It was supposed to be a “get right” game for a Carolina Panthers team that just took one on the chin in Pittsburgh.
Instead, the Panthers came away from Sunday’s 20-19 loss in Detroit with a different message — get it together.
The Lions controlled the game through three quarters, but never quite pulled away. Yet, despite only trailing by one score throughout much of the contest, the Panthers made their deficit look three times wider than it really was. Dropped passes, missed tackles, missed field goals, missed extra points— whatever opportunities they were awarded, they constantly found ways to miss them.