If there is a worse NFL defense than Carolina this season, I haven't seen it. The Panthers are giving up an average of 36 points during their last three games. They rank last in scoring defense, 30th in run defense and 29th in total defense. Injuries to their best linebackers and defensive linemen have rendered what began as a below-average defense to absolute dust.

Sparked by Jayden Daniels, the Commanders have produced an NFL record of highest percentage of drives ending in a score through the first six games at 62 percent.

Carolina has scored 20, 22 and 24 points in three of four games Andy Dalton has started. Now the Panthers get to face a well-below-par Washington defense that has just one takeaway. The Commanders just lost their best defensive lineman, Jonathan Allen, for the season, too.

Nice weather is expected in Landover, Md., so everything is in place for a high-scoring game the oddsmaker is certainly expecting.