CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Miami Dolphins defensive players were stunned by what they saw and experienced Monday night.
The Carolina Panthers pounded Miami 45-21, a season high for points allowed. But it was the 294 rushing yards -- also a season high -- that really bothered players inside the Dolphins' locker room after the loss.
Miami entered Monday's game with a top-10 run defense. It was the most dependable area of the team in the first half of the season and perhaps the primary reason the team was .500 after eight games.
Yet Carolina made the Dolphins' front seven look like one of the worst in the league.