CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The cold rain, the inconsistency over the past 12 weeks, being a 10.5-point underdog to arguably the best team in the NFC at home on a short week after a Monday night loss in San Francisco, mounting injuries -- none of that mattered to the Carolina Panthers after Sunday's improbable 31-28 victory over the Los Angeles Rams.
Players recognized they made a huge statement for a young team trying to end seven straight years of losing.
"That we can play with the best of them," running back Rico Dowdle said of what the win over the now 9-3 Rams meant. "We came in facing what they say is the top NFC team. When we went into Green Bay [and won 16-13], it was the same thing.
"We've got everything we need in this locker room to do what we need to do and make that push coming …
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