The Panthers came into today’s game without a lot of expectations. The Bengals were 2-0 coming into today’s matchup and on paper had an advantage on both offense and defense. The Bengals front four were supposed to feast on the Panthers’ patchwork offensive line, and the Panthers defense wasn’t expected to do much against the duo of Andy Dalton and A.J. Green.
But that’s why they play the games.
Christian McCaffrey was simply an unstoppable machine today, racking up 184 rushing yards on 28 carries (That’s 6.6 yards per carry!) as he carved up the Bengals defenders like a hot knife through butter all afternoon.