Yesterday the Carolina Panthers put on one of their most complete performances as a team against an actually good NFL team. It would be tempting to call that progress if the team actually looked good. Instead, the team continues to look inconsistent in their best moments—a quality that helped them seal the Panthers’ sixth consecutive losing season yesterday.
Credit where it is due, the running game finally looked better. Both Chuba Hubbard and Miles Sanders exceeded expectations. Some of that was because the Panthers played a more up-tempo offense in the first half against advantageous personnel groupings.