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Panthers vs. Redskins: Score and Twitter Reaction for Monday Night Football
- Updated: December 20, 2016
Washington must have missed the memo that it controlled its own destiny in the NFC playoff race.
The Carolina Panthers never trailed in a 26-15 victory Monday at FedEx Field, but the story was Washington’s failure to take advantage of its opportunity. It dropped to 7-6-1 and behind the Green Bay Packers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the final wild-card spot. Both teams are 8-6, but the Packers own the tiebreaker based on strength of victory.
Carolina improved to 6-8 and staved off its essentially inevitable elimination for at least another week.
Cam likes that! Panthers beat the Redskins 26-15! https://t.co/aN4IMIAFOX
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) December 20, 2016
Nathan Jahnkie of Pro Football Focus described the improbable path to the postseason the Panthers would have to take:
So Carolina just needs to win this, win out, NO>TB, ATL>NO, MIN>GB, DET>GB, CHI>MIN, WAS lose one, tie another, and Panthers in playoffs!
— Nathan Jahnke (@PFF_NateJahnke) December 20, 2016
The backfield combination of Cam Newton and Jonathan Stewart proved unstoppable Monday. Newton threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns against a secondary spearheaded by former Panther Josh Norman, while Stewart tallied 132 yards on the ground. Greg Olsen finished with a team-high 85 receiving yards, and Ted Ginn Jr. and Mike Tolbert each caught touchdown tosses.
Carolina had some fun with Stewart’s dominant performance:
.@Jonathanstewar1 tonight
