Panthers Bye Week Season Review: Defense

The Carolina Panthers enter their bye week with a 3-7 record, as the offense has juggled its starting QB position and dealt with a variety of injuries and turnover as the season has progressed. Defensively, things have been much worse in that regard, as they opened the season losing DL Derrick Brown during week 1, and have had many injuries take place along their entire defense. Let’s take a high level overview of the defense overall.

Team Performance

Per TeamRankings.com; the Panthers defense currently ranks dead last in opposing points per game at 31.0, 30th in opposing yards per game at 386.9, 31st at opposing yards per play, and 32nd in third down conversion %. However, they are ranked in…