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On a day of explosive offense, Panthers' defense stabilized in the second half

Robinson was limited to 11 yards on seven carries (1.6 per carry) in the second half. London left with an injury, and caught just two passes for 11 yards in the second half, as quarterback Michael Penix Jr. left the game and was replaced by Kirk Cousins.

The Falcons seemed capable of yards in big chunks early, but they didn't have a single play longer than 11 yards in the second half.

That seems pretty different. But defensive captain Derrick Brown was very matter-of-fact.

"Nothing," Brown replied when asked what changed. "We just settled in, as simple as that. Just like 1-2-3."

Asked how, and he just shrugged.

"It just happened," he said. "Like we just came in, everybody said, let's get back toto what we do, and this is what we do."

Brown is a master of understatement, but what they did was exceedingly difficult, completely reversing the tide of an entire game in the second half.

He said their goal for the defense is "to be able to go out there and just be consistently dominant," and while they weren't consistent from half-to-half, their ability to get stops late allowed the offense to perform the heroics.

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