I know we all had a bit of a chuckle over the WCC but it would be pure folly to write Penrith off based on that.
If Edwards plays, they win.
They will still finish top 4 and could still even finish first. I think what the WCC did make obvious though, is they won't roll through the competition like they did last year. There will be more teams capable of challenging them and they will be involved in a greater number of tight games resulting in more losses.
They are still one of the candidates to win the comp as opposed to the obvious candidate.