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Here’s all you need to know about the Panthers’ (costly) Week 3 victory over the Texans.
A win didn’t really feel like a win Thursday night for the Carolina Panthers.
Sure, their defense pieced together a third straight masterpiece. And sure, their quarterback project just took another nice stride forward.
But here’s what happened and here’s why this 3-0 start came at a potentially devastating price.
Here’s what you need to know about Week 2’s dominant performance that moved the Panthers to 2-0.
The New Orleans Saints sure did look like a team missing a handful of key players and seven of its coaches. Well, that wasn’t the Carolina Panthers’ problem.
On Sunday, the Panthers turned the visiting Saints on their heads, dominating in a 26-7 victory. Here’s everything you have to know about the big win.
Here’s everything you need to know about the Panthers’ Week 1 triumph over the Jets.
So far, so (kinda) good for the 2021 Carolina Panthers.
Sunday’s opener wasn’t always pretty, but the cats pulled through with a close win over the visiting New York Jets. Although a more encouraging performance would’ve saw the Panthers dominate the league’s youngest team at the start of a rebuild, there’s not much to complain about at 1-0.
Here’s everything else to know about the opening victory.
A quick glimpse at how things played out at Heinz Field today.
The Steelers are 4-0 for the first time since 1979. But it wasn’t easy.
For yet another game, Pittsburgh wasn’t able to break their streak of 22 games without an opening touchdown and fell flat on their first drive.
It was a sluggish start to what ended up being a high-scoring affair. After three punts to open the game, the Steelers and Eagles traded touchdowns on four drives, the speed finally picked up.
Linebacker Vince Williams set the tone for the Eagles run game — or lack thereof — when he bull-rushed in to tackle running back Miles Sanders for a two-yard loss on the first play of the game.
With the exception of a long 76-yard run by Sanders, in which Pittsburgh was clearly caught off guard, the Steelers held him to a mere four yards.
Both teams did an excellent job stopping the run and there was little to speak of on the ground.
Philly’s quarterback Carson Wentz spread it around to seven different receivers throughout the game, but second-year receiver Travis Fulgham was the Eagles’ playmaker. Not Steven Nelson, nor Mike Hilton or Minkah Fitzpatrick could put a stop to Fulgham, who ended the day with 152 yards and a touchdown.
With a minute left in the 1st quarter, a questionable holding call (there were plenty in this game) on the Eagles took the Steelers down to the goal line where wide receiver Chase Claypool scored his first touchdown of four touchdowns.
As the game went on, Pittsburgh’s front four became less and less effective. After a rough first couple of quarters, Philadelphia’s offensive line was giving Wentz time — a luxury he hadn’t had all season long.
The Birds came back from 17 points down to make it a 31-29 point game near the end.
Just as Wentz was getting comfortable, he threw a comeback-killing interception to Nelson with two minutes left.
In nail-biting fashion, the Steelers pulled off another win to go 4-0 on the season.
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