CHARLOTTE — Panthers head coach Dave Canales talks about "finish" a lot.

And he saw that Sunday, as they came back from a 17-point deficit to beat the Dolphins 24-23 at Bank of America Stadium.

"Adversity definitely builds resilience," Canales said in the aftermath of the comeback win. "And while I hate being in those situations, we're comfortable continuing to play, continuing to execute, and so it does build a mental toughness and emotional toughness to be able to keep moving forward and say, OK, but this next drive could be the one and just to continue to have that that optimism, that positivity about this next drive could be the one, and to execute execute together as a team."

Sunday's win tied a franchise record for the largest comeback in franchise history, with three other 17-point comebacks.

From Jake Delhomme's second-half comeback in the 2003 opener against Jacksonville, to the 2004 version at San Francisco, to the Cam Newton-led comeback against Philly in 2018, this one entered some historic company.

(And it doesn't hurt that those all led to win streaks.)

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Sunday's came when Bryce Young hit rookie tight end Mitchell Evans for the game-winner at the two-minute warning, and they held on for a historic win.

"It's a great feeling; it just builds momentum, and because we knew as an offense we were capable of that, and every time we had the opportunity to showcase that we were, we were only shooting ourselves in the foot," Evans said. "And we all believed in our unit, believed in ourselves to be like, we know, let's quit talking, let's quit rah rah, let's actually put it to work and put it to display. I thought that today we put it on display.

"Throughout the whole game, even when we're down 17-0, the whole time we're like we're fine. We're not like getting completely destroyed. We're not getting out-coached, out-schemed, out-played, out-manned. We're only shooting ourselves in the foot. So that's why we were like, why are we even worrying? There's nothing to worry about. None of us worried, and I think that only just made us come together more as a unit, as an offense, and believe in each other to kind of execute."

Of course, Canales remains a coach, so he's always going to find teaching points, even in a win (or especially in a win). So he immediately saw plays, from the early Young interception, when he overthrew Legette, that put them in the spot to create the comeback.

"I just felt the maturity of this group," Canales said. "You're going to face adversity, you're going to face hard times. We can make it harder on ourselves by the decisions, or Bryce's pass was too high for Xavier, he's open in the middle of the field. He'd be up here, he'd tell you that right now, he'd love to have that one back. But it's the response. This game is about how you respond to adversity, and I saw us take a step in terms of just collectively staying together."