Both The Bengals And Falcons Will Be Trying To End This Bizarre NFL Streak That Has Already Claimed Eight Victims

Falcon And Bengal Will both be trying to do something on Sunday that no other team in the world has NFL Have been able to do this season: Win their first game after facing carolina panthers,

In one of the most bizarre streaks of the year, every team the Panthers have faced this season has lost their next game. It doesn’t matter what happens when a team plays the Panthers, it only affects the next game: No one can win after facing Carolina.

Let’s take a look at the streak:

• Panthers Week 1 opponents: Brown’s (Cleveland loses 31–30 jet In week 2,
• Panthers Week 2 opponents: giants (New York loses 23–16 cowboy In week 3,
• Panthers Week 3 Opponents: Saints (New Orleans loses 28–25 vikings In week 4,
• Panthers Week 4 opponents: Cardinals (Arizona loses 20–17 Eagles In week 5,
• Panthers Week 5 opponents: 49ers (San Francisco loses to the Falcons 28-14. week 6,
• Panthers Week 6 Opponents: rams (L.A. got bye week 7 and then lost to the 49ers week 8,
• Panthers Week 7 Opponents: buccaneers (Tampa Bay loses 27-22 crows In week 8,
• Panthers Week 8 opponents: Falcons (Atlanta loses 20-17 chargers In week 9,
• Panthers Week 9 opponents: Bengals (bye in Week 10, TBA in Week 11)
• Panthers Week 10 opponents: Falcon (TBA in week 11)

These are eight teams, and they have gone 0-8 since facing the Panthers.

So why is this happening? I like this guy’s theory.

This streak is taking everyone down. Even the big favorite teams have lost the next week after facing the Panthers. For example, in week two the Browns were 6.5-point favorites over the Jets, but blew a 13-point lead in the final two minutes of the loss. Let’s get a quick refresher on how it happened.

The Browns lifted the curse with that nightmare loss, and it’s been ugly for everyone since.

Aside from the Browns, the most surprising losses came to the 7–2 Giants and 49ers. The Giants were favored to beat the Cowboys in Week 3, but cooper rush Gave the win to Dallas. As far as San Francisco, the 49ers were 4.5-point favorites over the Falcons in Week 6, but the Panthers’ curse got them in a game where Atlanta won by two touchdowns.

If the Bengals are thinking the curse isn’t going to get to them because they got a bye after facing the Panthers, it doesn’t help. Ask Ram about that. The Rams played the Panthers in Week 6, had a bye in Week 7 and then lost to the 49ers in Week 8.

The Falcons will get their first chance to end this strange streak when they host the Bear on Sunday at 1 p.m. ET in a game where they are currently favored by three points. If the Falcons can’t break the curse, it will be up to the Bengals, who travel to Pittsburgh for a 4:25 ET game where Cincinnati is favored by four points after opening as a 5.5-point favorite.

If the curse continues after the eleventh week, it may be time to call an exorcist