CHARLOTTE – Just one drive.
All Carolina needed was one touchdown drive to sink the Buccaneers in the closing minutes of Sunday’s game and secure a spot in the playoffs.
“We said in the huddle, ‘For as bad as things have gone today, and as much as we’ve struggled, we just need to be good on one drive,’” tight end Greg Olsen said. “Sometimes these games come down to that.”
After Tampa Bay kicker Patrick Murray missed a 51-yard field goal, the Panthers gained possession at their own 41-yard line, trailing 19-15 with exactly three minutes left.