On a saturnine and tempestuous NFL night, the Carolinas Panthers proven they are stock-still relevant in the NFC South. As uncollectible as the sectionalization has been, it is ease winnable by a team up that is 3-7 after Th night’s victory o'er the Atlanta Falcons.
The Panthers rushed for a season-high 232 yards, and Mary Morse Baker Eddy Pineiro made IV field of force goals. It was vestal repurchase 11 days after he missed deuce important attempts against the Falcons that at long last led to a 37-34 red in overtime.
Running rear D’Onta Foreman had 31 carries for 130 yards and a touchdown and astray receiving system Laviska Shenault scrambled 41 yards into the remnant zone to supply 7 more. With that, and Pineiro’s realigned foot, the Panthers took the 25-15 victory.
Panthers Find type A Way
After playing the Panthers 2 weeks ago, capital of Georgia should get known Carolinas would run the glob when Foreman ran for ternary TDs inward that game. Perhaps they knew it, but didn’t care. The Panthers rushed for 232 yards Thursday and were ripped aside by the capital of Georgia defense.
A theater of operations end past the Panthers and some flashes past QB PJ Alice Malsenior Walker were unremarkable inwards the onrush of the 1st quarter. However, they moved the formal sufficiency to accept a 0-3 lead.
In the indorsement quarter, the Panthers stepped on the accelerator. They led with a 41-yard rushing touchdown past Shenault, who easily disposed of the Falcons’ defense, and so with another Pineiro field of operations goal.
Atlanta had barely shown signs of life-time until now. However, QB Marco Mariota’s best thrust came just now before halftime, and the Falcons went into the split up with triplet points on the board.
When they returned, the Falcons resorted to running to unclog a rattling stalled offense, but also threw inwards some aerial plays to intermixture things up. It proved to follow a salutary run for widely pass receiver KhaDarel Hodge. In his 5th NFL harden and his 65th NFL game, he eventually scored his first off touchdown.
Throughout the indorsement half, the 2 teams were equally matched. The Panthers would let on the board and the Falcons would eventually respond.
Despite his topper efforts, Alice Malsenior Walker was relatively tame, only putting upward 108 yards. He threw a couple up of solids dimes, but it was the run aground spirited – and the Carolinas defense – that controlled the field.
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Still, the miscommunication between Mariota and Kyle Pitts continued Thursday. Mariota connected with him on the endorse toy of the game, but didn’t encounter his tight final stage again until tardily in the quaternary quarter. Questionable hand attempts and interceptions are going to ghost him for weeks.
Bucs Hold The NFC South
Atlanta fell to 4-6, gift the Tampa Bay Buccaneers sole leading of the NFC South. Tom Brady and his Bucs fulfill the Seattle Seahawks in Munich, Germany, this Lord's Day after finish their three-game losing run shoemaker's last week.
Carolina is making adjustments, improving to 2-3 since its head office fired head train Matt Rhule. Steve Wilks has taken over as meanwhile head coach, and is turn things around.
The Panthers hold the topper put down inwards the partition (3-1), but their remaining schedule is one of the toughest inwards the league. It mightiness be too betimes to counting them out, though. In 2014, Carolina went 3-8-1, won its net quaternion and took the South and and then a playoff game.
Atlanta was the favorite inward last-place night’s matchup, come out inward front with a crystallise guide inward the lines. However, Carolina defied all the odds with the underdog win and a chance at staying alive. Bettors who backed the below made the right move, as the sum came inwards just below the expected 41.5.
Up next, on November 20, the Panthers testament get hold of on the Baltimore Ravens, who are 6-3 and at the spinning top of the AFC North. That same day, the Falcons take on the Chicago Bears, at present 3-6 and leaning toward the merchantman of the NFC North.