CHARLOTTE — Sometimes, to explain how a football game went differently than the one that preceded it, especially on defense, you need a complicated football explanation about schemes, gap integrity, or leverage.

And sometimes, you can just let Derrick Brown say it simply.

Asked how they were able to limit the Dolphins to a mere 19 rushing yards in a 27-24 comeback win on Sunday, the defensive captain made it clear.

"We got our a-- whooped last week," he said, referring to the 42-13 loss at New England. "So to come back in and just go back to work and try to fix what we need to fix."

The Panthers did just that and made the Dolphins one-dimensional the hard way.

Fixing the run defense was an offseason priority after they allowed the third-most rushing yards in NFL history and six stra

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