The Panthers’ season is getting more embarrassing by the day.

Carolina opened 5-3 but has now lost five straight and fired head coach Ron Rivera before the latest defeat, a 40-20 shellacking by the Falcons on Sunday. Things got worse for interim coach Perry Fewell after the game when cornerback Donte Jackson ripped a strategic decision after he was burned for a 93-yard touchdown by speedy rookie Olamide Zaccheaus.

“We sent everybody,” Jackson said of the decision to blitz, according to the Charlotte Observer. “To leave the corners out there on an island by (themselves)? … Zero coverage. No help. Backed up. With a quarterback like that (Matt Ryan)? I don’t care if you’re Champ Bailey or any of those cornerbacks on the (NFL) 100 (best all-time players) list, that is a play that’s hard to make for any guy.”

Jackson was also critical of the defense the team played on the Falcons’ first score, a 15-yard touchdown to Calvin Ridley. Jackson and safety Eric Reid were the closest defenders on the play.

“It was two bad calls,” Jackson said, noting the coverage was a cover-2 zone trap. “Two horrible calls. Two calls that we didn’t call in those situations all week at practice.”

Fewell, who was the defensive coordinator for the Giants from 2010-14, defended those decisions.

“We needed a spark, I felt like,” Fewell said. “We tried a blitz defensively where we felt like we could get home and make something happen. … We were trying to create something. … But it didn’t work.”