14-play, 56-yard drive comes down to this fourth and goal at the 18.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
Bryce Young has been sacked four times for a loss of 50 yards.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
Cade Mays in for Throckmorton on this final red zone trip.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
Chuba Hubbard converts a fourth-and-1 at the 2:00 warning.
Driving, but down 21-13 with 1:58 left.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
Quick scoring drive capped off by a 30-yard Jefferson reception. Vikings head to 4th quarter with an 8-pt lead
MIN 21, CAR 13 | 15:00 4Q
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
Oof.
Sack-fumble returned for a touchdown by DJ Wonnum.
Vikings 14-13.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
Laviska Shenault’s second touch of the day goes for 12 yards and a first down.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
Bryce just made an adult play on a third-and-too-long.
Stepped out of pressure, up the middle, found Thielen downfield.
Impressive. Just not as frequent as they’d prefer.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
75 yards on 6 catches for Adam Thielen today.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
With 10:25 to go in the third quarter against the Vikings, the Panthers have already tallied as many run plays (14) as they did last week at Seattle.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
Panthers go for the 56-yard kick just before halftime and it’s good. Eddy P with a long one.
CAR 13, MIN 7 | HALF
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
Yetur Gross-Matos pressure leads to a Kamu Grugier-Hill interception, and that’s not a sentence I planned to write this season.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
That play is coming back on penalty, but Derrick Brown chasing a screen pass downfield is an impressive sight to see.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
At the first-half 2 minute warning, the Panthers have committed 4 penalties for a loss of 65 yards.
Vikings also have 4 penalties – for 23 yards, though.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
Delay of game. It’s third-and-22 at their own 19.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
Bozeman hold takes a nice third-down conversion to TMJ off the board.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
Bryce Young connected with Terrace Marshall, but Bradley Bozeman’s called for offensive holding. Third-and-17 instead.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
Panthers offense coming out. Adam Thielen is back on the field.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
Jeremy Chinn leveled Kirk Cousins on third down. Like he was shot out of a cannon.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
CB D’Shawn Jamsion just rocked Justin Jefferson (his second big hit of the day, after blocking Kirk Cousins on the pick-six). Jefferson still down getting attended to.
In a related story, CB Donte Jackson (shoulder), questionable to return.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
Looks like D’Shawn Jamison will be continuing to fill in for Donte Jackson at the moment, as the Panthers’ D lines up for the Vikings’ O.
That secondary is not what they rolled out with in Week 1.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
Here’s more on Sam Franklin’s record-breaking pick-six in the first quarter, and who he bumped from the top spots on a couple of lists.https://t.co/a947zvJibl
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
Panthers WR Adam Thielen just walked off the field, visibly unhappy, and dropped his helmet on the sideline. Talking with trainers now.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
CB Donte Jackson’s in the blue medical tent. Wasn’t out there for the touchdown.
CJ Henderson, Troy Hill, D’Shawn Jamison, and Dicaprio Bootle are left at CB.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
Kirk Cousins connects with Justin Jefferson on a 4-yard TD.
The Vikings have more rush yards (61) than pass yards (50) at this point, which is a trend I didn’t expect to see
CAR 10, MIN 7 | 9:43 2Q
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
Vikings answer with a long drive, and a touchdown to Justin Jefferson.
Panthers up 10-7, and this could be a back-and-forth one today.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
For a team that was hardly known for rushing coming into this game, Minnesota has been able to run effectively so far. Averaging 5.8 yards per attempt, 52 yards on 9 carries between Mattison and Akers.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
After all that (a 15-play, 61-yard, 8:26 drive), the Panthers get a 26-yard field goal from Eddy Piñeiro.
A 10-0 Panthers lead, early in the second quarter.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
Vikings LB Jordan Hicks puts a shot on Bryce Young after a false start penalty (on Marshall), and perhaps surprisingly, wasn’t jumped by a handful of Panthers.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
Minnesota just gave the Panthers a whole new set of downs thanks to a hold on third-and-goal, which was an incompletion
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
Panthers go for it on fourth-and-1 at midfield. Opt for Chuba Hubbard, and he gets the first down.
That’s five straight runs with three different guys. It’s all worked thus far.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
After the obligatory first pass of the game to Adam Thielen, they hand off to Laviska Shenault, lined up as a back in the pistol.
New look.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
Three and out in the Vikings’ next series after the pick six.
Bryce Young is on the field.
— Augusta Stone (@augustalstone) October 1, 2023
Sam Franklin also posts the longest interception return in franchise history, surpassing Julius Peppers’ non-scoring 97-yarder at Denver in 2004.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
First Panthers pick-six since Donte Jackson at the Rams last year.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
Sam Franklin makes up for it in a big way.
99-yard pick-six.
CB D’Shawn Jamison flattened Kirk Cousins with a block to let Franklin cruise in.
Panthers 7-0.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
Special teamer Sam Franklin, starting at safety, just called for a 45-yard pass interference.
Vikings at the 4.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
We’ve got a perfect 80 degrees at kickoff, with 50 percent humidity.
We’re not canceling our sporting events here today.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
Vikings call tails, it’s heads.
Panthers defer to second half, Panthers will kick off.
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
White jerseys, black britches today, as modeled by JJ Jansen.
Jansen will break the franchise record by appearing in his 230th game today, breaking the old record of 229 previously held by JJ Jansen. pic.twitter.com/yJuJPuS5iR
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
White jerseys, black britches today, as modeled by JJ Jansen.
Jansen will break the franchise record by appearing in his 230th game today, breaking the old record of 229 previously held by JJ Jansen. pic.twitter.com/yJuJPuS5iR
— Darin Gantt (@daringantt) October 1, 2023
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