The entered their Monday night game against Washington technically still having an outside shot of making the playoffs, and when the game ended, they still had that shot. It would take a rather improbable chain of events for them to get there, though, so the big thing their 26-15 victory accomplishes is dealing a considerable blow to Washington's now-faint hopes of heading to the postseason. Week 15-16 They occupied the NFC's No. 6 seed coming into the game, but with the lo s, drop behind both the and all the way down to No. 8. They'll now need to get some help over the final two weeks of the season in order to make it to at least the second week of January. The impact was considerable:WAS's w/c chance w/ a win: 70% lo s: 26%.A total of 95% playoff probabilty is on line for all NFC w/c contenders tonight. Brian Burke (@bburkeESPN) Washington didn't just lose this game, though: the Panthers came out and won it. They won it with a bounce-back game from , with a huge contribution from , and with a stifling defensive performance against one of the NFL's top offenses. (Washington was third in yards per game, 10th in points per game, and fourth in offensive DVOA coming in.) Newton, who had finished each of his last three games with a completion percentage south of Mikael Granlund Jersey 50 percent, completed 21 of 37 for 300 yards and two touchdowns, good for a 101.2 pa ser rating -- his best since Week 2. He spread the ball around to eight different receivers and could have easily had another long touchdown if didn't start hearing footsteps on a deep ball (more on that later). He had a ton of time to throw throughout much of the evening, and when he didn't, he mostly did a good job evading pre sure. Stewart carried 25 times for 132 yards (5.3 per carry) and picked up chunk gains all evening. He also played a big role in Carolina's game-sealing field goal drive after Washington kicked a field goal to cut the lead from 11 points to eight. On the other side of the ball, Carolina controlled the game for the most part. They held Robert Kelley and to a combined 18 yards on 11 carries. They held in check (more on this later as well). Overall, they held to 32 of 47 pa sing for 316 yards (6.7 per attempt; with much of the yardage accrued when Washington was down two scores in the fourth quarter) and also forced him into two turnovers -- a pick and a fumble, which the Carolina offense turned into 10 points. And on a last-ditch drive, they forced a fumble by to seal the victory. Here are four more things to know about Carolina's 26-15 win.The Full Ted Ginn Experience One of two things usually happens when Ted Ginn runs a route Eric Staal Jersey deep down the field. He either catches a wide-open touchdown, like so: You can't get much more wide open than this...Cam + Ted...BINGO! NFL (@NFL) Or he drops what should be an incredibly easy completion, like so:Ted Ginn Jr. really doing the JR Smith 3 point celebration before dropping this pa s... Steve Noah (@Steve_OS) That's The Full Ted Ginn Experience, folks.Josh Norman thwarted in revenge game Josh Norman was playing his first game against his former team on Monday night. Obviously, everyone remembers that he turned into a star for Carolina over the last few seasons before the Panthers used the franchise tag on him last offseason, then rescinded it when they couldn't come to an agreement on a long-term deal. Norman then signed a five-year, $75 million deal with Washington. Cam got a couple completions on Norman early in the game but spent most of the rest of the night not throwing in his former teammate's direction. The only other time Cam targeted a receiver Norman was covering, Norman nearly had an incredible pick on a deep ball intended for Ted Ginn (the closing speed he showed on the play was absurd), but the ball slipped out of his hands when Christian Folin Jersey he hit ground. Washington wound up gaining about 22 yards of field position out of the drop anyway because Carolina punted on the next play, so it all worked out. In the second quarter, though, Norman tried to take out Stewart on a tackle by hitting him in the legs. . will jump right over you! NFL (@NFL) That did not work out quite as well.Stars leave the field Washington had two star contributors leave the field due to injury during the third quarter. Tight end Jordan Reed, who has been dealing with a shoulder injury suffered on Thanksgiving and had played only 10 snaps in the two weeks since then, left the field in pain after attempting to make a run block. He could be seen wincing and muttering to himself on the sideline. He returned to the game and was in obvious pain after catching a short pa s, then was later for throwing a punch at Panthers safety .Jordan Reed ejected Steve Noah (@Steve_OS) Also in the third quarter, Washington's leading sack man, , left with an injury of his own. (He had 11 sacks on the season coming into the game, and had at least one in four straight and eight of the last nine.) LB Ryan Kerrigan is questionable to return to with an elbow injury. Washington Redskins (@Redskins) That's the same elbow Kerrigan hyper-extended earlier in the season, which is not great. He did not return. Defensive backs and also left the field to be examined for po sible concu sions. All in all, Jared Spurgeon Jersey it was not a great night for Washington.Another week, another i sue All year, the Carolina Panthers have been dismayed with the way referees officiate hits against Cam Newton. Because he's so big and strong, it often looks like hits don't affect him as much as they do other players, and as such, he has mi sed out on several obvious roughing the pa ser and unsportsmanlike conduct calls. Monday night was .Cam Newton penalized for taunting... Steve Noah (@Steve_OS) "That was a sliding QB and you have helmet to helmet contact. You should have had a call there." - Gerry Austin NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) That should be a pretty easy personal foul call, with delivering a helmet-to-helmet hit on Newton while he's sliding. But of course... Watch them flag Cam for taunting and not for taking the hit. Rich Eisen (@richeisen) People predictably -- and rightly -- were up in arms about it.Throw a football in someone's direction: flag, 15 yards.Throw your head at someone's head: no flag. Will Brinson (@WillBrinson) That's plain awful. Let some other former MVP slide and take a hit like that and not get the flag. Rich Eisen (@richeisen) The officiating crew should be suspended rest of season for flagging the reaction and not the hit to Cam's head. Disgraceful... Michael Wilbon (@RealMikeWilbon) Once again Cam doesn't get what should have been Devan Dubnyk Jersey an easy call.. trey wingo (@wingoz) Here's where you might say, "But Murphy was already trying to hit Cam when he started to slide!" But that doesn't matter in this case. Here's why:Here's the rule that covers that no-call hit on Cam (Rule 7, section 2, article 1d): Chris Burke (@ChrisBurke_SI) Murphy's hit unquestionably