The sack was one of 6.0 total sacks on the day for a Panthers defense that had their best performance of the season in that area, helping lead Carolina to a 13-6 win, and their first road victory of the season.
"Time on task, guys working on the different rush patterns that we're using for the week," said coach Dave Canales of the impetus for the performance. "They change them up a little bit every week, but the guys have been really focused on the details of how to execute them, the timing of it, and all that is getting better and better."
The Moehrig sack came on a safety blitz that the veteran disguised well before the snap. He hid behind his defensive line, inching over low and timing the snap perfectly, before rushing up a wide-open lane to the quarterback. No one knew he was coming, least of all Justin Fields. But as soon as the hit happened, everyone heard it.
"Yeah, I heard it," exclaimed Ransom. "I mean, shoot, if he hits somebody, I'm going to hear it every time."
The blitz was a concept the defense worked on all week. They knew it could work well within what they wanted to run, and that Moehrig was the guy to pull it off. He faked like he was covering the tight end in man, baiting Fields into thinking he was covered. Then Moehrig took off.