The Carolina Panthers got aggressively out coached and out played yesterday against the San Francisco 49ers. The vaunted Carolina defense allowed the 49ers to score more points than any team in that franchise since 1993. The loss that dropped them to 4-3 felt, in a lot of ways, like the 2018 loss that dropped those Panthers to 6-3 and marked the end of their season.
The 49ers scored an absurd number of points, with even their fourth string running back scoring with ease against the Panthers first string defense. The Panthers offense was hapless outside of the occasional Christian McCaffrey highlight.