CHARLOTTE — The week leading into the Panthers' Week 9 game against the Packers, everyone from Dave Canales to Bryce Young, each receiver, running back, and offensive lineman along the way, all delivered the same message: slowing down this Packers' pass-rush will take everyone working together to get the ball out quickly.

On Monday, following a 16-13 win over Green Bay at Lambeau, that same group was able to point to their game plan and say it worked.

"What I want to talk about mostly is the whole group," bragged Canales early on Monday. "Really trust these guys to get to execute the game plan."

The game plan, as mentioned, was simple: protect Young from the two-headed monster of Micah Parsons and Rashan Gary, giving him enough time to get the ball out before getting chased or worse, sacked. Then, depend on receivers to get open quickly and Young to make even quicker decisions that didn't require going through progressions, even if it meant taking short-yardage completions. Lastly, lean on the run game to keep the Packers' defense honest.

It went flawlessly.

"We had a game plan to get the ball out quickly, and Bryce accomplished that for us. He was very decisive," began Canales, before moving on to the rest of the offense.

"The receivers were running fast, presenting themselves in the time that we needed to. You get one—maybe—you get one hitch, and then it's time to go and make a decision. Bryce got some first downs with his legs. Our offensive line did a great job in terms of just giving us enough time to get that first read, second possible, and then getting the ball out."

Young finished with just 102 yards on 11-20 with one interception and no touchdowns. But he protected the ball (Canales indicated the interception got caught in the gusty wind in Lambeau on Sunday), kept things moving, and made the throws that were needed when needed, such as two throws on the final game-winning drive that resulted in first downs: a 9-yard pass over the middle to Jalen Coker and a 10-yard pass to the sticks for Tetairoa McMillan.

"The protection and the run game, O-line, tight ends, running backs, firing off the ball, being aggressive, I think everyone kind of took that challenge," Young said of the team effort to make it happen.

"Again, we have a ton of respect for them. We knew what they were, but everyone wanted that; everyone was excited about going up against a group like that, and that's stuff you can't coach, stuff you can't teach, and I'm grateful to be a part of that. So I think that really speaks volumes to us as a unit."

Young's average time to throw (time passes from snap to pass) was 2.80 seconds on Sunday. He faced only nine quarterback pressures, the second fewest in a game this season. The offensive line held the dynamic Parsons to no pressures the entire game, led by Ikem Ekwonu, who faced Parsons on 13 of the latter's 21 pass rush snaps, including nine snaps one-on-one. It was the first time in Parsons' career he hadn't registered a single pressure in a game.

Ekwonu was quick to direct the praise back to the entire unit, though.

"I think it just goes on the preparation and, also, the game plan we had set up, the way we wanted to attack their defense, I felt like it all came to fruition," said Ekwonu.

"It was definitely a goal to try and get him out of his rhythm, just make it so that he couldn't just pin his ears back and fire off the ball. So, at times, you could definitely tell that, I guess, the plan was kind of working a little bit. It was definitely hard for him to kind of get a read of run and pass and stuff like that. So definitely the game plan coming to life."

For all of this to come to life, though, it was dependent on the run game eating up the clock and spreading out the defense. Rico Dowdle did that, running the ball 25 times for 130 yards and two touchdowns, with Chuba Hubbard and Bryce Young rounding out the run game.

"Being able to have that balanced attack, and making yards," Canales bragged of his group. "Rico had an excellent day picking up first downs at times to give us a new set of downs and really just running violently because the more you run the ball, the more that you can take a little bit of football out of the defense to have them out there on the field longer. It all plays into it. And so it was a great, I just thought it was a great balance of just the offensive attack last week."

Added Ekwonu on how the plan helped cut down on the line's time to block Parsons and Gary, "Yeah, I mean, there was definitely a lot of different, a lot of variety in the pass game and the run game as well. I feel like we did a good job of kind of mixing it up. So yeah, I mean, just once again, the game plan coming to life."

All week, the Panthers knew what kind of game they would need to play to win. And by the end of the first quarter on Sunday, the Packers knew it too. By then, the plan was in motion, and Carolina was on their way to a win over the top team in the NFC.

"They (the Panthers) came in and played the game they wanted to play," said Packers' coach Matt LaFleur. "Where they wanted to play keep away, run the football, make it just a game where we have to consistently execute on offense, and they did it better than we did."