Carolina and Jacksonville entered the NFL together in 1995, but they're both still chasing their first Lombardi trophy. Who gets to hoist it first?
Carolina and Jacksonville came into the league the same year, and the whole thing started with a coin flip that had both logos stamped on it. The Panthers won that one. The Jaguars won the other next coin flip. Two drafts, two coin flips, one apiece.
In this Double Hit: how the 1995 expansion draft worked and why it made both rosters out of other teams' castoffs. The Hall of Fame Game that was the first game either franchise ever played, and every matchup since that mattered -- the Delhomme game, Monsoon Bowl, and the opener that kicked off a Super Bowl run.
Then the part that still stings for both fan bases: 31 years in, neither team has won a Super Bowl. Carolina has been there twice and lost both times. Jacksonville is still chasing their first Super Bowl appearance.
So who gets the Lombardi first?