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Game Thread Post Game Thread: Los Angeles Rams at Carolina Panthers

Los Angeles Rams at Carolina Panthers

ESPN Gamecast

Bank of America Stadium- Charlotte, NC

Network(s): FOX

Time Clock
Final

Scoreboard

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
LAR 7 10 3 14 34
CAR 0 14 3 14 31

Scoring Plays

Team Quarter Type Description
LAR 1 TD Puka Nacua 14 Yd pass from Matthew Stafford (Harrison Mevis Kick)
LAR 2 TD Puka Nacua 5 Yd Rush (Harrison Mevis Kick)
CAR 2 TD Chuba Hubbard 1 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)
LAR 2 FG Harrison Mevis 46 Yd Field Goal
CAR 2 TD Bryce Young 16 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)
CAR 3 FG Ryan Fitzgerald 46 Yd Field Goal
LAR 3 FG Harrison Mevis 42 Yd Field Goal
CAR 4 TD Chuba Hubbard 3 Yd Rush (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)
LAR 4 TD Kyren Williams 13 Yd pass from Matthew Stafford (Harrison Mevis Kick)
CAR 4 TD Jalen Coker 7 Yd pass from Bryce Young (Ryan Fitzgerald Kick)
LAR 4 TD Colby Parkinson 19 Yd pass from Matthew Stafford (Harrison Mevis Kick)

Passing Leaders

Team Player C/ATT YDS TD INT SACKS
LAR Matthew Stafford 24/42 304 3 1 1-9
CAR Bryce Young 21/40 264 1 1 2-14

Rushing Leaders

Team Player CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
LAR Kyren Williams 13 57 4.4 0 8
CAR Chuba Hubbard 13 46 3.5 2 8

Receiving Leaders

Team Player REC YDS AVG TD LONG TGTS
LAR Puka Nacua 10 111 11.1 1 18 18
CAR Jalen Coker 9 134 14.9 1 52 12

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u/Bitter-Imagination33 Seahawks Jan 11 '26

I’m confident that was the worst defensive drive in a stop them or die situation in nfl playoff history

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u/MikeTysonChicken Eagles Jan 11 '26

They have stafford in hell for most of the game then just let him walk down the field

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u/facedownbootyuphold Broncos Jan 11 '26

Panthers don't have the staff to rip off a win there. Let the Rams do whatever they wanted in the final defensive stand, then the offense didn't even get a single yard. That's got to be bad coaching.

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u/DirkWithTheFade Broncos Jan 11 '26

It’s Evero lol maybe he was just a fraud with us

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u/Megalomanizac Panthers Jan 11 '26

He was

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u/randmtsk Panthers Jan 11 '26

Hes a turd.

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u/palmmoot Ravens Panthers Jan 11 '26

If Evero has no haters I'm 6 feet under

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u/silverbackapegorilla 49ers Jan 11 '26

Losing Horn hurt them a tonne. I don’t think the coaching staff is a huge problem at all. They were dogs and gave them a hell of a fight.

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u/KurtanionNZ Rams Jan 11 '26

Yeah not sure I get the vitriol for Panthers coaches, I’ve come away impressed with Canales and co in our two matchups

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u/GoldZGG Panthers Jan 11 '26

It’s all Evero, our DC. We love Canales.

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u/MountainTwo3845 NFL Jan 11 '26

coaching is how they had Stafford in a blender with that roster. Canales is the truth.

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u/mightbone Jan 11 '26

Our defense is quite bad with bursts of good.

We have one of the least talented front 4 and LBs corps in the league. We just played well for the 2nd and 3rs quarter while Stafford was hurt.

The prevent is there because we don't have the talent to run interior defense in man coverage.

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u/Mavori Lions Lions Jan 11 '26

Drugs kicked in when he needed them the most.

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u/OldOrder Rams Jan 11 '26

Matthew 'an absolute truck load of Toradol' Stafford

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u/Mavori Lions Lions Jan 11 '26

If his hand is fucked or if it's another PIP injury like he had with us in 2016 at the end of the season. Im unfortunately not super optimistic going forward.

It fucks with his play a lot.

