Rich 100% Disagrees with the Panthers' Win Total Over/Under Odds

Vegas put the Carolina Panthers' 2026 win total at seven and a half. Rich just had Dan Morgan on the show for 15 minutes. He thinks the number is disrespectful.

Rich pulled up the line.

"That is disrespectful," Rich said. "The disrespect is real. Get out of here, man. Come on."

He confirmed how he is sourcing the over.

"I would take the over on that in a heartbeat," Rich said.

The bigger frustration was the rest of the NFC South. The whole division is sitting at sub-.500 win totals.

"They're looking at seven and 10," Rich said. "Come on. Last year you're going, your takeaway from that season where they gave the Rams a flat-out scare? They almost one-and-done the Los Angeles Rams."

The whole division line gets the same skepticism.

"Saints are better. Falcons new coach, and the best running back in the league," Rich said. "Falcons seven and a half as well. Saints I think that maybe it's seven and a half. Bucs eight and a half. So they're predicting everybody under 500."

He pointed to the Panthers' personnel additions as the case for moving the line up.

"Why wouldn't Carolina be plus two this year?" Rich said. "Jaelan Phillips and Devon Lloyd added to that defensive front. That already has Derrick Brown on it. He is becoming a big-time star."

The honest read on the over-under math, in Rich's framing, is about Bryce Young.

"That might be lack of belief in Bryce Young," Rich said.

He pushed back on that too.

"Just because last year was won by an 8 and 9 team doesn't mean that somebody, they're all going to be under 500 again," Rich said. "I'd be shocked."

Rich asked the room to power-rank the division's quarterbacks. Baker first. Then.

"Why wouldn't you put Bryce Young two?" Rich said. "I understand based off of what he did last year, way better than Tua. Way better than Tua."

The cast pushed back, citing the early-season benching.

"He's good for two or four or five games, then gets benched and essentially created that there was such a situation in Miami," Rich said.

The dig at Tua kept landing.

"A guy who finished second to the receiver who the quarterback helped to a Rookie of the Year campaign," Rich said. "Twelve games under 200 yards."

The pivot back to Young was the same.

"For a guy that was supposed to be done and thrown in the trash heap and would never play for the Carolina Panthers again, look at him now," Rich said. "Two games under 200. Twelve games under 200 yards. He does have to prove it."