CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Matt Rhule believes so strongly that the Carolina Panthers should be winning instead of rebuilding that the first-year NFL coach isn’t making any excuses, even if it means criticizing his quarterback after a nearly flawless effort.
Rhule said repeatedly after Sunday’s 27-24 loss at New Orleans that Teddy Bridgewater shouldn’t have taken the 8-yard sack with two minutes left.
That left kicker Joey Slye, who spent the week quarantined on the NFL’s COVID-19 list, attempting what would have been an NFL-record 65-yard field goal.