The Panthers can't seem to find any consistency, but when they're good they can apparently beat anybody in the NFC.

Bryce Young and Carolina have been on a topsy-turvy ride this season. This weekend was a good one, and the Panthers are hoping to turn that result into a strong finish.

We have seen the Rams best football, and they’ve been playing amazing,” Canales said. “And I said, ‘No one seen our best yet.’” Until now.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/nfl/panthers/onsi as Where the Carolina Panthers stand in NFL playoff race after Week 13 win. It's hard to believe that at one point this season the Carolina Panthers were 1-3 and their chances of making the playoffs were in the single digits.

Although the Los Angeles Rams' tenure atop the NFC standings ended quickly with their most surprising loss of the season by far, coach Sean McVay says he saw nothing to change his optimistic outlook for the rest of the season.

The Panthers sent wideout Adam Thielen to the Minnesota Vikings in August. The Vikings are cutting Thielen with five weeks left in the season.

Instead, the Panthers pulled off their second long-odds upset of the year against a heavyweight NFC contender, proving they have what it takes to at least compete with the league's best on their good days.

Thanks to the biggest play of Brown's NFL career, the Panthers enter their bye week in the middle of the playoff hunt.