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Panthers 27 Dolphins 20: 5 winners Eric Reid Jersey 2019 , 3 losers from Carolina’s win over Miami preseason home opener against the Dolphins, but fortunately they did enough good to outlast Miami en route to a 27-20 victory that sent the hometown fans home happy. Here are five winners and three losers from tonight’s game:WinnersChristian McCaffrey: The Panthers running back is already in mid-season form after he carved up the Dolphins defense for a 71-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. The Panthers have said this offseason that they plan to give him around 25-30 touches per game, and based on tonight that is definitely a solid strategy.Ian Thomas: It’s hard to not be happy for this kid. He showed why he was drafted tonight on a beautiful catch and run that resulted in a 27-yard touchdown in the first half. He’s going to be something special, folks. This is just the beginning.Join CSR FanPulse!Curtis Samuel: Samuel had some great catches tonight and showed why he was drafted in the second round. He finally looks healthy, too—which is an added bonus.Corn Elder: When you’re competing for a spot on the 53-man roster, you have to make plays that get you noticed. Elder did that tonight with a very nice tip drill interception. Well done, Corn. Well done.Kenjon Barner: Barner had himself a nice game and made a case to make the 53-man roster as the No. 3 running back on the depth chart. Yes Blue Ian Thomas Jersey , he played late in the game against Miami’s backups, but you have to take advantage of any opportunity you can get, and he did that tonight. I’m looking forward to seeing more from him next week. He would have scored a touchdown too, but Elijah Hood had to come in and steal it from him.Tuesday Turtle Spotlight: Cursed by the presence of offensive coordinators past Sunday’s visit from the New York Giants marked a reunion of sorts. Former Carolina Panthers general manager Dave Gettlman was in the building, as was former offensive coordinator Mike Shula. The latter was routinely the brunt of near universal criticism during his final years in charge of the Panthers offense, largely thanks to the ultra conservative play calling Panthers fans have come to know and hate. It seemed his mere presence in the stadium was enough to put the Panthers offense in a state of complete disorder. The delay of game penalties and wasted timeouts that seemed to be a thing of the past once again reared their heads, and the infamous “grind it out” approach to offense once again manifested itself. Norv Turner called a good first quarter. On six first quarter first downs Ian Thomas Jersey 2019 , the Panthers passed the ball three times, completing all of them for 44 yards and a touchdown. The other three plays were runs, but one of them was a piece of gadgetry that resulted in an 18 yard carry for wide receiver D.J. Moore. That’s the type of balance you like to see. Then things went south. Odell Beckham Jr. botched a punt that was recovered in the end zone for a touchdown to put the Panthers up 14-3 less than one minute into the second quarter. The Panthersseemingly deemed that 11 point lead with 44 minutes to go insurmountable. The ensuing first down play calls to close out the first half were run, pass, run, run, run Womens Brian Burns Jersey , run. Just grind the clock, baby. The Panthers seemed to break themselves of that play calling curse in the locker room during the halftime intermission. They split their six third quarter play calls 50/50, calling three runs and three passes, but that increased aggression vanished in crunch time. The Panthers entered the fourth quarter with a 20-16 lead and the ball just short of midfield.Starting with that precarious lead in the final frame, the Panthers went on to call this sequence of first down plays while leading: screen pass, run, run Greg Little Jersey , run, screen pass, run, run, run. The two Cam Newton runs in that sequence generated 16 yards. The other six plays combined to gain five yards. The Panthers also lost their lead. With the Giants desperately hunting a comeback and the Panthers in need of offense, the coaching staff frequently elected to take the ball out of their most dynamic playmaker’s hands on first downs. It resulted in an offense constantly fighting an uphill battle to sustain drives and put the game out of reach. A historic Graham Gano field goal as time expired gave the coaching staff the result they sought despite a horribly flawed process that could have, and perhaps should have lost them the game. The Panthers overcame their own flawed game management once again to pull out a victory https://www.pantherslockerroom.com/authentic-will-grier-jersey , but it’s fair to wonder how long this can be sustained.