UNLEASHED: Rico Dowdle DESTROYS Former Team | Can the Carolina Panthers RIDE Momentum to Playoffs?

UNLEASHED: Rico Dowdle DESTROYS Former Team | Can the Carolina Panthers RIDE Momentum to Playoffs?

The Carolina Panthers have done the unthinkable. They have silenced Jerry Jones. Let’s take a look back at the good, the bad, and the ugly from the Carolina Panthers walk-off win against the Dallas Cowboys. You are Locked On Panthers, your daily Panthers podcast, part of the Locked On Network, your team every day. Welcome in to another edition of the Lockdown Panthers podcast, the part of the Lockdown Podcast Network. I’m your host as always, Julian Council, talking Carolina Panthers with you every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and yes, of course, Friday, your team every day. That’s our motto here on the Lockdown Podcast Network. Thanks for watching the show right here on YouTube and listening wherever you listen to your favorite podcast. Today’s episode of Locked On Panthers is brought to you by FanDuel. Right now, new customers can bet just $5. And if your bet wins, you’ll get $300 in bonus bets to use across the app. On Fridays, throughout the regular season here on the show, I provide my three keys victory for the Panthers that upcoming Sunday. Then on Tuesdays, we review how the Panthers did with those keys. Dave Canalis, Carolina Panthers head coach is got this team 5003 and3 for the first time since 2021 week 10 of the 2021 season and they now are facing off against the Jets on Sunday. A chance to get to 4 and three. Dave provided an update following the Panthers walk-off win against Dallas on Monday. An update on Jaylen Coker and also on Austin Corbett and several other things. Go over that and of course on Tuesdays every single week, what do we do? We talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly. And when the Panthers win like they want on Sunday, there’s a lot of good, not too much bad, and certainly nothing ugly about a 30 to 27 walk-off win against the Dallas Cowboys. is and I was looking over at Twitter earlier and someone hit me up on my mention saying there’s nothing quite like your favorite NFL team beating the Dallas Cowboys cuz the Cowboys are just so dogone annoying man. Like I am 32 years old right now and I cannot remember very many times if any where the Dallas Cowboys have truly been worthy of all the attention that they have gotten. I think that Dak Prescott is a really good player. I think that Trayvon Diggs is a really good player. CD Lamb, like they have good players. And I understand that the Cowboys used to be good, so that’s why they’re always in these prime time slots and they’re always shoved down our throats by every single media outlet that covers the NFL and even ones that don’t. I understand all of that, but my god, they never win to the point where they’re deserving of it. And because it’s so annoying, because their fans are always traveling to their games and are obnoxious, it feels pretty damn good to watch them leave the stadium on Sunday and be upset that oh, they didn’t get it done yet again. And do they believe it’s going to change? Because as long as Jerry Jones at this point in time is only in the Dallas Cowboys and then once his son Stephen Jones takes over, I don’t see where it’s going to get better and when the Cowboys are going to finally go back to the Super Bowl. Maybe I’ll see it sometime in my lifetime, but after 32 years, make me feel like it’s not gonna happen. And that’s coming from someone who covers the Carolina Panthers and grew up here in Charlotte. And the thing about growing up here was going to the games back when it was Erikson Stadium to now being Bank of America Stadium. The only two franchises that ever came and took over the stadium was Pittsburgh and Dallas. You would see the Terrible towels. You’d see all the Walmart Cowboy fans in there who also love the Lakers and Duke basketball. And you love to watch them leave upset. And I saw this on social media last week. was actually sent to me I think on Instagram. There’s a Panther fan who was talking about the great thing about all the stadium takeovers is that you now get to see all the opposing fans with their heads down looking like Snoopy as they lose these games every single week. So, it’s great to see and I’m hoping in two weeks when Buffalo where all their fans who love Buffalo but yet can’t find employment up there are in that stadium that they feel the exact same way that Miami and Dallas felt the last two Sundays. And a big reason why Dallas felt that way is because Rico Dattle is here and he’s not there playing for the Cowboys anymore. A decision that Jerry Jones, Steven Jones, and the Cowboys brass who I did see walked through the press box on Sunday all made. And I was talking to a Cowboys reporter just about what’s it like to cover Jerry and this team. And he says Jerry likes to talk. The Panthers did the unthinkable on Sunday. just put out there by Mike Florio, Pro Football Talk, that Jerry Jones did not speak after the game. He had a crash out. Didn’t have a crash out in public like he typically does, but privately he decided, I can’t say