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Best and worst PFF grades from Panthers' Week 7 loss to Commanders

anthony rizzuti
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LANDOVER, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 20: Andy Dalton #14 of the Carolina Panthers looks on before the snap during the first quarter against the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium on October 20, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 20: Andy Dalton #14 of the Carolina Panthers looks on before the snap during the first quarter against the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium on October 20, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Sunday may have represented a new low for the 2024 Carolina Panthers. But a few players actually did come to play in the 40-7 loss to Washington Commanders.

Here are the team's best and worst Pro Football Focus grades from Week 7:

Best of the offense

LANDOVER, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 20: Ja'Tavion Sanders #0 of the Carolina Panthers is tackled during the fourth quarter against the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium on October 20, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 20: Ja'Tavion Sanders #0 of the Carolina Panthers is tackled during the fourth quarter against the Washington Commanders at Northwest Stadium on October 20, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

1. C Brady Christensen: 85.22. TE Ja'Tavion Sanders: 82.53. LT Ikem Ekwonu: 80.44. RG Robert Hunt: 70.55. LG Damien Lewis: 69.8

For the second week in a row, four of the top five offensive grades belong to Carolina's hog mollies. Lewis led the pack in pass blocking (85.1), allowing zero pressures over 22 opportunities.

The rookie Sanders went for a career-high 61 receiving yards.

Worst of the offense

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Patrick Smith/Getty Images

14. WR David Moore: 54.715. WR Diontae Johnson: 53.616. WR Xavier Legette: 51.817. QB Andy Dalton: 50.918. RT Yosh Nijman: 47.2

Dalton's 50.9 overall offensive grade was his worst in a start since Week 18 of the 2022 season, when the Panthers edged out his New Orleans Saints. He passed for a season-low 93 yards and two interceptions.

Nijman, in his second consecutive start in place of an injured Taylor Moton, was charged with two pressures and a sack and earned a team-low 38.9 run-blocking mark.

Best of the defense

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Geoff Burke-Imagn Images

1. CB Jaycee Horn: 74.22. DT DeShawn Williams: 69.33. S Xavier Woods: 67.84. ILB Chandler Wooten: 67.65. S Lonnie Johnson Jr.: 66.0

Horn stacked with three stops and relinquished one catch for 25 yards over three targets. He finished with a 64.6 passer rating allowed.

Worst of the defense

LANDOVER, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 20: Chau Smith-Wade #26 of the Carolina Panthers tackles Olamide Zaccheaus #14 of the Washington Commanders during the second half at Northwest Stadium on October 20, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 20: Chau Smith-Wade #26 of the Carolina Panthers tackles Olamide Zaccheaus #14 of the Washington Commanders during the second half at Northwest Stadium on October 20, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

15. CB Chau Smith-Wade: 41.516. OLB Marquis Haynes Sr.: 39.717. DT Nick Thurman: 39.418. NT Shy Tuttle: 38.719. OLB Thomas Incoom: 36.7

With veteran Troy Hill released on Saturday, Smith-Wade saw his most action yet as the defense's primary slot corner. He was saddled with a 29.9 grade in coverage.

More Panthers coverage

LANDOVER, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 20: Andy Dalton #14 of the Carolina Panthers talks with head coach Dave Canales of the Carolina Panthers prior to the game against the Washington Commanders at FedExField on October 20, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
LANDOVER, MARYLAND - OCTOBER 20: Andy Dalton #14 of the Carolina Panthers talks with head coach Dave Canales of the Carolina Panthers prior to the game against the Washington Commanders at FedExField on October 20, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

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