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Monday Morning Optimist: Burns and McCaffrey align to give the Panthers an identity in Newton’s absence

It has been a long time since the Panthers have been able to win a game in spite of a single mistake, let alone an avalanche of them. I’m honestly not sure I can point to a single squad in their 25 year history with the ability to overcome three missed kicks and a series of untimely penalties in a one possession game.

These Panthers did it against a legitimately threatening team in the Jacksonville Jaguars and while missing big names on both sides of the ball. They did it in the most Panthers way imaginable, running for 285 yards and scoring on defense.