World News – CA – Quick Reactions: Panthers Can’t Stop Saints, Fall 27-24

CHARLOTTE – The Panthers couldn’t get the Saints off the pitch all day and fell in New Orleans 27-24

Kicker Joey Slye was just short of a 65-yard field goal with two minutes remaining that would have tied the game

With the loss to division rivals, Carolina is now 3-4 on the season with a quick turn to football Thursday night against the Falcons in Week 8

Even though the Saints didn’t have the best receivers Michael Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders, quarterback Drew Brees still cut off Carolina’s passing defense The future Hall of Famer finished the game 29 of 36 passes for 287 yards and a pair of touchdowns In the first half alone he had 18 of 22 passes for 177 yards and a few touchdowns He also had a rushed touchdown, diving over the stack for a score of 1 meter in the second quarter

Running backs Alvin Kamara and Latavius ​​Murray had their fair share of important plays, with Kamara 148 yards into the fray.However, backup receivers Marquez Callaway and substitute Donte Harris rocked the Saints’ offense An undrafted rookie from Tennessee, Callaway finished with eight receptions for 75 yards Harris had four receptions for 46 yards with a touchdown

Wide receiver DJ Moore made two touchdowns in the first half, scoring the first on explosive play

In the second and 14th in Carolina 26, Moore was wide open in midfield and quarterback Teddy Bridgewater hit him in stride The wide did the rest, running 33 yards after the capture to pay the dirt for a score of 74 yards

Later in the second quarter, Bridgewater sent Moore on a left-to-right sweeping jet motion, gave him a shotgun ball pass, and Moore avoided the tackles from entering the end zone

Defensive coordinator Phil Snow said on Thursday he expected Brian Burns to increase his productivity over the next few weeks, and the defensive end got Snow to be in the middle of the second quarter

With the Saints in Panthers’ territory for the third time in three possessions, Burns squeezed New Orleans off the board by looting Brees Burns dove under the Saints James Hurst’s left tackle and hit Brees just as he was preparing to throw The ball squirted to the left, where defensive end Marquis Haynes recovered his first fumble of the season

Takeout helped scoring points as the Panthers raced down and scored on Moore’s 7-yard touchdown

While the Panthers got what they needed after Burns came out, the defense couldn’t keep the Saints out of the end zone before half-time

Although New Orleans had just 1:37 and a timeout, Brees paraded his team onto the pitch With just five seconds to go and no timeouts on the second and the 4’s goal, Brees did found Harris for a touchdown on the goal line

The Saints didn’t even face a third on possession, leading 75 yards in eight games and 1:35 This gave New Orleans a 21-17 lead before halftime

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