Scoring Plays:
1Q - CAR - Eddy Piñeiro 52 yd FG GOOD | NO 0, CAR 3
1Q - NO - Blake Grupe 28 yd FG GOOD | NO 3, CAR 3
End of Quarter Score: New Orleans Saints 3, Carolina Panthers 3
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2Q - NO - Blake Grupe 23 yd FG GOOD | NO 6, CAR 3
End of Quarter Score: New Orleans Saints 6, Carolina Panthers 3
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3Q - CAR - Eddy Piñeiro 54 yd FG GOOD | NO 6, CAR 6
3Q - NO - Tony Jones Jr. 2 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | NO 13, CAR 6
End of Quarter Score: New Orleans Saints 13, Carolina Panthers 6
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4Q - CAR - Eddy Piñeiro 36 yd FG GOOD | NO 13, CAR 9
4Q - NO - Tony Jones Jr. 2 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | NO 20, CAR 9
4Q - CAR - Bryce Young to Adam Thielen 3 yd TD pass (Bryce Young to Adam Thielen 2 yd pass - 2PC Successful) | NO 20, CAR 17
Final Score: New Orleans Saints 20, Carolina Panthers 17
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Hello Who Dats & Who Datettes and welcome to the Saints week 2/game 2 thread.

Primetime in front of a national audience to show off our new veteran quarterback while the Panthers will show off what they're like in a rebuild with a new rookie #1 overall pick QB... both in their 2nd game with their new teams.

Obviously things went a lot better for Derek Carr in his 1st game in New Orleans, with a win over the Titans, than it did for Bryce Young in his Carolina debut as he took a loss to division-foe the Atlanta Falcons.

The Saints will look to get in a much better offensive rhythm tonight, esp. on the ground where the team will be without Alvin Kamara for the 2nd of a 3-game suspension due to the Las Vegas incident.

Meanwhile, Carolina will be looking for someone to step up and slow the Saints receiving trio of Michael Thomas, Chris Olave, & Rashid Shaheed since they'll be down 1 of their best DBs in Jaycee Horn, the son of former Saints WR Joe Horn, who went on IR this week with a hamstring injury.

There may be no such thing as a "must-win" game in week 2... but for Carolina... going down 0-2 in the division after just 2 weeks makes for a tough mountain to climb and it's the Saints job to put that mountain in their path.

LET'S CLAW THE PANTHERS AND MOVE TO 2-0 IN FRONT OF A NATIONWIDE AUDIENCE!!!!

Injury Report:
NO- (DE Payton Turner will not be listed here as he was put on IR earlier this week)
JT Gray - Shoulder - QUESTIONABLE
Kendre Miller - Hamstring - QUESTIONABLE

CAR-
DJ Chark - Hamstring - QUESTIONABLE

Weather: It should be a beautiful night for football in Charlotte with temps in the mid to upper 70s at kickoff and falling and no chance of rain with winds out of the NNW at 5-10 mph or less

Uniforms: Back in all-black for week 2 on the road

Current Standings:
NFC South:
Falcons 2-0
Buccaneers 2-0
Saints 1-0
Panthers 0-1

Betting Lines: Saints (-3), O/U 39.5

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Today's Officials:
Referee: #1 Scott Novak

Umpire: #131 Mark Pellis (on Ron Torbert's crew in 2022)
Down Judge: #112 Brian Sakowski (rookie official)
Line Judge: #75 Mark Stewart (on Tra Blake's crew in 2022)
Field Judge: #23 Tra Boger (Tulane grad, played football for Green Wave, & son of referee Jerome Boger)
Side Judge: #118 David Meslow
Back Judge: #111 Terrence Miles
Replay Official: Matt Sumstine
Replay Assistant: Tim England

Inactive Lists:
NO-
WR Lynn Bowden
WR AT Perry
RB Kendre Miller
WR Kirk Merritt
G Nick Saldiveri
DE Kyle Phillips

CAR-
RB Raheem Blackshear
G Nash Jensen
LB DJ Johnson
OT David Sharpe
CB Sam Webb

This post was edited on 9/18/23 at 9:27 pm