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Panthers' collision course with Saints now may be a game of survival

DETROIT -- Wide receiver Jarius Wright already was doing the math on what it would take for the Carolina Panthers to catch the New Orleans Saints in the NFC South.

"Hopefully, Philly can help us out today," Wright said after Sunday's 20-19 loss at Detroit dropped the Panthers to 6-4.

Not so much.

While Wright and the Panthers were dissecting a failed two-point conversion with 1 minute, 7 seconds remaining and falling to 1-4 on the road, the Saints were dissecting the defending Super Bowl champions 48-7 to improve to 9-1.