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UnibetGardner-Johnson picks off Sam Darnold and that'll do it. Saints win 18-10. Panthers drop their sixth in a row. They're 5-11. But at least they didn't screw up their draft position.
Carolina
Panthers o37
10
AT
New Orleans
Saints -6.5
18
Final
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 CAR | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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 NO | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 18 |
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Game Charts
| Passing | FP | ATT | CMP | YDS | YPC | TD | INT | LONG | SACK | RATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1.98 | 26 | 17 | 132 | 7.8 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 61.7 |
| Rushing | FP | ATT | YDS | YPC | LONG | TD | FUM | |||
 | 15.8 | 17 | 55 | 3.2 | 21 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 9.2 | 6 | 21 | 3.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.98 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 0.5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Receiving | FP | TAR | REC | YDS | YPR | LONG | TD | FUM | ||
| 15.8 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.2 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
 | 6.3 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.9 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||
 | 3.6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kicking | FP | FGA | FGM | PCT | LONG | XP | ||||
Lirim Hajrullahu | 4 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 32 | 1 /1 | ||||
| Team Defense | FP | PA | TD | SACK | FR | INT | YDS | |||
CAR | 3 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 280 | |||
| Passing | FP | ATT | CMP | YDS | YPC | TD | INT | LONG | SACK | RATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17.38 | 28 | 17 | 222 | 13.1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 97.62 |
| Rushing | FP | ATT | YDS | YPC | LONG | TD | FUM | |||
 | 21 | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17.38 | 12 | 45 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |||
 | 1.6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| -0.2 | 1 | -2 | -2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| -0.4 | 1 | -4 | -4 | -4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Receiving | FP | TAR | REC | YDS | YPR | LONG | TD | FUM | ||
| 21 | 6 | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 29 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 15.7 | 10 | 6 | 97 | 16.2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.6 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4.3 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
 | 1.4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kicking | FP | FGA | FGM | PCT | LONG | XP | ||||
Brett Maher | 12 | 4 | 4 | 100 | 41 | 0 /1 | ||||
| Team Defense | FP | PA | TD | SACK | FR | INT | YDS | |||
NO | 15 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 178 | |||
Game News
5th rushing TD of the season for Chuba Hubbard. It's the most by a Panthers rookie RB since Jonathan Stewart in 2008.
Matt Rhule noted the inability to protect the passer. (Seven sacks.)
Frankie Luvu with 3 tackles for loss, 7 total, so far
Derrick Brown now has 3.0 sacks this year. Had 2.0 last year.
Darnold just completes an adult pass on the move to Terrace Marshall. First down.
After taking several questions about protection issues, Panthers G John Miller had had enough. Asked if it's hard for coaching staff to evaluate QBs when they're under duress, Miller said: "Next question."
Shaq Thompson says he doesn't think Matt Rhule has lost the locker room. But everyone's frustrated. "Hell yeah, I'm frustrated. Busting my ass. We're all busting our ass to go out there and fight for a win. And not to have the outcome, that shit's frustrating."
Sean Payton is complaining to the officiating crew that Panthers center Pat Elflein is tipping the ball just before his snaps, causing the Saints to jump offsides. Saints DL had back-to-back offsides calls on earlier in the series.
No sign of Cam Newton since the 5-yard run in the first half.
Shaq Thompson & Brian Burns active for Saints game panthers.com/news/shaq-thom…
Looked like Darnold had Shi Smith open early. Didn't pull the trigger.
Do-it-all guy Myles Hartsfield out here playing linebacker snaps. He's like the Brandon Zylstra of defense.
The Carolina Panthers are 22-42 since owner David Tepper purchased the Carolina Panthers with 4 straight losing seasons. His goal upon arrival was to end the cycle of "long term mediocrity" in Carolina. Right now mediocrity (or at least being competitive) doesn't sound too bad.
A lot of oddball personnel combinations out there already, which is what you get with all the injuries and COVID. But Kenny Robinson getting a lot of the usual Juston Burris snaps. Burris was on the injury report with a groin this week.
Looked like Brady Christensen and/or Abudullah should have blocked PJ Williams. Neither did.
Panthers inactives: Injured: CB Stephon Gilmore, T Cam Erving. Scratches: S Sean Chandler, DE Azur Kamara, G Deonte Brown, DE Austin Larkin.
On Saturday, the Carolina Panthers were able to salvage a pair of key defenders from the reserve/COVID-19 list in defensive end Brian Burns and linebacker Shaq Thompson. But they couldn’t, unfortunately, get back perhaps the most important of all.
Team sacks leader Haason Reddick was not activated in time for the Week 17 matchup against the New Orleans Saints. Reddick, through 15 games in 2021, has totaled 11.0 takedowns, 18 quarterback hits and 12 tackles for a loss.
Also out for Carolina, as expected, is cornerback Stephon Gilmore and left tackle Cameron Erving. They’ll be replaced in the starting lineup by Keith Taylor Jr. and Brady Christensen, respectively
How good was the Saints' 2017 draft class? 1. Marshon Lattimore 1. Ryan Ramczyk 2. Marcus Williams 3. Alvin Kamara 3. Alex Anzalone 3. Trey Hendrickson 6. Al-Quadin Muhammad • All 7 starting for their respective teams in 2021 • 10 combined Pro Bowl selections & 1 All-Pro twitter.com/FieldYates/sta…
#Saints C Erik McCoy (illness) and S Marcus Williams (illness) have been downgraded to out vs #Panthers.
