With Home Loss on MNF, Panthers May Finally Be in Hole They Can’t Escape

October 11, 2016   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

Winning without your franchise quarterback is never easy, but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tried their best to make it very easy on the shorthanded Carolina Panthers on Monday night.
And yet the Panthers still found a way to lose for the fourth time in five games to start the 2016 NFL season. 
On the road against a depleted secondary, Tampa Bay got a mediocre-at-best performance from franchise quarterback Jameis Winston and saw second-round rookie kicker Roberto Aguayo miss two field goals. The Bucs found the end zone just once and did everything they could to botch a two-minute drill with the game on the line. 
But the Panthers still fell short at home to a Tampa Bay team that was missing key cogs Doug Martin, Gerald McCoy, Robert Ayers and Clinton McDonald. 
Concussed Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is the reigning NFL MVP, but high-quality teams should be able to beat mistake-prone, inferior opponents with or without their star quarterback. Just look a...

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