The Carolina Panthers defense has been bad. We touched on exactly how bad it’s been in last week’s preview, and it didn’t get any better on Sunday. The Cleveland Browns averaged 7.7 yards per play- 9.7 through the air and 5.5 on the ground. They had five plays in which the gained at least 25 yards. The Panthers were gifted two turnovers via poor ball security but were only able to stop the Browns from scoring on three of their other eight drives. The Panthers defense had no answers for the Browns.
If the Panthers can’t contain the Browns offense, they probably won’t do well against the Saints.