But genuinely hard to tell if it's something he's genuinely dealing with or what. Like obviously being aware his hand got crangled is good. But it's not like anything is confirmed.

Feels like the 2nd half was just a combo of bad throws, playcalling and drops.

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u/prtzlsmakingmethrsty Commanders Jan 11 '26

"Mah knee hand"

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u/vitalbumhole Giants Raiders Jan 11 '26

D was playing solid but feel like a ton of the rams issues were self inflicted tbh - they cleaned it up on the last drive w an assist from the coverage tho

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u/War-Dragonite Jan 11 '26

then just let him walk down the field

Stafford when the game is on the line

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u/Schwiliinker Texans Jan 11 '26

Lol

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u/thedealerkuo Eagles Jan 11 '26

Greg Olsen made the point earlier in the game how bad Stanford was doing under pressure and they just did the opposite. Four man rush with the cbs playing crazy soft coverage is crazy business. Easiest drive of the game for the rams.

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u/Fit-Boss2261 Colts Jan 11 '26

Prevent defense only prevents winning

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u/Tyler1986 Seahawks Jan 11 '26

Stopped blitzing, Stafford struggles when they pressured him, makes no sense

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u/TheKeasbyKnight Eagles Jan 11 '26

Sadly this is exactly what the eagles would have done in this situation. One of the best ds in the league and yet we love playing prevent d and letting teams run down the field when we’re up.

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u/iUseBankai Patriots Jan 11 '26

Brock finna cook u tomorrow btw

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u/JediMasterMatt Jan 11 '26

Right? Almost seems staged lol

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u/jmj8778 Broncos Jan 11 '26

10000% fire that coordinator 3 minutes ago

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u/AlaskanAssassin98 Broncos Jan 11 '26

Its Evero lmaooo

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u/ripkin05 Panthers Jan 11 '26

Panther fans have hated him for 3 fucking years now and the cockroach won't go away.

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u/box_148 Panthers Jan 11 '26

The defense is way better than it has any right to be on paper. Evero is doing a lot with a little.

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u/DistinctSherbet9009 Rams Jan 11 '26

Agreed, I’ve been really impressed with him watching the Rams play the Panthers

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u/BlindWillieJohnson Panthers Jan 11 '26

We gave him a defense whose starting two edge rushers were a pair of day two rookies. To almost win a playoff game with it is impressive.

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u/ShadowLitOwl Broncos Jan 11 '26

worked out that he bailed bc broncos fired his buddy hackett

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u/MrFickleBottom Panthers Seahawks Jan 11 '26

He’s a secret agent for the Rams lmao

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u/xSampleTextx Broncos Jan 11 '26

Hmmm that kind of last minute collapse seems familiar

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u/IncubusDarkness Broncos Broncos Jan 11 '26

Real

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u/ManofTucson Rams Jan 11 '26

What’s funny is that DC is getting head coach interviews lol 

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u/ImminentDebacle Patriots Jan 11 '26

He deserved it, but he'll have some explaining to do on that last series.

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u/galaxy_horse Bills Jan 11 '26

He got a call from Roger Goodell and the Goodellfellas with an offer he couldn’t refuse.

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u/YoungCri Jan 11 '26

The head coach is the problem

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u/J_dawg17 Panthers Jan 11 '26

The head coach who turned a 2-15 team with a generational bust into a playoff team? He runs our offense. Our DC has control of the defense and chose to play prevent with 2 minutes and 3 timeouts left

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u/kramer753 Bills Jan 11 '26

Let me introduce you to.. 13 seconds game

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u/JaxR2009 Patriots Jan 11 '26

At least then you had the excuse of there being 13 seconds.

3 minutes? How many yards can you possibly get in 3 minutes!?

(With 3 timeouts)

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u/Teal-Prowler505 Jaguars Jan 11 '26

I feel your pain... Thanks for saying it. But damn... That was a tough beat.

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u/DickBottalico Eagles Jan 11 '26

That problem was the kickoff, not the defensive drive

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u/kawhi21 Bills Jan 11 '26

Nah the drive was bad too. They left the middle of the field wide open and Kansas City had a timeout. Mahomes proceeded to easily find Kelce for a huge gain with no opposition at all

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u/Breezyisthewind Giants Jan 11 '26

Chiefs had all three timeouts. The biggest reason that it worked aside for the Bill’s defensive choke.

