Carolina Panthers Wilt in Green Bay, 38-17
17. 87. Final. 38. 49
Aaron Rodgers was very efficient in the Green Bay Packers’ win over the Carolina Panthers by a score of 38-17. He simply sliced up a defense that was less affected by injuries than the Panthers offense. He threw for three scores with Eddy Lacy and James Starks running for two more. The game ended with Matt Flynn playing most of the fourth quarter. So no, this was the trip up to Lambeau that the Panthers envisioned.
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Meanwhile the Panthers explored how effective they could be with even more injuries on the offensive line. Guard Amini Silatolu did not make the trip and Trai Turner went down with a knee injury. Then tackle Byron Bell went down with an elbow in the third quarter. The result was that undrafted rookies Andrew Norwell and David Foucault were deployed on the left side of the offensive line. They did fairly well against a Green Bay 3-4 front that had mostly called off the dogs by that point.
Quarterback Cam Newton was put in the position of having to do everything again, and it did not work as well the second time. Tight end Greg Olsen had over a hundred receiving yards and Kelvin Benjamin had a touchdown reception that only Benjamin could do. Running back Jonathan Stewart was back in action, but only ran for fifty five yards.
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Former Carolina Panther Julius Peppers collected 1.5 sacks on the day, but that number is deceptive. Someone seems to have shortchanged Clay Matthews on a few of those sacks, since Matthews was only credited with half a sack.
The best news the Panthers got was that the Detroit Lions came back to beat the New Orleans Saints and the Baltimore Ravens easily handled the Atlanta Falcons. Even at .500, the Panthers still are in first place in the NFC South.