anything. My team lost to the Panthers, and I’m going to shut my ass up for the first time it seemingly in forever. Jerry Jones doesn’t want to talk. So, the Panthers did the unthinkable. But Rico Dattle, he starts off the good, the bad, and the ugly, but the good part of that section because he called a shot. He said last week after the Miami game, he had run for 206 yards, the second most amount of rushing yards in a single game by a Panthers running back. And his focus was on Dallas, not on what he just did, but on the next week, a revenge game against a team that did not want to pay him, did not want him to be their feature back here in 2025. He said, “Buckle up.” And what did he do? He rushed for 183 yards and he set a single game franchise record with 239 yards from scrimmage. And when asked about the Cowboys buckling up, he said they wasn’t buckled. And that defensive performance from Dallas was atrocious. And this is actually from Adam Shaper of ESPN.com. Uh Or who had 239 scrimmage yards on Sunday and 234 last week. He is now the sixth running back in the Super Bowl era with at least 225 scrimmage yards and a touchdown in consecutive games. He joins Dalvin Cook 2020 with the Vikings. Le’Veon Bell 2014 with Pittsburgh. Deuce Mallister 2003 with New Orleans. Marshall Faulk wow 2002 with St. Louis back when they had the Rams and then Walter Payton 1977 with the Chicago Bears. two Hall of Famers and a hell of a back in Dalvin a hell of a back and Le’Veon Bell when he was healthy and Deuce Mallister wasn’t bad at all either in New Orleans just insane to kind of run that Rico D was on over the last two weeks he has 389 rushing yards past two weeks the next closest player we’re looking at weeks five and week six in the NFL is Jonathan Taylor who has 189 yards so 200 more yards than the next closest player over the last two weeks he has a rushing success rate of 58 and a half% the past two weeks and this is now begging the question what happens once Juba Hubard gets back in there. We can worry about that when that happens. Right now I’m just going to marvel at what Rico Dattle has done and also laugh at Jeremy Jones and the Cowboys for not resigning him and having him come to Carolina for the same amount of money that they’re paying Javvante Williams. and I think actually a little bit less than they’re paying Javvante Williams down there in Dallas. So, uh yeah, what do you got to say about that one, Jerry? Panthers defense was also a part of the good on Sunday. The Cowboys, as we all had heard all throughout the week, they had the number one offense in the NFL. They ranked third in the NFL in offensive success rate at a 47.2% success rate on plays. and they had their worst success rate of the season, 37.9 on Sunday against the Panthers defense. They were they ranked first in total rush EPA and had a season low negative 10.39 total rush EPA on Sunday versus Carolina. They ranked fourth in the NFL in rushing success rate at 46.7% and had an 11.1 rushing success rate on Sunday against Carolina. Overall, Dallas had its fewest amount of plays, yards per play, yards per rush, and total yards on the season against Carolina. A Panthers defense that was much maligned heading into the season. And even after week one, in the first half of week two, and after what happened in New England, and now it’s Panthers defense that’s given up 50 yards rushing the last two weeks. The Panthers, by the way, now are fifth in success rate in the NFL and third in rushing defensive success rate so far this season. So, bravo to everyone on that side of the ball to a Vero for getting that unit to perform the way they did on Sunday, especially against the run. But overall against the Cowboys offense, that was stellar the five weeks prior. linebacker play. Trevan Wallace, Christian Roseboom have been much maligned as well throughout the season and really they’ve taken on their fair share of criticism, but the two were the highest graded defenders according to Propball Focus on Sunday. Trevor Walls, excuse me, had a 77.2 uh PFF grade and Christian Roseboom had a 72.0 PFF grade and both of them who have had had struggles in coverage both had PFF coverage grades above 80. So awesome to see that. Tedo McMillan. A lot of people asking why hadn’t he scored a touchdown? What was going on? Was he getting antsy? Everything happens for a reason, y’all. And if you believe in a higher power or not, you know, it seemed to be the timing for Tet that he was going to have his grandparents and his grandfather in particular. They’re in attendance for the game on Sunday. It was his grandfather’s birthday. He was able to get the football from T-Mac after catching his first career touchdown. Then he caught another one in that game. Handed that ball to his grandfather after the game. special moment there that he had to have his grandparents in attendance for him to finally get those first career touchdowns. And then again, the offensive line depth. Touched on this yesterday on the reaction show. Through six weeks, the Panthers have started five five different offensive line combinations and they’ve had 10 players have to play significant snaps in those