Mike Tolbert’s ‘bowling ball’ moment defines the undefeated Panthers

The Eagles moved the ball all the way down to the Carolina 11-yard line before Caleb Sturgis kicked a 29-yard field goal.

“Yeah, and it should”, Jenkins said.

The Eagles tried to get back into it, but the drops kept coming.

So when the Panthers scooped him up in free agency before the 2013 season, the price was just $1 million – relatively nothing in the world of NFL Monopoly money.

“We’ve shown flashes in about every game of moving the ball and doing things well, running the offense the way we want to”, quarterback Sam Bradford said. “And when you keep pounding regardless of any adversary that comes your way, just throw them off and go to the next one… that’s what Big Mike did”.

“I just believe that Carolina believes in me and I believe in Carolina”, Ginn said.

He says the team’s play in the red zone could have been better. Maybe the bye week will serve the team well in getting the offense on the same page and rebuilding any sort of confidence across the field.

That’s the combined jersey numbers of Charlotte Panthers Jonathan Stewart and Ted Ginn, whose hit-and-run against what had been a stout run defense was significant in a 27-16 Panthers victory.

Cam Newton threw three interceptions and his receivers dropped passes and ran crooked routes in a game that was ultimately decided by which team could take the pounding and stay upright. Right now, Murray is running them into second and third down situations that remove the mystery of what Philadelphia will do next. This leaves Tolbert untouched, but on his heels and standing still, back at the 6. He really needs his wide receivers to step up and help him out. Davis has already said he isn’t pulling him off the field when Mychal Kendricks and Kiko Alonso get healthy.

“We all have to execute better”, said Philadelphia running back DeMarco Murray, who gained 65 yards on 18 carries.

This sequence leaves “Sunday Night Football” analyst Cris Collinsworth with a question for Maxwell, even though Maxwell can’t hear Collinsworth.

“You’re the best athlete out there? Again, it’s hard to put that on him”. How many times did we see a tight end Curl over the middle and stop, waiting for a pass?

Another consistent theme of the Chip Kelly era has been failures against winning teams. Whatever changes the Eagles might need to make, benching Bradford will not be one of them. That’s what happens when you play the NFL’s best teams. Bradford did complete a season-high six third-down passes for first downs.

Eagles seven-time Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters was carted off the field in the first quarter with back spasms after he fell to the ground while trying to block Allen. The Birds scored on the ensuing drive, when Ryan Mathews took a handoff and went 63 yards for the score. It was a good game for Stewart. Those yards still count. They were missing DeMeco Ryans, and Mychal Kendricks looked rusty. There were dropped passes, sure, but a few of them came when he tried to force balls through traffic or as he zipped throws with too much pace when a little touch might have worked instead. At this time a year ago, Philip Rivers held a similar edge on the competition before dropping off in the second half as his offensive line disintegrated around him.

When Chip Kelly came into the National Football League from Oregon in 2013, his modus operandi was based on the combination of a furiously paced no-huddle attack, and a group of fairly simple but easily-run plays.

This is the first game this season where Zach Ertz has had more targets than Jordan Matthews and more than any receiver for that matter.