Two Minute Drill: Panthers, Saints Postgame

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00:00 Hello everybody, Scott Callen here on allpanthers.com.

00:03 The Carolina Panthers fall to the New Orleans stage 20 to 17 here on Monday

00:06 night football.

00:08 It was a weird game for Carolina's offense.

00:10 I just couldn't get anything going on the ground,

00:12 which then leaned into the passing game,

00:15 which Bryce Young went 22 of 33 for 153 yards.

00:19 Much of that coming on that final drive of the game, where he ended up throwing

00:22 a touchdown pass to Adam Thielen, got the two point conversion.

00:25 Went eight of ten for 61 yards on that drive.

00:28 But the big notes from this one, Shaq Thompson, linebacker,

00:31 left the game, was carted off the field with an ankle injury.

00:34 And Frank Reich, the head coach, said that this is something that they expect

00:38 that could linger a few weeks.

00:40 May mean an extent on IR, we'll have to see about that.

00:43 But this is a tough week for Carolina.

00:45 It seemed like they kind of took a step back offensively after what was already

00:50 a pretty bad start to the season down in Atlanta.

00:54 But you have to like what you saw from the defense,

00:57 despite Shaq Thompson leaving the field.

00:59 They still got to the quarterback, Derek Carr, four sacks, six QB hits,

01:03 six tackles for loss.

01:04 And Von Bell coming up with his first interception of the season against

01:08 his former team.

01:08 So there were some positive notes, Frankie Louvue getting to the quarterback

01:12 a few times, making some plays in the backfield.

01:14 So there are positives about this team, mainly on the defensive side.

01:19 But heading into week three here,

01:20 a short week as they get ready to turn around to head to Seattle here on Sunday.

01:24 They've got to figure out some resemblance of a passing game downfield.

01:28 Last week, Bryce Young completed his passes at a 3.8 yard clip.

01:32 This week, 4.6.

01:34 So they've got to stretch the field, get more vertical, make some more explosive

01:38 plays for this offense to start really ticking and

01:41 to really keep them in the game a little bit longer.

01:44 So that's it for us here today.

01:46 I'm Skylar Callahan here for allpanthers.com,

01:49 reporting live from Bank of America Stadium.

01:52 Panthers fall to the New Orleans Saints 20 to 17.

01:55 Be sure to follow me on Twitter @callahan_ and our site at allpanthers_.

02:00 We'll see you guys next week.