games. Week one, Ikyuanu was out at left tackle, so Yash Nyman started in his place. Week two was the only week where all five of the regular starters were out there. That’s Austin Corbett at center. Robert Hunt at guard, left tackle of course, Ikyuanu, left guard, Damen Lewis, right tackle, the constant Taylor Motton. Week two is the only time that those five were all out there on the field together that day. Austin Corbett and Robert Hunt both were injured. So week three with Corbett and Hunt on IR, Kade Maze and Chandala stepped in at center and right guard respectively. Then in week four, you got to see the same lineup with Chandler and Kaden there with Icky, with Damen and with Taylor. But then in the middle of that game, Chandler Zala goes down with a knee injury and then Brandon Walton comes into the game. Week five, Zala is on IR. Britney Christensen starts in place, have a brand new combination again. Then on Sunday, Taylor Motton, he’s out. Yash Diamond starts. Five different starting offensive line combinations, 10 different guys who’ve had to play significant in-game snaps. and they’ve rushed for over 200 yards the past two weeks both in wins against Miami and against Dallas. That absolutely is a part of the good. The bad the only real bad thing from this game for Carolina was the passing defense and specifically Mike Jackson. The Panthers allowed the fourth uh best passer rating in the NFL in week six. And that’s prior to the games on Monday Night Football. Dak Prescott had a 124.8 passer rating. The PFF pressure percentage of 17.6% 6% was the second lowest of the week again prior to Monday Night Football being played. Mike Jackson was the second lowest graded defender this week with a 40.3 grade. Also, he had a 34.2 coverage grade. PFF credits Mike Jackson for allowing seven receptions on nine targets for 124 yards, a touchdown, and then a 155.8 passer rating when targeted on Sunday. Not great. 158.3 by the by the way is the uh perfect passer rating. So nearly a perfect passer rating he allowed on Sunday. And for what for whatever it’s worth, PFF gave JC Horn a 41.8 grade and a 35.1 coverage grade, but he only gave up two receptions for 38 yards. And one of those was the 31 yard just crazy catch and run hurdle play that George Pickkins made in the first half. He was targeted three times. So, I don’t really get how they have him as the third lowest graded Panther defender on Sunday. Both of Mike Jackson and JC had tackling grades and run stopping grades in the 70s on Sunday. So, I don’t know. PF, we I bring it up every once in a while. I’ve kind of gotten away from it now with True Media giving a success rate and EPA numbers, but looking at guys individually, sometimes got to go over to PFF. But yeah, the pass defense and Mike Jackson in particular, that was the bad. Then the ugly, ain’t nothing ugly about walking off and beating Dallas at home or anywhere. You can beat them on the moon. Doesn’t matter. You beat the Cowboys, it’s a good day. Uh but really the ugly is the Cowboys and Dolphins defensive performances over the past two weeks against Carolina. The Panthers, this is from Mike Sando of The Athletic. He has his pick six uh column every every Monday. Um, the Panthers now have back-to-back games with at least 400 total yards, 200 rushing yards, and 25 first downs. Sando talked about he had to look back and see when the last time Carolina had done it after they did it on Sunday against the Cowboys, and he realized it was the week prior against Miami. It’s the only time Carolina has hit those benchmarks in back-to-back games since their inception back in 1995, according to Pro Bowl reference. And if they do it for a third straight week, which they have a chance considering they’re playing the Jets, they would become the only other team with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the 1983 Pittsburgh Steelers to do that. So, the ugly, nothing ugly about Carolina, but Miami, Dallas stinky, real bad. You want to look at those defenses. The Panthers have had their way with them the last couple of weeks. Dave Canal spoke to the media on Monday providing an update on some guys like Jaylen Coker and Austin Corbett and also painting a picture of where this team is at. We’ll talk about that here in just a moment on Locked on Panthers. Nobody likes paying rent, but if you must, you might as well get something for it. That’s where Built comes in. Built is changing the game by turning your rent payment into real rewards you can actually use. 