're a New Orleans Saints fan, however, you may not like where he could be headed next.

The New Orleans Saints are still clinging to a small ray of hope on making the NFL Playoffs.

After the New Orleans Saints pretty much laid an egg last Thursday night against the Los Angeles Rams, most members of the Who Dat Nation have put the proverbial fork in the 2023 season.

The Dallas Cowboys beat the Carolina Panthers on the same day the team announced that former coach Jimmy Johnson would be inducted into the Ring of Honor.

While the New Orleans Saints and the Carolina Panthers battled it out on the field this past Monday night, a different kind of showdown occurred in the stadium.

The injury list remains long...and concerning.

The Saints have some big games this season. Here's a breakdown on some of their major opponents.

Bakery Mayfield has been traded to the Carolina Panthers for a 5th round pick.

A dozen NFL teams have never won a Super Bowl, while 4 of the 12 have yet to even play in one.

Being without 8 coaches and 10 vital players hurt New Orleans, but it wasn't the biggest reason they got handled by Carolina.

The Saints will be missing more players than the Panthers will in their NFC South showdown this Sunday.