How were the Locals Looking in the NFL on Sunday: Panthers get OT win as Chuba Hubbard races in with Game-Winning TD score/Big receiving day for Keenan Allen(Bears)/Big Tackling Day for Pratt and Davis-Gaither(Bengals)

Carolina Panthers win 36-30 in Overtime, over the Arizona Cardinals in the Panthers’ last home game of the regular season…Cardinals tie the game on the last play of regualtion(58-yard Field Goal) and Carolina gets very good running from Chuba Hubbard on Sunday, as he hits the end zone for the Game-Winning Touchdown Run, and for the day, Hubbard ran for 152 yards and 2 TDs…Panthers now at (4-11), and they have a better record in 2024 than the New York Giants(2-13), the New England Patriots(3-12), the Cleveland Browns(3-12), the Jacksonville Jaguars(3-12), the Tennessee Titans(3-12), and the Las Vegas Raiders(3-12)…Bears and Jets also at (4-11)…The Panthers with a better record right now, than six other teams in the league….Is the Rebuild Working??? Showing Signs that things are headed in a Better Direction…..

Among our local players, playing in the NFL on Sunday….
Chicago Bears:WR Keenan Allen(Northern Guilford HS/California) Former NGHS wide receiver with 141 receiving yards and a TD catch for the Bears, in Chicgo’s 34-17 loss to the Detroit Lions…

Detroit Lions:DJ Reader(Grimsley HS/Clemson) DJ Reader returned this week for the Lions and he picked up a Pass Deflection for Detroit as his only stat….He is back, and the Lions were winners, 34-17 over the above mentioned Keenan Allen and the Bears…This was quick rematch of the Lions-Bears Thanksgiving Day Game…
Detroit Lions:Hendon Hooker(Dudley HS/Virginia Tech/Tennessee) QB Hooker did not take any snaps for the Lions on
Sunday vs. Bears…
Detroit Lions:Emmanuel Moseley(Dudley HS/Tennessee) Lions placed Moseley (pectoral) on injured reserve early in the season, and he remains sidelined indefinitely…Moseley remains inactive…Moseley has not played at all this season, and there is a very good chance he will not play in 2024….

Cincinnati Bengals:LB Germaine Pratt, from High Point Central HS/N.C. State with 5 Total Tackles/5 Solo Tackles, in the Bengals’ 24-6 victory over the Cleveland Browns…
Akeem Davis-Gaither, from Thomasville HS/Appalachian State, 6 Total Tackles/5 Solo Tackles/1 Pass Deflection, in the Bengals win over the Browns…

Pittsburgh Steelers:DL Larry Ogunjobi(Ragsdale HS/Charlotte) Ogunjobi (groin) was inactive for Saturday’s game against the Ravens, Teresa Varley of the Steelers’ official site reports. Ogunjobi missed his second consecutive game due to the groin injury he suffered in Week 14 against the Browns….Steelers lose to Baltimore on Saturday, 34-17, and that should allow the Ravens to take over the division lead, in the AFC North…

LA Rams:Joshua Karty(Western Alamance HS/Stanford) Karty was 2-2 on Field Goals and he went 1-2 on PAT kicks, for his 7 points, in the Rams 19-6 win over the New York Jets…