But those numbers, despite being the best the Panthers defense has posted in three weeks, mean nothing when the end result is still a loss.<\/p>\n
“I think we definitely were aggressive, played in the backfield a lot. Shit, it just comes down to execution. We got to be better execution wise, and just get ready to keep going,” said Brown.<\/p>\n
“It may have felt better number-wise, but when you lose, it still sucks. So, at the end of the day, I care less about it. I just want to win.”<\/p>\n
It was an AFC loss, and not currently detrimental in the standings. Jaycee Horn<\/a> and Mike Jackson<\/a> are still set to return, even if a firm timetable isn’t currently available. And there’s a division game on tap. And with a blueprint of what being aggressive can do, this is a defense that feels better prepared for the second half of a season.<\/p>\n “We’re never going to hang our heads,” promised Wharton. “Losing three games sucks, but (we were) one play away from making that game today a difference maker. So, you know, we go back in, pay attention to details, and we fix it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"But those numbers, despite being the best the Panthers defense has posted in three weeks, mean nothing when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1049617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2075],"tags":[79,235,260,2567,135276,11404,5412,7,12186,81,6,236],"class_list":["post-1049616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-carolina-panthers","tag-app-news","tag-carolina","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-carolinapanthers","tag-denver-broncos-at-carolina-panthers-2026-reg-9","tag-derrick-brown","tag-devin-lloyd","tag-football","tag-gameday","tag-latest-news","tag-nfl","tag-panthers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117583593026944027","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1049616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1049617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1049616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1049616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1049616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}