I am still shocked the Panthers walked away with a win today.

After being thoroughly dominated Youth Donte Jackson Jersey , the team woke up and overcame a 17 point deficit to beat the defending Super Bowl champs at home. Here’s the players who helped, and the ones that didn’t.WinnersTorrey SmithSmith hasn’t become a top wide receiver by any stretch, but over the last two games he’s absolutely showed up when the team needed it. He caught 4 passes for 61 yards, including a key catch and run on 4th and 10 for the Panthers final, lead changing drive on offense. He’s been often maligned by Panthers fans, but over the last two weeks he’s turned it on in a big way on key drives. Cam Newton trusts him, and it appears he’s finally found his groove.Michael PalardyDespite a crazy wind during this game, Palardy consistently pinned Philadelphia in their own territory after punts. He gave the kicks enough hang time that his speedster Curtis Samuel was able to get down there and down the punts inside the five when he had his opportunities. Of all players Color Rush David Mayo Jersey , Palardy showed up from start to finish more than anyone else. Palardy continues to demonstrate why his extension was well deserved.Mario AddisonDespite going out early with a back injury, Addison was by far Carolina’s most consistent presence on the defensive line. He logged two sacks (though one was a simple miscue by Carson Wentz) and continued to get pressure on the outside. If Addison were to miss a significant amount of time, this defense would struggle to rush the passer.4th Quarter Cam NewtonNewton struggled for the large majority of the game, as the Eagles came after him early and often. However, after Curtis Samuel lit a fire under this offense, we saw Cam Newton let loose. He threw several beautiful passes at the end of the game and was on fire during the comeback effort. Cam may not be the most consistent quarterback, but he is one of the best when he’s in do or die mode.Luke Kuechly and Thomas DavisKuechly hasn’t quite been the dominant force we know this season, but in this game he seemed to inch his way back. Davis meanwhile Youth Trai Turner Jersey , continues to play angry. The defense as a whole didn’t play great, but these two made momentum shifting tackles when the defense absolutely needed them. Looking forward to at least one last hurrah for this amazing duo.LosersField goal unitCome on man, they let not one but two field goals get away due to mental mistakes. Can you imagine what the game would have looked like with two field goals on the board? Two weeks ago, the field goal unit bailed out the offense. This week, the fourth quarter offense bailed out the field goal unit.James BradberryAlshon Jeffrey put the hurt on Bradberry today. He consistently got open and consistently got catches. Were it not for one good play by Bradberry in the 4th, Alshon would have all but silenced this team’s attempt at a comeback. The Panthers put a lot on Bradberry as their CB1, but this wasn’t the worst matchup he’s faced yet he got beat worse than he has all season.CoachingBruh. It took a herculean effort by Cam Newton and this offense in the end to win this game. This is the 3rd straight week that Carolina has beaten themselves with bad coaching. It shouldn’t require a two digit deficit to turn Cam Newton loose, and why is Michael Adams covering Zach Ertz? They figured it out in the end http://www.authenticscarolinapanthers.com/cheap-mario-addison-jersey , against a good team at that, but this is three straight weeks of slow starts by the offense. This defense can no longer bail them out, the offense needs to score points. Good things happen when Curtis Samuel and DJ Moore are on the field. Use your weapons, it isn’t that hard.Panthers were the top defense against the run on third and fourth down last season per PFF Pro Football Focus revealed their top defenses against the run in third or fourth and short situations, and the Carolina Panthers ranked at the top of the list.This information probably isn’t surprising news to Panthers fans, we do have the best middle linebacker and one of the best defensive tackles in the league after all in Luke Kuechly and Kawann Short, but it is still nice to get some statistical validation to be able to quantify just how good they were last year. The above numbers mean 48% of the time when another team attempted to run for a first down on third or fourth and two or less, we stopped them.These are the kinds of numbers that make head coaches like Ron Rivera super proud Color Rush Torrey Smith Jersey , and fortunately for us, only the most forward thinking coaches and coordinators in the league would try and use this information to do something else. Jonathan DeLong has spent the offseason using math to debunk all sorts of closely held NFL beliefs, and the information surrounding this directly validates that information.Hey, maybe some day the game will change, for now though... being really good at this metric is extremely good for us in Carolina, so keep running at us opposing teams!