The Panthers held their own against a superior (on paper) opponent for three-fourths of their Week 11 game against the Ravens, but unfortunately for Carolina a critical mistake late in the fourth quarter sealed their eighth loss of the 2022 season.
The Panthers trailed the Ravens 6-3 with about eight minutes left in the game when Shi Smith fumbled deep in Carolina territory and the Ravens recovered. Two plays later — a Kenyan Drake 29-yard run and a Lamar Jackson 1-yard touchdown run — the Ravens took a two-score lead and put the Panthers in a difficult situation they could not escape from: trying to put points on the board against a stout Ravens defense that had shut them down for the majority of the afternoon.