All week, the conversation was about what the Carolina Panthers didn’t have before their daunting Week 13 home game against the Los Angeles Rams.
No Jaycee Horn. No Christian Rozeboom. No Tre’von Moehrig. A defense missing three core starters, staring down Matthew Stafford, Davante Adams, Puka Nacua, and the best offense in the league.
Add in the cross-country hangover after getting embarrassed by the San Francisco 49ers on Monday Night Football, and this looked like a scheduled loss. But what nobody talked about was who the Panthers did have. And the NFL was reminded (loudly) that Derrick Brown is still one of the league’s most disruptive forces.