The Panthers defense has been bad this season. Real bad. After getting gashed repeatedly by the high powered offenses of the Falcons and Bengals, a visit from an anemic Giants offense after a Panthers bye week seemed like the perfect elixir to heal the Panthers ailing defense. That didn’t happen.
Instead, the Panthers put forth their worst defensive performance of the season. The 8.0 yards per play the Panthers allowed is the eighth most allowed by any team in the NFL this season and the most allowed by the Panthers since the Julio Jones 300 yard game in 2016.