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Carolina's Richard Marshall came down with Matt Ryan's high pass that was intended for Michael Jenkins in the fourth quarter.

Steve Smith calls it controlled chaos. They are conditions under which Jake Delhomme and the rest of the Carolina Panthers offense seem to thrive.

Davis was in the locker room Wednesday, preparing for surgery on Nov. 30 to repair the torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. a ' For the second straight game, the Carolina Panthers lost a key player to a season-ending injury and watched an 11-halftime lead dwindle.

Jake Delhomme went turnover-free for the third straight game, finding Steve Smith for two touchdowns, and the Carolina Panthers held on for a 28-19 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.

Call it innovative, or call it desperate. But make no mistake, the Carolina Panthers are pushing buttons on defense, throwing new looks out on the field weekly.

For a speedy guy, football success has come slowly for Sherrod Martin. He had to wait a year after high school before enrolling at Troy, then was hampered by two shoulder surgeries and a broken hand in college.

CHARLOTTE Defensive coordinator Ron Meeks talked earlier this season about the need to develop a swagger on defense and to start forcing turnovers.

The Carolina Panthers, for a day at least, looked like the Carolina Panthers of old.A DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart combined to chew up 245 yards on the ground and the Panthers rushed for a total of 270 yards, good for second-best in franchise history.

The season to date has underscored the thing people remember the most about the Carolina Panthers' playoff loss to Arizona last season.

The Bucs announced a sellout crowd of 62,422 at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday.

With those harsh sentiments, Josh Johnson summed up his third NFL start as quarterback for the winless Bucs.

Washington Redskins' Fred Davis is upended by Carolina Panthers' Richard Marshall in the second half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Oct.

Panthers coach John Fox has emphasized the small things his team has been doing wrong, and after they watched the film from Monday's 21-7 loss at Dallas, they came away convinced they're close to fixing things.

Although the Panthers are 0-3 this season, coach John Fox said Wednesday that he plans to stick with Jake Del-homme as his starting quarterback when the team hosts the Washington Redskins on Oct.

Posted by ESPN.com's Matt Mosley ARLINGTON, Texas -- Both of these teams are supposed to be desperate for a win? It certainly doesn't look like it right now.

Each week, the NFL schedule provides intriguing story lines. A This week is no different.

The Carolina Panthers' interior defensive line suffered another blow when tackle Louis Leonard broke his left ankle in a loss Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons.

The Carolina defense did little on Sunday to slow down the Falcons. Posted by ESPN.com's Pat Yasinskas ATLANTA -- For those who came looking for Jake Delhomme 's obituary, it's not here.

Grade: B Jake Delhomme had a much better performance, which was a must for the Panthers going forward.