CHARLOTTE — The Panthers' defense was able to give the team chances to make plays.

They didn't get made often enough Sunday, in a 27-10 loss to the Seahawks.

Panthers head coach Dave Canales identified those offensive problems right off the bat, though on a day when they gained 54 yards passing and were 1-of-11 on third downs, they were fairly evident.

"I've just got to talk about our defense, and the amazing game they played to give us opportunities offensively; We didn't do anything with those," Canales said.

He then did the thing you have to do, which is credit the opponent — especially an opponent that's now 13-3 and playing for the one seed in the NFC playoffs. But he also knew this was not a day they would recall fondly.

The Panthers turned it over twice in their own end of the field in the third quarter, the Seahawks scored touchdowns off both, and just like that, Seattle blew a 3-3 game wide open, and the Panthers are looking ahead to next week's game at Tampa Bay with questions to answer on offense.

"We made mistakes. We made mistakes on the offensive side," Canales said. "And when you play a good team like this, you have to be able to take advantage. You've got to do things right. And, that's what we have to look at in front of us there."

The first turnover was a fumble at their own 20 by Chuba Hubbard, immediately after the Panthers got a stop from cornerback Mike Jackson, who picked off Sam Darnold in the end zone.

The second was an interception from Bryce Young in the direction of Tetairoa McMillan which Canales described as "underthrown."

"There was some space," Canales said. "And I think Bryce would be the first one to tell you he'd like to be able to put that ball on the line on the inside right there."

As is his custom, Young did take immediate accountability for the mistake.

"Yeah, bad decision, bad throw," Young said. "I wear that. Obviously you never want to give the ball back. Never want to turn the ball over, especially where they got it back. I take full accountability for that.

"So again, I'll watch the film, I'll learn from it and grow, and then we'll turn on the page."

The turning the page will be critical, because they play Tampa Bay on the road next weekend (time and date TBD) with the NFC South title on the line. They can win their first division crown since 2015 with a win, so they were all eager to get on to that one.

But there were still things to dissect on Sunday, and Monday, when they come in and tell the truth about the tape.

Canales said the Seahawks ran more man coverage than they were anticipating, but adjustments are part of the game. And whatever the problems, 139 yards of total offense in a game with playoff implications is not enough yards. They only had two drives of more than four plays all day, and one ended with them turning it over on downs.

McMillan, who was a late addition to the injury report with an illness (though he said that didn't limit him Sunday), said the answers were collective ones.

And for a team that's alternated wins and losses since Week 7, that bouncing back is something they're familiar with.

"I'm pretty confident," McMillan said. "I feel like we've been doing it all year, and it's nothing that we haven't seen already.

"I'm just looking forward to the last game of the regular season and seeing how we come up."