#Saints RB Mark Ingram (knee), listed as questionable, has improved but source said he's still unlikely to go today. Tony Jones Jr. should assume his snaps.
Cam Jordan with another sack split with Kwon Alexander. Jordan is on absolute fire
All things considered, that was a hell of a 2-minute drive there by Taysom Hill.
Per @ESPNStatsInfo Saints DE Cameron Jordan is the first player with multiple sacks in 3 straight games since... Cameron Jordan in 2018 (Weeks 12-14)
Saints WR Marquez Callaway up to 97 yards on six catches now after back-to-back catches on this drive.
Sean Payton said he thinks there's a chance the Saints' game against the Falcons next week gets flexed to a new time slot. It's currently scheduled for noon kickoff.
Great effort by Saints CB Marshon Lattimore to chase down that open-field tackle and force a FG attempt -- which was missed by the Panthers.
Saints S C.J. Gardner-Johnson said after they allowed some gains early, message was "Tackle better... and play with passion. Sometimes it's about Xs and Os, sometimes it's about passion. ... That first touchdown pissed us off." (Carolina didn't score again over final 43 minutes)
P.J. Williams is out of the medical tent. Looks like he's testing things out right now.
More #Bengals superlatives courtesy of an NFL release: Burrow, who had 525 passing yards and 4 TD passes in Week 16, is the second quarterback all-time with at least 450 passing yards and 4 TD passes in consecutive games, joining Jameis Winston (Weeks 14-15, 2019).
Demario Davis is back in his normal spot leading the pregame huddle
Deonte Harris announces his return with a 14 yard catch near the sidelines
No Terron Armstead for Saints, leaving Saints extremely thin on o-line. He's missed six of eight games now. Missing him and Ryan Ramczyk has been extremely difficult throughout the second half of this season. twitter.com/JohnDeShazier/…
Guess P.J. Williams makes a big difference for Saints. He took a play off with a minor injury -- and his replacement Jeff Heath missed a tackle on Carolina's TD. Next drive: Williams forces a sack/fumble and DE Marcus Davenport recovers.
Kawaan Baker, Will Clapp, Forrest Lamp and Bryce Thompson were among those activated/elevated to the active roster for today.
Saints starting OL in warmups: LT: James Hurst LG: Calvin Throckmorton C: Will Clapp RG: Cesar Ruiz RT: Jordan Mills If they go with this, this is the 10th starting lineup the Saints' offensive line has had this season.
Carl Granderson, who is questionable to play today, is going through pre-game warmups with the rest of the DL
The offensive line was one of the Saints best units going into this season. Now only Cesar Ruiz is left this week out of that original group.
Two missed attempts at a sack on that play before Jeff Heath got there. Granderson and then Onyemata
Scoring Summary
| Team | QTR | TIME | SCORING PLAY | |
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| CAR | 1ST | 8:09 | Lirim Hajrullahu kicked a 32-yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| NO | 1ST | 4:09 | Brett Maher kicked a 41-yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| CAR | 2ND | 13:22 | Chuba Hubbard rushed to the right for 21 yard touchdown | 10 | 3 |
| NO | 2ND | 8:45 | Brett Maher kicked a 27-yard field goal | 10 | 6 |
| NO | 2ND | 0:02 | Brett Maher kicked a 41-yard field goal | 10 | 9 |
| NO | 3RD | 2:10 | Brett Maher kicked a 33-yard field goal | 10 | 12 |
| NO | 4TH | 7:55 | Taysom Hill passed to Alvin Kamara to the right for 12 yard touchdown | 10 | 18 |
Injury Report
| Name | Pos | Injuries | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian McCaffrey | RB | Ankle | OUT |
| Matt Paradis | C | Torn Acl | OUT |
| A.J. Bouye | CB | Foot | OUT |
| Donte Jackson | CB | Groin | OUT |
| Zane Gonzalez | K | Quad | OUT |
| Tommy Tremble | TE | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Reggie Bonnafon | RB | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Darryl Johnson | DE | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Jaycee Horn | CB | Foot | OUT |
| Thomas Fletcher | LS | Hip | OUT |
| Daviyon Nixon | DT | Knee | OUT |
| Haason Reddick | OLB | Covid-19 | OUT |
| P.J. Walker | QB | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Phil Hoskins | DT | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Troy Pride Jr. | CB | Leg | OUT |
| Aaron Parker | WR | Undisclosed | OUT |
| Name | Pos | Injuries | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanoh Kpassagnon | DE | Ankle | OUT |
| Ryan Ramczyk | OT | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Garrett Griffin | TE | Hamstring | OUT |
| Wil Lutz | K | Core Muscle/groin | OUT |
| Andrus Peat | OL | Pectoral | OUT |
| Michael Thomas | WR | Ankle | OUT |
| Jameis Winston | QB | Knee (acl) | OUT |
| Terron Armstead | OT | Knee | OUT |
| Tre'Quan Smith | WR | Chest | OUT |
| Ethan Greenidge | OT | Arm | OUT |
| Landon Young | OT | Foot | OUT |
| Payton Turner | DE | Shoulder | OUT |
| Malcolm Roach | DE | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Jalen Dalton | DT | Triceps | OUT |
| Dylan Soehner | TE | Undisclosed | OUT |
| Mark Ingram II | RB | Knee | OUT |
| Ethan Wolf | TE | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Chase Hansen | ILB | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Dylan Mabin | CB | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Bradley Roby | CB | Shoulder | OUT |
| Nick Vannett | TE | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Marcus Williams | SS | Illness | OUT |
| Erik McCoy | OL | Illness | OUT |