That was the worst offensive line performance I have seen from a Carolina Panthers team in years. There aren’t a lot of positives to take away from that game, but the poor quality of the line play in both the running and passing games make it hard to confidently assign blame. There are honestly only two things I can say gave me optimism from this game: Cam Newton’s shoulder (and only his shoulder) and punter Lachlan Edwards.
The deep ball
To be clear: Newton had an awful day as a quarterback. The passing game as a whole was just entirely off.