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And I opened up the press conference actually after his opening statement by asking him, you told us back in the offse that it would take four to six weeks to find out who this team was. And I asked him, so do you have a clear enough picture to know who the Carolina Panthers are at this point in time? He did not necessarily give me a full understanding of who this team is because he did say that they’re still working to get a clearer picture as guys are working their way back. And I followed up by asking, “So, a guy that could help you would be Jaylen Coker, correct? And how close was he to playing on Sunday? And where is he at heading into this week?” Now, Dave didn’t necessarily answer the question as far as how close he was to being active for Sunday as Panthers opted to not activate him from IR, continuing his 21-day practice window. It’s only been 5 days or I guess six days by the time uh you listen to this on Tuesday morning. Uh, but he’ll be back likely this Sunday up in New York. And we’ll figure out who would be the odd man out in that situation for Carolina as far as receivers if they only have five guys active, which has been the case in all six of their games so far this season. But Jaylen Coker certainly will be a part of the game plan once he’s ready to go. And I’m thinking it’s going to be this Sunday up there in New York facing off against the windless New York Jets. But we’ll know more on Wednesday. Some news. Austin Corbett, who has been dealing with a grade three MCL sprain, will have his 21-day practice window opened up on Wednesday. He has missed the past four weeks. And this is an injury that the window, at least from the reporting I saw from Joe Person, The Athletic, 6 to 8 weeks was the time frame. It’s already been four. And if he’s going to come back here in the next 21 days, that would make it either he comes back before they go make the trip to Green Bay. So that week they would activate him and he would go to Green Bay or if they want to wait the full 21 days, he would have to be activated 21 days from this upcoming Wednesday and that would be him making his return against New Orleans. How that works with the offensive line, I don’t know. We’ll find out how it plays out. My guess is he’s going to play. Is that going to be him at center? Is it going to be him at right guard? Only time will tell. Not anything to worry about. Offensive line’s playing well. I would tell Panther fans right now instead of worrying about, oh, are they misevaluating players and blah blah blah, how about just be happy that they actually have depth? Because a couple years ago in 2021 when they had 13 out of 17 different starting offensive line combinations, it was a train wreck. And so far this season, they’ve had five out of six. And it has not been a train wreck at all. A guy is setting franchise records at running back because of what the guys in front of them are doing to pave the way. So be happy. Please, for the love of God, be happy about the fact that the guys behind the starters aren’t bad like they have been in the last couple years. That the guys behind the starters actually are capable NFL players. And damn it, maybe they are worthy of starting as well here in Carolina or elsewhere in the NFL. That is a departure from what we have seen in recent years when Scott Fitterer, Matt Rule, Frank Reich, and all the like were coaches here and general managers here and talent evaluators here in Carolina. So, it’s getting better. Just be happy. End of rant. Uh, but yeah, Austin Corbett, he’ll be back here in a couple of weeks and again, we’ll find out in due time where he fits in to all of this. JC Horn, by the way, and I had questions about this on Sunday, and these are constant questions. Why does JC not follow the number one receiver? And they’ve laid it out to you plenty of times. You don’t want to listen. You don’t really care. I understand. And Dave again said it. They are mostly a zone team. When you’re man-to-man, then yes, you’re going to have your top corner against your top receiver. But the way they like to do it is they like to play JC towards the boundary, the short side of the field, and they like to play Mike Jackson towards the field side of things where there’s more space out there. That’s the preference that they have for these guys. Now, late in the game, and I am appreciative of this, JC told it, “Look, man, enough of this. I’m going to play against Joe against um George Pickkins. I’m covering him. I’m not going to let my guy Mike Jack get cooked anymore.” And JC even inside of the game, it happens. Everybody gets diced up. Hell, George Pickkins made JC look like a fool in that game in the first half, too. Well, maybe not like a fool, but he got the best of him. Those guys get paid, too. But he wasn’t going to let that happen. And he got off the field, had three and out. Dallas didn’t see the ball again. And that, of course, is going to fuel the fire that JC should be doing that all the time. That’s not the scheme. That’s not what they do. You’re just going to have to accept it or you’re probably not going to. But it is what it is and this defense has, you know, they’ve been better. So yeah, George Bacon’s had a great day. Mike Jackson had a bad day. It happens. Skip Pete, he is the running back coach down in Tampa Bay. He was there under Dave Canales. And uh interesting thing about him is that he’s the one who actually mentioned to Canales that they should look into Rico Dowel. That did not work out for them in Tampa, but it has now worked out here in Carolina where Rico again had 239 yards from scrimmage, a franchise record in a single game here in Carolina. He’s now also joined some of the likes of Walter Payton and Marshall Faulk. What he’s done over the last