Along with it, Carolina's playoff chances may have faded away as well.
Off three missed wide right kicks.
"I told him that's going to happen...especially in a kicker's career," Allen added. "You see it from every kicker. People go through slumps sometimes. People miss kicks. It's not a big deal. We just need to pick it up. If other people are slacking, other people have to pick it up. It's a team game. I told him that there were numerous other things in the game that could have went other ways where if we would have made plays on offense...the defense would have made plays...he wouldn't have been put in that position."
"It's not on him."
Slye may have had his solitude in the game's final minutes to wallow in shame, but his teammates were there to pick him up.
For Allen, he more so than anyone on that team had the insight to lend Slye about personal responsibility dealing with a loss.
"I told him that I was in the same exact spot last week," said Allen, who tossed three touchdowns against New Orleans a week after throwing four interceptions in a home loss to the Falcons. "I told him that we're going to need you down the line. After throwing four picks last week, I didn't put us in a chance to win the game at all."
But apparently the quarterback of the team defending his kicker wasn't good enough for Panther fans.
All over social media on Sunday, a large portion of the fans in black and blue came together in unison to put the loss all on the right leg of the second-year kicker out of Virginia Tech.
Slye didn't blame them for that either.
"Honestly, I feel like it's on my shoulders. I felt like I let the team down. I feel like I let the coaches down. Stuff like that."
Slye's three misses equaled out to five points left off the board for the Cats, and in a three point game won off the leg of the opposing kicker, the looking glass and pointed fingers went back to Slye.
I guess we found something Panthers fans can agree upon on social media besides wanting to fire Ron Rivera.
But guess what?
Blaming Joey Slye (or any kicker for that matter) is misplaced.
More so than that.
It's just lazy.
After Ron Rivera challenged a no-call on a pass interference penalty by the Saints, the Panthers had the ball inside the New Orleans three yard line with the game tied up at 31 in the game's final minutes before Slye's kick.
What did they do with that opportunity?
A 1-yard loss, an incompletion, and a sack.
If your team can't score a touchdown - especially one three yards away with four chances to do so - you weren't good enough to win the game.
Period.
And even if Slye made the deciding field goal, the Saints still were left with just under two minutes in the game to take down the field to get points on the board.
Which they did.
Which shouldn't have happened.
All Slye wants moving forward is another chance to redeem himself.
"I believe they know who I am as a person and how I work, and they know I'll get right back out there this week," he said.
The question will be - if Slye does get another chance to win a game and he does...will Panthers fans give credit to their kicker the same way they crucified him for missing a kick?
My guess is no.
No one in that locker room postgame on Sunday put all the blame on their kicker.
So why should you?
-Rec Specs