As bad as the Carolina Panthers defense looked in those last few losses of the 2019 season, I’m here to tell Panthers fans it was not as bad as it seemed. The team’s defensive statistics show the Panthers defense as middle of the pack for the season outside of points allowed. The reason is the Panthers’ defense started strong statistically when the team won five of eight games, but then fell apart down the stretch when they lost eight games in a row.
Here’s the Panthers regular season team defense rankings.
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The reason the Panthers ended up next to last in scoring defense but middle of the pack in the rest of the statistics?