Saints 22 @ Panthers 23 | Final | CBS - Next: ATL (6-3) @ NO (2-7) Sunday @ Noon

Scoring Plays:
1Q - NO - Blake Grupe 29 yd FG GOOD | NO 3, CAR 0
1Q - NO - Blake Grupe 33 yd FG GOOD | NO 6, CAR 0
End of Quarter Score: New Orleans Saints 6, Carolina Panthers 0
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2Q - CAR - Bryce Young to Xavier Legette 3 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | NO 6, CAR 7
2Q - NO - Taysom Hill 7 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | NO 13, CAR 7
2Q - CAR - Eddy Pineiro 48 yd FG GOOD | NO 13, CAR 10
End of Quarter Score: New Orleans Saints 13, Carolina Panthers 10
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3Q - CAR - Chuba Hubbard 1 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | NO 13, CAR 17
3Q - NO - Blake Grupe 51 yd FG GOOD | NO 16, CAR 17
End of Quarter Score: New Orleans Saints 16, Carolina Panthers 17
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4Q - NO - Derek Carr to Foster Moreau 17 yd TD pass (Derek Carr pass incomplete - 2PC No Good) | NO 22, CAR 17
4Q - CAR - Chuba Hubbard 16 yd TD rush (Bryce Young sacked - 2PC No Good) | NO 22, CAR 23
Final Score: New Orleans Saints 22, Carolina Panthers 23
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Hello Who Dats & Who Datettes & welcome to the Saints week 9/game 9 thread.

Again, thanks to whatiknowsofar & SunTiger for filling in for me when I have been unable to do the thread this season.

Today's the titanic clash of the immobile force vs. the movable object... 2 teams currently battling for the cellar of the NFC South.

The Saints are aided by the return of their starting quarterback in Derek Carr... so the offense as close to healthy as it seems like we're going to get for the rest of the season while the defense has continued to just not be good and now injuries are starting to crop up.

Can the Saints finally end the 6-game losing streak against a team that is... somehow... still worse than them? Beating Carolina 47-10 back in week 1 feels like a century ago now.

LET'S DESTROY THE PANTHERS AGAIN AND GET BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN!!

Injury Report:
NO- (Kendre Miller & Bub Means both went on IR & will not be placed here)
Marshon Lattimore - Hamstring - OUT
Kool-Aid McKinstry - Hamstring - OUT
Jamaal Williams - Groin - OUT
Rico Payton - Back - QUESTIONABLE
Cedrick Wilson, Jr. - Hip - QUESTIONABLE
Nick Saldiveri - Shoulder - QUESTIONABLE
John Ridgeway - Oblique - QUESTIONABLE
Shane Lemieux - Knee - QUESTIONABLE (would have to be reactivated from IR)
Nephi Sewell - Knee - QUESTIONABLE (would have to be reactivated from IR)

CAR-
Iken Ekwonu - Ankle - OUT
Feleipe Franks - Concussion - OUT
Jammie Robinson - Knee - OUT
Adam Thielen - Hamstring - DOUBTFUL
Jaden Crumedy - Ankle - DOUBTFUL
Jordan Fuller - Hamstring - DOUBTFUL
DJ Johnson - Ankle - QUESTIONABLE
Tommy Tremble - Back - QUESTIONABLE
Jonathan Brooks - Knee - QUESTIONABLE
DJ Wonnum - Quadricep - QUESTIONABLE
Xavier Legette - Toe - QUESTIONABLE

Weather: Going to be a beautiful day for football at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte today with temperatures reaching the upper 60s and no chance of rain and winds out of the northeast at 5-10 mph

Uniforms: The white jersey & GOLD pants are back this week



Current Standings:
NFC South:
Falcons 5-3
Buccaneers 4-4
Saints 2-6
Panthers 1-7

Betting Lines: Saints (-7), O/U 43.5

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Today's Officials:
Referee: #62 Ron Torbert


Umpire: #20 Barry Anderson
Down Judge: #44 Frank LeBlanc (on John Hussey's crew in 2023)
Line Judge: #40 Brian Bolinger (on Land Clark's crew in 2023)
Field Judge: #25 Ryan Dickson
Side Judge: #7 Keith Washington
Back Judge: #67 Tony Josselyn
Replay Official: Mike Chase (on Alex Kemp's crew in 2023)
Replay Assistant: Jamie Alfieri-Tuss (on Alex Kemp's crew in 2023)

Inactive Lists:
NO-
CB Kool-Aid McKinstry
QB Spencer Rattler
RB Jamaal Williams
CB Marshon Lattimore
CB Rico Payton
LB Jaylan Ford
DT John Ridgeway III

CAR-
S Jammie Robinson
CB Shemar Bartholomew
LB DJ Johnson
OT Ikem Ekwonu
TE Tommy Tremble
TE Feleipe Franks