Panthers fall 26-3 to Chargers

CHARLOTTE — The issues won’t have been as dramatic because the week earlier than, however the outcomes had been the identical.

The Panthers misplaced 26-3 at residence to the Chargers to fall to 0-2.

Whereas final week’s recreation at New Orleans was over rapidly, this one was extra gradual.

The Panthers held up acceptably towards the Chargers’ run recreation early, and created some turnovers on protection.

However like final week, they did not generate a lot in the best way of offense.

The workforce gained simply 159 complete yards, and had been 1-of-12 on third-down conversions.

Quarterback Bryce Younger was held in verify once more, because the second-year quarterback could not get something going early. The sport plan was a cautious one, with most of his early passes of the secure and brief selection. His one shot downfield within the first half was picked off throughout the center.

He was 8-of-10 for 22 yards passing within the first half with the interception, for a passer score of 39.6 within the first half-hour.

He completed the sport 18-of-26 for 84 yards and the decide, for a 57.2 passer score.

Whereas that was occurring, the Chargers continued to pile on in a affected person and methodical means. Equally to their 176-yard speeding debut final week being constructed on a number of explosive runs, the Chargers had been prepared to grind away on the Panthers.

They completed the sport with 219 on the bottom.

Working again JK Dobbins had 17 carries for 131 yards, together with a 43-yard landing run, whereas Gus Edwards added 18 carries for 59 yards.

That speaks to their model, but in addition to a protection that was compelled to take care of the lack of Professional Bowl defensive sort out Derrick Brown to a season-ending knee damage final week.