The Minnesota Vikings sleepwalked through their Sunday night game in Carolina, unaware that they couldn't just show up and win in the NFL, and lost 26-7.

While they entered the fourth quarter with the lead, that evaporated seconds into the quarter when the Panthers hit Steve Smith for a 42-yard touchdown.

On 3rd-and-26.

It only got worse from there.

The Vikings missed tackles time and again throughout the rest of game, helping Jonathan Stewart to 109 rushing yards; the first time Minnesota has allowed a 100-yard rusher in 36 games. Antoine Winfield looked rusty, Ben Leber looked lost, and Matt Moore looked like Johnny U.

Matt freakin' Moore with the career 56.6 percent completion ...

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