Typically, when a team starts 0-3, there is little to write home about. 

But backup quarterback Andy Dalton, who put on a show Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks, throwing for 361 yards and two touchdowns, still thinks there is enough time for the Carolina Panthers to turn things around. 

He also thinks the Panthers are too talented to continue losing. 

“We keep fighting,” Dalton said after the game. “There’s no quit in this team. That’s one thing you can’t coach. It’s the mentality of just this group. We gotta find a way to get it fixed, though. There’s too many good players, too many good coaches, too many good people in this organization to not get fixed.”

It is the mentality to keep fighting, even when the circumstances aren't favorable, that Dalton's leadership on the roster is exemplified. 

Dalton threw the ball 58 times on Sunday. It wasn't what Panthers head coach Frank Reich wanted to do. It was an action borne out of necessity. The run game was "nonexistent," as Reich described. And Dalton did a "good job,' adjusting to the change in gameplan and making plays under pressure. 

Though Dalton had a chance to "play free," as he put it, he too wanted to see more balance out of the offense as the game wore on. 

“I wouldn’t have thought I would throw 58,” he said. “I just think how the game went on and how things went—I mean, especially when you get into the end of the game. I mean, obviously, you’re going to be throwing almost every down. Trying to claw your way back in it. I think that inflates the number there, too.

“But we have to find a way to be balanced. We got to find a way to run the ball better than we did. And we didn’t run it good enough today.”

After the game, Reich said throwing the ball 58 times was no way to win in Seattle. He also placed some of the blame on the Panthers' eight false start penalties the team racked up thanks to the near-deafening Seahawks crowd. 

Still, one of the main objectives for improvement heading into what the team is describing as a "playoff game" against the also 0-3 Minnesota Vikings is finding a way to sustain the run game, alleviating pressure from the quarterback position. 

"You don't come into Seattle and throw 58 times and win very many games," Reich said. "The run game was nonexistent. We have to continue to work on that."

But along with Dalton, Reich believes the best of the Panthers is still yet to come. 

“We’re three games into this,” Reich said. “Everybody understands. The kind of guys we got in there, I believe everybody takes ownership. Everybody understands it’s a long season. And there’s no guarantees on anything.

“We know we can be a good team. Again, I’ve been 1-5 and won playoff games. But here’s what I know, when you’re in a situation like that, when you’re 0-3, or you’re 1-5 or something like that, and you’re behind the eight-ball, and you say, ‘Well, can you still make the playoffs?’ Absolutely. But the way you do it is not thinking about that. All you worry about is the next team.”

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