CHARLOTTE – "It was a series of errors. It was a series of missed opportunities. Sometimes, that’s the way it goes."
Most of the time, those words are uttered in a losing locker room.
Instead, tight end Greg Olsen stood at his locker breathing heavy sighs of relief. The Panthers let a 23-6 fourth-quarter lead slip away. But they salvaged the game, eventually claiming a 29-26 victory in overtime.
"Not everything is going to go well," Olsen said. "You have to draw on your experience, keep your head down and keep going."
Four Panthers were forced to move past individual mistakes or missed opportunities to keep that game from ending in defeat.