two games, having at least 225 yards from scrimmage and a touchdown. just insane that he’s in the same air as those guys who are both Hall of Famers, both of the best backs who ever play uh the position in the National Football League. And now the question is, will Rico Dattle be the starting running back whenever Chuba Hubard is healthy and comes back from that calf injury? And Dave Canal said we’ll see as far as whether he’s earned that right. Question asked by David Newton. We’ll find out. I’m not really that concerned about it. It’s one of those things like with Corbett when he’s ready to go. We’ll see what happens. Coker, he’ll get in there, but we’ll see how things play out with the rest of the wide receiver room when it happens. It’s a good problem to have to have depth for the first time in years here in Carolina. So, I don’t think they should trade Rico. I don’t think they necessarily need to pay Rico. We’ll talk more about this on Wednesday, tomorrow for the weekly Wednesday mailbag. By the way, at me, DM me how to get those questions in over on Twitter and on Blue Skysounsel. Um, but yeah, let’s there’s no controversy here, guys. Just be happy the guy’s playing well and it’ll figure itself out. And then finally, the run defense. They’ve allowed 50 yards combined the last two weeks. 19 against Miami, 36 30 rather against Dallas, sorry, 31 against Dallas, doing math right. Um, but setting the edge has been the key according to Dave Canal. He mentioned all of the outside linebackers. Princely made some great plays there. He was not blocked, but he was coming from the backside and was able to use his speed to make some of those plays right there behind the line of scrimmage or right at the line of scrimmage. Nick Gordon played well, Pat Jones played well and so did DJ Whamm. He also mentioned Bobby Brown, Aan Robinson, obviously Derek Brown and then LeBron Ray, the linebackers, the way that they played in particular on Sunday. And then I mentioned it earlier when looking at just how JC Horn and Mike Jackson didn’t grade out well in pass coverage. They graded out really well when it came to stopping the run and having two big physical corners helps in that respect. And Tron Merrick as well. So the run defense looks like it’s been fixed and that is huge for this defense and for this organization moving on to the rest of the 2025 season. Those are some updates from Dave Canal’s Monday press conference. On Fridays, I give you my three keys victory. Then on Tuesdays, we follow up and see how the Panthers did. And after a win against Dallas, I’m going to tell you, they did pretty pretty good. We’ll talk about it here in just a moment on Locked on Panthers. The NFL season is here and FanDuel has an offer you don’t want to miss. 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Add me or DM me over on Twitter or over on Blue Sky, Julian Counsel. and I’ll answer your questions tomorrow on the weekly Wednesday mailback. Do that every single week throughout the regular season and I do not answer everyone’s questions. Now, plenty of questions are redundant. So, your question does get answered even if directly I’m not saying your name and and answering specifically the question that you asked. And if I don’t get your question on the show, it takes time. Like I get plenty of questions. I try to cycle through. There’s people who send in questions every single week. I don’t answer their questions every single week. U but I will cycle through eventually get to your question especially if it’s a pertinent topic that you want to cover and I also feel like should be covered. I’ll get to it and I always try to at least respond there via DMs or if you at me on Blue Sky and on Twitter so I don’t have you feeling like I don’t ever answer anything that you ask me. So that’s coming up on Wednesday tomorrow. The weekly Wednesday mailbag here on Locked on Panthers. Fridays I give you my three keys victories. Then on Tuesday, that next week, I review the keys to victory that I provided on the previous Friday. Key number one was to keep up with Dallas offensively. And well, the Panthers did it. The Cowboys entered with the number one offense in the NFL, averaging 30.2 points per game while Carolina averaged 20.4. The Panthers scored 10 more than their average on Sunday, scoring 30, while Dallas had three points below their average scoring 27. And that was the difference in the game. Shoka Padia of I think the Ringer previously of the Athletic, maybe still with the Athletic. He put this out there on Twitter looking over at True Media success rate. The Panthers offense, by the way, on Sunday had the highest success rate of any team in a single game this season with a 59.4 success rate. The Chiefs 63.6 in their week five loss against Jacksonville. So, the Panthers second highest success rate of the season offensively of any team in the NFL. and that was just below the Kansas City Chiefs. And the Panthers did it in a winning effort. The Panthers, by the way, are now fourth in offensive success rate on the season. The only teams that have a better success rate are the Colts, the Bills, and the Commanders. They’ll face off