This one should have ended with Sweet Caroline blasting from the Bank of America Stadium speakers and Matt Rhule passing out game balls in the locker room.

Instead, Rhule was ruing the Panthers inability to make big plays, while a short time later offensive tackle Taylor Moton stood with his head down and said what everyone was thinking.

It hurts, Moton said. This one hurts for sure.

Rhule said it was hard to point to one player in assigning blame following the Panthers 21-18 loss they led by 12 late in the third quarter to Philadelphia on Sunday, their second consecutive loss to an NFC East opponent.

But it wasnt difficult to pinpoint where this game turned on the Panthers, who dropped to 3-2, exactly where they were after five games during Rhules inaugural NFL season.

Breaking down the disastrous, fourth-quarter sequence when everything that could have gone wrong for the Panthers, did go wrong.

Panthers ball, third-and-3 at their 46, 4:04 remaining

Leading 18-13, the Panthers were in their so-called, four-minute offense, looking for a couple of first downs to salt away the win. After two runs by Chuba Hubbard, the Panthers faced third down. And as has often been the case this season, quarterback Sam Darnold and wideout

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