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How Carolina Panthers respond to tough loss will show whether they can be great

Well, the Carolina Panthers didn’t just lose that one.

They handed it over. Served it right up, rang the dinner bell and then sat in a chair in the corner of while Washington ate.

Carolina turned the ball over three times in a 15-minute span in the first half of Sunday’s 23-17 loss. Washington scored 10 points off of those giveaways.

“I think that’s the difference in the game,” quarterback Cam Newton said. “This league is all about creating turnovers and capitalizing on turnovers. And those guys did. We kind of dug ourselves in a hole early.