Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: the Carolina Panthers committed just a few too many mistakes early to overcome, despite their late game heroics. The Seattle Seahawks are a good team that skated by with a win in Charlotte. They were almost as banged up as the Panthers this week, but the talent of Russell Wilson and the established discipline of Pete Carroll proved to be more than enough to down Kyle Allen and a bevy of coaches who just finished their first full week in new positions.
That the Panthers were able to keep it close after their litany of miscues came down to a couple of factors.