Ron Rivera says Panthers ‘crashed the party,’ not ‘fairly treated’

These injuries plus home field playoff advantage on the line leaves Carolina in a situation where week 17 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers suddenly matters a lot.

It’s not as if Carolina will be scoreboard-watching, though. Those are all important things. Rivera said that didn’t contribute to Sunday’s poor performance against the Falcons, and the coach isn’t concerned it will affect Newton this week. “People made statements about who we are, and they have no idea about who we really are”. I’ve listened to my players and talked to the coaches and Dave and I have talked and we’ve met with Mr. Richardson and we play to win.

“4. GOOD POINTS: While the Tampa Bay offense is unsafe, the Buccaneers rank just 19th with 22.1 points per game”. We got our (butt) kicked, and to a degree we deserved it. Offensively, defensively, and special teams – I’m talking with a mirror in front of my face.

“We don’t need to re-invent ourselves”.

Ron Rivera thinks the Panthers are treated like party crashers.

The Panthers could be considered lucky that the Bucs didn’t deal them a loss in Week 4.

“They just didn’t get 20 points”, Smith said. They’ve had just one takeaway the past five games, none while going 0-3 over the past three weeks.

There are some positives. He is more than 60 yards behind Adrian Peterson for the National Football League rushing title.

McCoy was referring to Newton putting up career-best numbers without an elite wide receiver after Kelvin Benjamin suffered a season-ending knee injury in training came.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are in the midst of a process they believe will lead to a perennial playoff team a little bit further down the road, and looking at what the Carolina Panthers have become gives them hope.

Mike Evans’ touchdowns are down from 12 to three, but he’s had no sophomore slump while exceeding his 2014 totals in receptions (70 to 68) and yards (1,107-1,051).

Carolina is seeking a sixth straight victory over the Bucs. They will clinch home field advantage with a win on Sunday.

“We’re going to eventually get there”. “Because I was constantly asked the question, players were constantly asked the question and we were trying to focus on [the Falcons]”. But as we all know, there is no room for assumptions with games that have some weight.