How the/our Locals were Looking this Sunday in the NFL:
Carolina Panthers…One of those losses where you just know the team had Won the game…Some great receptions by Adam Thielen, the Panthers go up 23-30, with just :30 seconds left in the game, and then let the Tampa Bay Buccaneers tie the game at 23-23, and things go into Overtime…The Bucs miss a field goal, and the Panthers are already now getting into game-winning field goal position, and then Chuba Hubbard fumbles the ball back to the Bucs, and Tampa Bay runs the ball down the field and the Bucs hit the final Field Goal, to win the game, 26-23…Panthers now at (3-9) and with this NFC South Division, where the Carolina Panthers reside, if we study the teams’ records in this group of Tampa Bay, Atlanta, New Orleans, and Carolina, the Panthers would have had a chance to be in contention to win the division, if they would have won today’s game…The top two teams in this South Division, Tampa Bay and Atlanta, are only (6-6) overall…May sound like a stretch, but the Panthers were in contention, even as bad as their record was showing….Now, not much a chance, to get back in the dance…
Nice work today by the Panthers’ second-year QB, Bryce Young…Young goes 26-46 passing, with 298 passing yards and 1 TD/0 INT…Young also with a rushing touchdown…
Those local players, playing in the NFL….
Detroit Lions:DJ Reader(Grimsley HS/Clemson) DJ Reader with 4 Tackles/2 Solo Tackles/2 Tackles for a Loss/2 Sacks/3 QB Hits for the Lions in their 23-20 win over the Chicago Bears on Thanksgiving Day…Big Day for the “Big Man”, DJ/David Reader Jr., from Grimsley HS…
Detroit Lions:Hendon Hooker(Dudley HS/Virginia Tech/Tennessee) Hooker did not take any snaps for the Lions on Thanksgiving Day for the Lions…QB from Dudley HS, with no reps, this week…
Detroit Lions:Emmanuel Moseley(Dudley HS/Tennessee) Lions placed Moseley (pectoral) on injured reserve early in the season, and he remains sidelined indefinitely…Saw not action this week, vs. the Bears, and Keenan Allen…
Cincinnati Bengals:LB Germaine Pratt, from High Point Central HS/N.C. State had 13 Tackles/5 Solo Tackles/1 TFL/1 QB hit on Sunday, in the Bengals 44-38 loss to the Steelers…Very productive day on defense Sunday for both Pratt, and Davis-Gaither, both coming up with 13 Tackles each, to lead the Bengals’ defense…
Akeem Davis-Gaither, from Thomasville HS/Appalachian State, with 13 Tackles/4 Solo Tackles/1 QB Hit for the Bengals, in their loss to the Steelers…
Chicago Bears:WR Keenan Allen(Northern Guilford HS/California) had 5 receptions for 73 yards and 2 Touchdowns, in the Bear’s 23-20 loss to the Detroit Lions, on Thanksgiving Day…DJ Reader from the Lions, out there chasing Keenan Allen, from the Bears…
Pittsburgh Steelers:DL Larry Ogunjobi(Ragsdale HS/Charlotte) had 2 Total Tackles/2 Solo Tackles, for the Steelers during their 44-38 win over the Cicinnati Bengals on Sunday…
LA Rams:Joshua Karty(Western Alamance HS/Stanford) Karty with no Field Goal attempts, while Karty was 3-3 on his PAT kicks for Three Total Points, for the Rams in their 21-14 win over the New Orleans Saints…