CHARLOTTE — The Panthers were playing one of the best teams in the league, on a short week after playing poorly in San Francisco.

They refused to run against the 49ers.

They were playing a team that never throws interceptions.

And then, waves hands, all that happened.

The Panthers ran like they hadn't in weeks. Bryce Young threw a pair of fourth-down touchdowns. And the defense took it away from the NFL's most efficient offense three times.

The final result was a Panthers 31-28 win over the Los Angeles Rams, getting them to 7-6 at a hard-earned bye week.

And it's just as well that they don't play next Sunday, because there's enough to talk about in this one for weeks, after getting a huge win in a driving rain at Bank of America Stadium.

For starters, Young had one of the kind of

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