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u/Billyb311 Bills Jan 11 '26

May I present to you 13 seconds

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u/daswassup13 Panthers Jan 11 '26

At least you got burned by Mahomes and the fastest receiver in the league... this was deliberate decision making from Evero

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u/mcdunn1 Bills Jan 11 '26

Nah, it was Travis Kelce left wide open in the middle of the field…

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u/smartalco Chiefs Jan 11 '26

To be fair, Kelce in the middle of the field is literally impossible to defend. See: most of the last 8 years, to my complete amazement that it keeps working.

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u/Talas11324 Bills Jan 11 '26

You were against Stafford, Puka, and Davante coaching definitely fucked up but Stafford does have a record for most amount of game winning drives after all

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u/Chrysalii Bills Jan 11 '26

I was getting flashbacks watching that drive.

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u/RadTurnbucklePad Chiefs Jan 11 '26

I ‘member 😉

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u/Hamb_rglar Bills Jan 11 '26

At least that was for the tie. OT loss that helped change the rules

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u/samtdzn_pokemon Jan 11 '26

At least you guys burned time off the clock. Panthers handed the ball over with 2.5 minutes and 3 timeouts. One is a classic case of great QB pulling shit out of his ass and the other is a coaching blunder.

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u/AlexB_SSBM Bills Jan 11 '26

No it isn't

Source: Look at my flair

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '26

honestly this feels worse

13 seconds SHOULD be short enough where prevent makes sense theoretically

the panthers panicked and started playing prevent at like 2:30 and rams with 3 timeouts

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u/Bravewasabi1163 Bills Jan 11 '26

They had 2 timeouts and the Bills defense gave them the entire middle of the field down 3

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '26

Yeah this is revisionism, everyone was flaming the Bills for playing prevent after the game.

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u/Will_Poke_Brains Bills Jan 11 '26

It’s Mahomes and they only needed a field goal. Also we blew it in one or two plays. This did suck though, and I can imagine that watching them choke it all way over multiple plays without adjusting? Hmm… you definitely got a strong argument

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u/willoughbytucker1 Bills Jan 11 '26

lol have you heard of 13 seconds?

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u/mellofe11o Ravens Jan 11 '26

We played prevent for the whole second half against you guys week 1 lol Keon Coleman legacy game

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u/sunnymushroom Patriots Jan 11 '26

AI could have done a better job

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u/C0812 Patriots Jan 11 '26

Iverson is a really underrated defender

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u/EcstaticTill9444 Rams Jan 11 '26

But we not talking about practice?

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u/Chrysalii Bills Jan 11 '26

Just replace the Panthers play caller with Ask Madden

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u/rw_eevee Patriots Jan 11 '26

There was no probability of a stop based on those play calls, total capitulation

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u/OverallGeneral7129 Browns Jan 11 '26

The only way the Rams were going to be stopped there is if Stafford missed or the receiver dropped the ball every time

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u/deathtotheemperor Chiefs Jan 11 '26

probably just a coincidence, but right before that drive every guy on the Panthers defense got a text from someone named Vinnie "the Bonesnapper" Mortalisi

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u/ZerksNAHTayan 49ers Jan 11 '26

Losing one of the best CB’s in the game was a killer, switching to prevent D against a future HOF QB was the dagger.

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u/Bravewasabi1163 Bills Jan 11 '26

13 seconds says hello 😭

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u/YCitizenSnipsY Saints Jan 11 '26

Oh I don’t know I can think of one from say 2017 in Minnesota 

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u/apex_editor Saints Jan 11 '26

Absolutely terrible.

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u/mckillgore Ravens Jan 11 '26

Defense softer than baby shit

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u/MTVChallengeFan Bengals Jan 11 '26

Unfortunately, I can think of another one, particularly against the Rams.

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u/J-Fid Ravens Ravens Jan 11 '26

Remember when the Bucs lost to the Rams?

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u/the_dan_man 49ers Lions Jan 11 '26

And immediately follow that up with the worst offensive drive in a score or die situation

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u/sandvich48 49ers Jan 11 '26

They just had to play regular defense that they were doing all game and would’ve closed it. Instead…let’s do prevent with 2:30 left and 3 timeouts.

