In the NFL, both Horn and Jackson said, winning is so hard that every week feels like a grudge match in some way.
“I think some games have more meaning,” said Horn, “but rivals is kind of a reach because you know it’s so competitive that every week you’ve got to come to play.”
Jackson echoed his teammate, pointing to today’s matchup against a 1-8 Saints’ team, drawing the parallel to the Panthers getting 40 scored on them by the Bills before turning around the next week and being the top team in the NFC.
“Every team in the NFL is dangerous,” preached Jackson. “Like, look at us. We go out, they put 40 on our heads, and then came back the next week and played like that. So every team is dangerous.
“Like it’s any given Sunday. That’s what makes the NFL so fun. You don’t know who’s going to win in reality, so we’re just going to go out there and play good football.”
There are games that do mean a little bit more, though, to Horn’s point, and they’re pretty much always going to be a divisional matchup.
