{"id":636741,"date":"2025-12-29T03:34:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T03:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/636741\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T03:34:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T03:34:13","slug":"panthers-fall-flat-in-loss-to-seahawks-set-up-week-18-battle-for-nfc-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/636741\/","title":{"rendered":"Panthers fall flat in loss to Seahawks, set up Week 18 battle for NFC South"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice and NFL writer Charles McDonald react to Carolina’s 27-10 loss to Seattle on Sunday, setting up a regular season finale battle with Tampa Bay for the NFC South. Check out the full conversation on \u201cFootball 301\u201d – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, YouTube<\/a> or wherever you listen.<\/a><\/p>\n

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What’s funny today is, uh, my dad had a bunch of his friends over, and they’re all Panthers.<\/p>\n

Fans, right?<\/p>\n

Andoh.<\/p>\n

… You know, when that game is going in the first Half, they’re hooting and hollering.<\/p>\n

I can hear them from my room.<\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Going crazy, and then all of a sudden, Deathly quiet.<\/p>\n

Deathly quiet.<\/p>\n

And I was like, “What happened?”<\/p>\n

Oh, halftime happened.<\/p>\n

That’s what happened.<\/p>\n

And, you know, the, the whole… Bryce Young hadwas it 16 yards?across his first 16 passing attempts.<\/p>\n

Uh, woo!<\/p>\n

That, that, that was a rough one.<\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

… For the Panthers offense.<\/p>\n

And like, I know, uh, T-Mac, he was sick out there.<\/p>\n

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It, it looked like he wasn’t 100%, butyeah.<\/p>\n

… Man, Seattle’s defense absolutely gave it to them.<\/p>\n

And the running game on the other side played well.<\/p>\n

Like, Zach Charbonnet had a great game.<\/p>\n

Ken Walker had ayeah.<\/p>\n

… You know, his chaotic carry on 3rd and 30.<\/p>\n

That he absolutely lives for.<\/p>\n

Um, but outside of that, Man, the NFC South is garbage.<\/p>\n

Seahawks’ pass defense, because it was just Like the, the, the Panthers couldn’t operate.<\/p>\n

It was just…<\/p>\n

There’s also, there’s some cool color play.<\/p>\n

I’ll say that.<\/p>\n

They had a 9% conversion rate on third down.<\/p>\n

Which is the second-lowest rate, conversion rate this season.<\/p>\n

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The gain on third down: eight yards on third and seven.<\/p>\n

Three yards on third, third and 12, one yard on third and two.<\/p>\n

Gains of zero, zero, zero, zero, zero.<\/p>\n

So five of them.<\/p>\n

Lost two yards, lost 11 yards.<\/p>\n

So if you’re doing math at home, The Panthers lost more yards on third down today than they gained.<\/p>\n

They had, they had one… You didn’t mention it.<\/p>\n

But they finished with 1.7 net yards per pass attempt and 2.7 yards per play.<\/p>\n

Zero explosive plays.<\/p>\n

It’s only the fourth time that’s happened this season by an offense.<\/p>\n

And the Seahawks offense could really just Kinda make mistakes.<\/p>\n

Darnold could throw interceptions in the red.<\/p>\n

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Zone can just have these moments.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t matter because their defI mean, the Panthers could not throw the ball.<\/p>\n

Whatsoever.<\/p>\n

And their run game has dropped off in the back Half of the season, it’s turned into like a bottom-five run game.<\/p>\n

Which was a super strength for them.<\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

Um, it’s…<\/p>\n

It’s just because defenses aren’t threatened.<\/p>\n

They know.<\/p>\n

Kind of know what the, you know, the gig is up.<\/p>\n

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