After watching the game film, Carolina Panthers head coach Frank Reich isn't worried about the wide receiving core. 

Adam Thielen, Jonathan Mingo, and Terrace Marshall Jr. each played at least 87% of offensive snaps. And sorely lacking for the Panthers were explosive plays — as the team was desperately missing DJ Chark Jr.

After scoring only 10 points to Atlanta's 24, Reich believes that if the Panthers can take care of the ball, the team's decent receiver group may find some sustainable offensive explosiveness.  

"Our guys have plenty of speed," Reich said. "I look at the way we run. I look at our receivers' times. We'll find ways to make plays down the field."

The Panthers didn't try to push the ball downfield. The lack of downfield depth in the passing game appeared both by design and by how the game naturally transpired. 

Reich said the Panthers had somewhere around five plays that could have been deep shots. However, several of the play calls were checked at the line of scrimmage or scrubbed. 

When the game ended, Young attempted one pass longer than 20 yards. The passing attempt in question was a fourth-down ball to Mingo, which was overthrown by Young. 

To counter the Panthers' lack of pop in the passing game, Reich did mention "explosive" runs as something the offense generated throughout the game. 

Reich defines explosive runs as any run over 10 yards. The Panthers had five of them in total — as did the Falcons. 

"We had a lot of wins," Reich said. 

Still, the Falcons were able to turn the Panthers over by not being too concerned with the deep ball — something the team definitely needs to be better at in Week 2 if they want a different result. 

"The deep ball always has to be a threat," Reich said. "We will have to do much better there." 

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