... Fox telling friends and family that he expects to be fired from the Carolina Panthers; amidst public outcry for the benching or firing of quarterback Jake Delhomme; Jonathan Stewart playing on a sore Achilles' Heel; and Julius Peppers getting paid over $1 million per game only to register one sack in three weeks of the regular season, so far the Panthers are not the team of "destiny" they were haphazardly believed to be.

Changes over the offseason, not winning a game in 288 days, running on a collective (playoffs, preseason, and regular season) eight-game losing streak, and a dark cloud hanging heavily in the air after the meltdown that was the playoff loss to the Arizona Cardinals on a rainy January night for an entire offseason.

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