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Panthers vs Packers game review: Winning on the fringes
The Carolina Panthers came into Sunday with a defined set of win conditions and a game plan tailor-made to put the team in the best place to win versus the Green Bay Packers. As the saying goes: ‘Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”. Turns out the Panthers were the ones doing the punching.
With fans looking for who's most to blame for the Packers' loss to the Panthers, LaFleur answers it with himself, though everybody involved has seemed to take some accountability. Love would go through the play as he explained what happened since he had been under fire for the eventual throw, saying that Green Bay was “messed up” schematically.
Because the NFC is loaded, there is a very small margin for error, no matter how good the team. The Green Bay Packers were in first place in t
Packers tight end Tucker Kraft left the Panthers game with a knee injury and the team isued an update. Packers trailed Panthers at halftime; Tucker Kraft suffered a knee injury early third quarter. Kraft is questionable to return: “TE Tucker Kraft is questionable to return with a knee injury.
It's hard to believe but the Panthers succeeded in holding Packers star Micah Parsons without a pressure in Week 9.
Green Bay's Josh Jacobs has struggled to break loose this season, much like Saquon Barkley. The Birds will need to rein in linebacker Micah Parsons, as always.
The Green Bay Packers have cause for concern as they spend this week preparing for a Monday night matchup with the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.
The box score doesn't tell the story of Bryce Young's clutch performance in the Panthers' Week 9 upset over the Packers. The film, however, does.