against the Bills in two weeks time. And you’re asking potentially right now, what is success rate? Well, success rate just looks at how frequently an offense is gaining 50% of the necessary yardage on first down, 70% on second down, and 100% on third and fourth down. It’s an onbase percentage for football and a strong driver of predictive quality. So on first down, you want to get five yards at minimum. On second down, if it’s second and five, you want to be able to get there to where you get four yards and it’s third and one. And then on third and one, you’re going to of course have to get that first down there, that one yard for it to be successful. That’s how success rate works in the NFL. And Carolina so far is staying on schedule. And that’s really what I think I look at it more so as. Are you staying on schedule? And if you’re you’re being successful on early downs, you’re being successful on third down. And so far, Carolina has been able to do that this season in particular the last two weeks and on Sunday in that win against Dallas. Number two was for Bryce Young to limit his turnovers. Not go from two to one, but from two to zero. Now, technically, the Panthers failed at that because Bryce threw an interception. Let’s put that in air quotes, an interception. Statistically, it’ll be an interception. But that was a ball that was on the money. Tedoy McMillan went through his hands and was picked off by Dallas. It happens. T-Mac made up for it with his two touchdowns and also his run blocking as well in the game. But other than that, the Panthers did not have any more turnover worthy plays. PFF didn’t mark Bryce Young with his single turnover worthy play on Sunday, which is great to see. The Panthers are now three and 18 in games where Bryce Young has a turnover and have won back-to-back games like that. Winning against Miami last week and then Dallas on Sunday. And of course 3 and8 needs contacts which was provided by the fact that that turnover really should not have been on Bryce. Many of the turnovers in the past though have been on Bryce like the ones last week against Miami. The Cowboys by the way entered the game 28th in havoc rates. So that’s sacks, that’s interceptions, that’s forced fumbles, that’s tackles for loss, that’s pass breakups. And they only had a havoc rate of 7.8 on Sunday. That’s tied 24th among teams that play prior to Monday Night Football in the NFL in week six. So not very good. and then run the ball. The Cowboys entered with the worst success rate defensively against the run in the NFL and they failed spectacularly as Panthers had a 68.6 success rate on the ground on Sunday. The Panthers rushed for 216 yards and 5.7 yards per carry this week after rushing for 239 yards and 7.5 yards per carry the previous week against Miami. The Panthers are now number one in the NFL in rushing yards, third in rushing success rate, and second in total rush EPA. All those numbers come in from our friends over at True Media. And all that’s happening while Robert Hunt’s on IR, Austin Corbett’s on IR, Chandler Zala is on IR, and they’ve had five different starting offensive line combinations in six weeks, and 10 different linemen having to play significant snaps. The Panthers, they finally have depth across the board, and you love to see it. They’re three and three with a chance to get to four and three on Sunday as they head up to the Medallands to face off against the lowly New York Jets. That’s going to wrap up this edition of the Lockdown Panthers podcast, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network. I’m your host, as always, Julian Council, talking Carolina Panthers with you every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Be sure to subscribe or follow the show free over here on YouTube or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast. Be sure to hit me up over on Twitter and Blue Sky Julian Counsel. DM me at me. Get your questions in for tomorrow’s edition of the Weekly Wednesday Mailbag. In the meantime, be safe, be happy, be whole. As always, keep pounding and I’ll talk to you all on Wednesday.

Panthers stun Cowboys with Rico Dowdle’s clutch performance. Is a playoff run on the horizon?

Julian Council breaks down Carolina’s impressive victory, highlighting Dowdle’s game-changing 239 scrimmage yards and the team’s evolving strategy. The discussion covers the Panthers defensive dominance, holding Dallas to season-low offensive numbers, and how injuries have reshaped but not held back the offensive line. Key topics include Carolina’s run defense improvements, Austin Corbett’s potential return, and the team’s rise to fourth in offensive success rate.

Don’t miss this in-depth analysis of the Panthers path to success. Will Carolina’s momentum continue against the Jets?

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro: Panthers silence Jerry Jones
5:04 Rico Dowdle’s revenge game against Cowboys
9:08 Linebacker play improves, T-Mac scores
13:42 Panthers offense sets franchise records
16:45 Dave Canales provides team updates
26:55 Keys To Victory Review
30:59 Panthers aim for 4-3 against Jets

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