Down 10-0 near the end of the first half, and with the Dallas Cowboys threatening for more, the Carolina Panthers desperately needed a spark to keep their chances in Week 15 alive. Fortunately for them, that spark came in a flash.
The complementary football head coach Dave Canales has been looking for showed up in the final minute of the second quarter, when outside linebacker DJ Johnson recovered a fumble at Carolina’s own 17-yard line.
That, on the very next snap, would be followed by an 83-yard touchdown connection between quarterback Bryce Young and rookie wide receiver Jalen Coker. Their less conventional scoop-and-score turned what could have been at least a 13-0 deficit into a 10-7 one.
BRYCE YOUNG TO JALEN COKER. 83-YARD TD.
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Here’s how Panthers fans reacted to their team’s longest and most exciting play of the season . . .
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LETS FFFFFFGGGGGGGG
THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABLUT COKER YOYRE MY HERO
โ ๐ฎ ๐พ๐๐ง๐ค๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฎ (@CPPfanfromtheD) December 15, 2024
Bryce Young to Jalen Coker for 6! Letโs go!!!!!!!!!!
โ Panthers On Tap (@PanthersOnTap) December 15, 2024
We was down 2 scores with less than a minute in the half
And Bryce threw a DOT down field and weโre down a FG with ball at top of half
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โ IAmWestsideFetti ๐๐ค๐ค๐พ (@4MR_Fetti) December 15, 2024
Thatโs how you bounce back BRYCE YOUNG
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โ Keep Purring Podcast (Ben) (@KeepPurringBen) December 15, 2024
Big BUMP!!!!
COKER BUMP!!! https://t.co/X6YtpLKhI3
โ Panthers Culture ๐ฅท๐ฝ (@PanthersCulture) December 15, 2024
COKEHEADS UNITE pic.twitter.com/FFF6xR6vD8
โ Himmy Hardaway (@probloescobar) December 15, 2024
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