Scoring Plays:
1Q - CAR - Sam Darnold to Brandon Zylstra 20 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 0, CAR 7
End of Quarter Score - New Orleans Saints 0, Carolina Panthers 7
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2Q - CAR - Zane Gonzalez 20 yd FG GOOD | NO 0, CAR 10
2Q - CAR - Sam Darnold to DJ Moore 2 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 0, CAR 17
End of Quarter Score - New Orleans Saints 0, Carolina Panthers 17
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3Q - NONE
End of Quarter Score - New Orleans Saints 0, Carolina Panthers 17
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4Q - NO - Jameis Winston 8 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | NO 7, CAR 17
4Q - CAR - Christian McCaffrey 11 yd TD rush (PAT No Good - Wide Left) | NO 7, CAR 23
4Q - CAR - Zane Gonzalez 42 yd FG GOOD | NO 7, CAR 26
Final Score - New Orleans Saints 7, Carolina Panthers 26
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Hello Who Dats & Who Datettes and welcome to the week 2/game 2 thread.

Last week took a lot of people by surprise as the Saints went out and absolutely throttled the Green Bay Packers from start to finish in 1 of the few 'neutral site' games you'll see.

Unfortunately, it came at a price as several key players went down with injuries heading into this week's match-up with Sam Darnold, Christian McCaffrey, and the Carolina Panthers.

McCaffrey has always been a thorne in the side, and Darnold has to be feeling good after getting some revenge on the Jets team that sent him on his way. Can a Saints defense, missing a couple key pieces, keep the Panthers in check to make it to 2-0?

TURN DARNOLD BACK INTO NEW YORK DARNOLD AND LET'S MOVE TO 2-0!!

Injury Report:
NO- (both Kwon Alexander & Marcus Davenport were put on IR and won't be listed here)
Chase Hansen - Groin - OUT
Erik McCoy - Calf - OUT
Pete Werner - Hamstring - OUT
CJ Gardner-Johnson - Knee - QUESTIONABLE
Tanoh Kpassagnon - Calf - QUESTIONABLE
Marshon Lattimore - Hand - QUESTIONABLE
PJ Williams - Back - QUESTIONABLE

CAR-
No players with game designations - all 53 on roster available to play

Weather: Should be a nice day in the mid-to-upper 80s at kickoff in Charlotte with partly cloudy skies and very little chance of rain and winds out of the ESE at 5-10 mph.

Uniforms: Saints keeping the gold pants for the long term? After wearing them for both preseason games & last week vs. GB... the gold pants remain with the black jerseys today against the Panthers

Current Standings:
NFC South:
Saints 1-0
Buccaneers 1-0
Panthers 1-0
Falcons 0-1

Betting Lines: Saints (-3) O/U 44.5

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Today's Officials:
Referee: #62 Ron Torbert

Umpire: #131 Mark Pellis
Down Judge: #16 Kevin Codey
Line Judge: #84 Mark Steinkerchner
Field Judge: #25 Ryan Dickson
Side Judge: #7 Keith Washington
Back Judge: #67 Tony Josselyn
Replay Official: Saleem Choudhry
Replay Assistant: Chad Adams

Inactive Lists:
NO-
DT Montravius Adams
QB Ian Book
DB C.J. Gardner-Johnson
CB Marshon Lattimore
DE Tanoh Kpassagnon
C Erik McCoy
LB Pete Werner

CAR-
WR Shi Smith
DT Phil Hoskins
G Michael Jordan
G Deonte Brown
T Trent Scott
TE Colin Thompson
DE Darryl Johnson

This post was edited on 9/19/21 at 3:15 pm