THEY JUST DECIDED TO

The Panthers’ struggles in the third quarter were well-documented, and Rhule said they came up with a simple way to combat them last week.

“I think we just spoke it into existence,” he said with a bit of a laugh. “We just decided it wasn’t going to be a problem anymore. Even at halftime, we said, ‘OK, it’s the third quarter, this is our quarter, let’s go.’ And then we made some plays and got there and scored.

“It was something that everyone resolved, we were going to get it fixed. We didn’t do anything differently, we just did it better.”

The Panthers outscored the Lions 10-0 in the third quarter, a quick implementation of Rhule’s revolutionary plan.

INJURY UPDATE

Rhule said that since quarterback Teddy Bridgewater was medically cleared to play Sunday,