The Carolina Panthers are looking for any signs of positivity after a 40-9 trouncing at the hands of the Buffalo Bills in Week 8. The loss dropped the Panthers to 4-4, and the offense reverted to a stagnant mess with Andy Dalton playing quarterback.
Rico Dowdle earned the starting job while Chuba Hubbard was injured, with 472 yards from scrimmage in the two games Hubbard missed. Yet, the Panthers returned Hubbard to the starting lineup on Sunday.
John Breech of CBS Sports handed out grades for every team’s performance in Week 8. There was likely not a lot to think about when it came to the Carolina Panthers, who saw their three-game winning streak snapped in a big way on Sunday via a 40-9 home loss to a Buffalo Bills’ team that had dropped its previous two contests.
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One thing became abundantly clear in Week 8 when the Carolina Panthers lost 40-9 to the visiting Buffalo Bills. They need Bryce Young badly. Most teams will suffer without their starting quarterback (see the Cincinnati Bengals, for example), but the Panthers suffered greatly.
It took two weeks, but Dave Canales has seemingly seen the light. The Carolina Panthers coach insisted on literally splitting everything between Rico Dowdle and Chuba Hubbard, even alternating kick returns for them.
The Carolina Panthers were riding relatively high heading into Sunday. They were 4-3, on a three-game winning streak, and back at home where they'd not yet lost a game.
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It only took a couple of drives for it to become abundantly clear that Andy Dalton was not up to the task of leading the Carolina Panthers yesterday. Dalton put in the worst game we've seen from a Panthers quarterback since Bryce Young utterly bombed the first two starts of the 2024 season.
It was a disgusting affair on Sunday for the Carolina Panthers. 40-9 doesn't even quite describe how bad the game really was. What could have gone wrong did, and it's probably best to flush this one and move on.
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Heading into Sunday's home game against the Buffalo Bills, the Carolina Panthers were relatively healthy, had won three straight games and had yet to get beaten at Bank of America Stadium this season.
A lot went wrong for the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, with the three game win streak coming to a screeching halt in blowout fashion against the Buffalo Bills in front of the home crowd.
It took one Sunday afternoon in Buffalo to completely flip the narrative on the Carolina Panthers. Just a week ago, fans hailed them as one of the NFC’s rising teams.
The Carolina Panthers were without Bryce Young in Week 8, giving Andy Dalton the spot start against the Buffalo Bills. The veteran struggled against a stingy defense, putting the Panthers in semi-panic mode with their quarterback situation unknown.
The Panthers saw their three-game winning streak come to an end on Sunday. Several offensive linemen were injured along the way, including Brady Christensen.
Carolina Panthers quarterback Andy Dalton made a rookie mistake during Sunday’s game that caused his team to leave valuable points on the board at halftime.
The Panthers are in the midst of their most successful season in years. Franchise quarterback Bryce Young will miss today’s game against the Bills. Carolina signed Mike White to the practice squad to fortify the quarterback position.
The Panthers announced on Saturday that they are elevating QB Hendon Hooker as their backup for Week 8, as well as elevating OLB Boogie Basham. Hooker, 27, opted to transfer to Tennessee after spending the first three years of his career at Virginia Tech.