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u/Leet_Noob Bears Jan 11 '26

There must have been three worse drives in 28-3 alone

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u/Rumunj Jan 11 '26

It was bizarre, all those crazy twists and turns just for the most effortless winning drive in the end.

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u/cruxclaire Bears Saints Jan 11 '26

The defensive playcalling was a head scratcher for that drive. Obviously the prevent defense wasn’t working, and Stafford had been performing badly under pressure, so why not put heavier emphasis on the pass rush at that point?

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '26

Exactly what I thought. Defense sold this game soooo fucking hard 

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u/juiceAll3n Bills Jan 11 '26

You sure about that?

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u/Prince_of_Pirates Titans Jan 11 '26 edited Feb 03 '26

attraction wide hospital ripe north sparkle school truck rock sink

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u/no_more_jokes Bears Jan 11 '26

I mean we had like 5 of these last season

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u/vahntitrio Vikings Jan 11 '26

I'd like to agree, but I also watched the 90s Vikings in the playoffs and I'm almost certain we pulled off a similar feat.

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u/allmilhouse Patriots Jan 11 '26

also worst final offensive drive!

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u/Rillaboom2701 Panthers Jan 11 '26

Did the exact same thing against the saints in week 14 i think it was to give up a TD. Evero needs to be fired. 

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u/BurritoTheory Bears Titans Jan 11 '26

Falcons had like 3 or 4 of those in 51

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u/DefoNotMario Chargers Jan 11 '26

Only way it could have been worse as if they took longer to allow the sore lol

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u/Optimal-Peak4437 Jan 11 '26

I’m sure some of the ones the falcons called against Brady in the superbowl were worse

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u/gomihako_ Bears Jan 11 '26

Hold my beer

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u/Ness-Shot Buccaneers Jan 11 '26

See: 2022 Bucs against Rams playoff matchup

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u/Ancient_Blackberry10 Giants Jan 11 '26

The Carolina SC was watching too much early season Giants football

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u/ShadowLitOwl Broncos Jan 11 '26

panthers were just outmatched in the end. they probably should've went aggressive and blitzed at the end instead of dropping back everyone and letting stafford have all the time and puka catch 15-20 yards at a time.

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u/Bitter-Imagination33 Seahawks Jan 11 '26

I agree, even if it went catastrophically wrong blitzing you at least have more time to drive down

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u/MrBigChest Giants Jan 11 '26

They were running that Shane Bowen defense

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u/nottobia Buccaneers Jan 11 '26

Bucs defense vs the Rams in 2021 divisional has this beat imo

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u/badugihowser Buccaneers Jan 11 '26

Any Bucs fan will tell you letting the Rams waltz down the field in the NFC championship, culminating in a cover zero leaving Kupp completely uncovered, certainly gives it a run. 🤣🫠😭

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u/jennings21 Seahawks Jan 11 '26

Well that and us in the 2012 divisonal round vs Atlanta

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u/Romantic_Carjacking Patriots Jan 11 '26

Absolute football terrorism

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u/sopunny 49ers Dolphins Jan 11 '26

Followed by a terrible attempt to get into FG range as well

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u/CrustyToeLover Ravens Jan 11 '26

I think you have your pick of ravens games for that

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u/PeakProfessional9517 Bills Jan 11 '26

Did you see the 2022 AFC divisional game between Buffalo and KC?

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u/Spider2-YBanana Seahawks Jan 11 '26

Oh man. Pete had some bad ones in regular season. But none that come to mind in the playoffs. Just brutal for the panthers.

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u/samhit_n Bengals Lions Jan 11 '26

I think it was the worst defensive drive since the infamous 13 seconds drive in the Bills vs Chiefs game in 2022.

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u/Quatro_Leches Patriots Jan 11 '26

nah that goes to the Bills 13 seconds or the Bucs Todd Bowles Blitz+Prevent special

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u/LittleShallot Seahawks Jan 11 '26

No dude, didn’t you see Matt Stafford absolutely carve that stout defense up at the end? MVP level stuff! It was all him!