Key Highlights
- Carolina Panthers guard Robert Hunt has been in playoff games at raucous Buffalo and Kansas City but said the energy at Bank of America Stadium in Saturday's 34-31 loss to the heavily favored Los Angeles Rams could "compete with anyone.""This place was rocking," Hunt said.
- "That was beautiful, and that was real playoff football."The Panthers and quarterback Bryce Young proved they could compete with anyone after taking the Rams, a 10-point favorite, to the wire despite an 8-9 regular-season record. Hunt said playoff football "is definitely something to look forward to" in Carolina's future."We've got a group of guys, core group of guys, that's coming back," he said.
- "We took a really, really good team, who I think could go win the Super Bowl, to the end of the game."Safety Nick Scott agreed."I don't think anybody in this locker room doubted that we deserved to be in the playoffs, regardless of what our record said," Scott noted.
- "We proved that today.
- We proved that we're supposed to be here and that we're the team we said we are."The Panthers backed into the playoffs with an 8-9 record after losing their last two games of the regular season.