CHARLOTTE — The Panthers' defense was on the field, as they were most of the day, waiting for action to resume after the two-minute warning. The game was nearing its end, the Panthers trailing the Saints, on the precipice of falling back to .500 at 5-5, and 1-1 in the division.

Jaycee Horn stood in the red zone, where the Saints had worked their way to, essentially icing their second win of the season and the Panthers' fifth loss. Horn crouched down, his head hung as he punched the ground with both fists, a rare negative demonstrative moment from the corner.

He was metaphorically—and somewhat literally—beating himself up, shouldering the 17-7 loss.

"That's what the game came down to, two big plays," Horn said after the loss, of what he was thinking about why isolating himself.

The two

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