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Panthers bungle final ‘TNF’ drive, come up short on head-scratching 59-yard field goal attempt

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Eddy Piñeiro missed it by that much. The Panthers kicker wasn’t even close when he attempted a 59-yard kick in the fourth quarter with the Panthers down 16-13 with 1:40 left in the game.
Eddy Piñeiro missed it by that much. 
The Panthers kicker wasn’t even close when he attempted a 59-yard kick in the fourth quarter with the Carolina down 16-13 with 1:40 left in the game, a score that held for a Bears win on “Thursday Night Football.”
It was an ugly sequence all around as Carolina burned a timeout before the kick.
And then, on fourth-and-10, Piñeiro failed to come close for the potentially tying field goal. 
Coming into the game, Piñeiro’s career-high was 56 yards.
Before the miss, Carolina had gone on a lengthy drive to give itself a chance at scoring.

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