tilt against the Philadelphia Eagles. The offense generated just 83 total yards and failed to convert a single third down while the defense let Carson Wentz and the Eagles march up and down the field to the tune of 222 yards of total offense. The Panthers finally managed to work their way into Philadelphia territory on their fourth drive of the game  http://www.authenticscarolinapanthers.com/cheap-mario-addiso n-jersey , but it ultimately stalled out at the Eagles 21 yard line. A pair of false starts on the ensuing field goal attempts pushed the Panthers out of field goal range, and they punted. The decision to punt when facing a 49 yard field goal in those wind conditions was fine. Gano had just missed the 44 yard attempt after the false start and it didn’t appear as though it would have the distance to clear from any farther back. Michael Palardy rewarded the decision with a beautiful punt that was downed at the Eagles four yard line.The Panthers defense took the field with two timeouts and the two minute warning to play with. The Eagles, with their backs literally against the wall, handed the ball to Corey Clement on first down to run the clock down to the two minute warning. After the stoppage, the Eagles again elected to run, making it very clear that they had no intent to move the ball before the half. Ron Rivera should have jumped at this opportunity to give his team some momentum before the half. Had the Panthers called a timeout after the Eagles second down run, they would have needed only one stop to put the ball back in Cam Newton’s hands with about 90 seconds remaining in the half and the Panthers starting somewhere around their own 40 yard line. That’s more than enough time to move the team into field goal range at the very least, even in the imperfect weather. Instead Color Rush Torrey Smith Jersey , Rivera accepted the Eagles decision to run the clock down, apparently content with a 10-0 halftime deficit. He showed no faith in his defense to pick up a third down stop, even though the Eagles had failed to convert a single third down by that point in the game. He showed no faith in his offense to move the ball roughly 30 yards in a minute and a half, a task that almost any NFL offense should be able to handle. He forewent a chance to build some momentum because of a negligible amount of risk associated with stopping the clock and fielding a punt in favor of a decision that contained zero risk and zero reward. The Carolina Panthers offensive line may be a constantly rotating assembly of whoever is healthy at the time, but they are playing extremely well. In one of the best metrics of run blocking efficiency and running back efficiency (this also includes Cam Newton) the Panthers have managed to gain the most yards before contact in the NFL through three weeks, and have the second highest average yards before first contact.Credit of course goes to the players who made it happen, but also to offensive line coach John Matsko, who continues to work miracles helping to identify untapped talent Color Rush Greg Van Roten Jersey , and getting new guys ready to play. It’s truly amazing that they have maintained numbers like this despite losing three starters to injury for most of the games, and there’s a lot of hope that things will get even better with Trai Turner hopefully exiting the concussion protocol over the bye week.It isn’t just the offensive line though. This number has as much to do with the skill of the ball carrier as anything else. To that end, this broken tackles stat posted by Pro Football Focus makes a lot of sense.Dave Gettleman sure knows how to pick running backs it would seem. With Christian McCaffrey playing some of the best football we’ve seen at the running back position, added to the always entertaining Cam Newton show, and a little dose of C.J. Anderson in the mix... it is going to be very difficult for opposing teams to stop them on offense.