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Thursday Night Football features a matchup between two teams near the bottom of the standings when the Carolina Panthers (1-7, 1-6-1 ATS) travel to take on the Chicago Bears (2-7, 3-5-1 ATS). The Panthers are coming off a home loss to the Colts, going down 27-13 as 1.5-point underdogs. The Bears just lost in New Orleans 24-17, but were able to cover the spread as 10.5-point favorites. Chicago is currently listed as 3.5-point home favorites. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:15 EST from Soldier Field, and can be found on Amazon Prime.
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It is difficult to win in this league when your quarterback throws three interceptions in a game, it is even harder to win when two of those picks get taken to the house. Bryce Young threw two pick-sixes to Kenny Moore II, both at pivotal points in the game. The first came with only 20 seconds remaining in the first half, stretching the lead to 17, and the second came during a comeback effort in the 4th when the Panthers were only down ten. Panthers' coach Frank Reich downplayed the importance of Young's game saying, “I've seen this happen to the best quarterbacks in the history of the game.”
Bryce Young is 26th in the NFL in passing yards, and has struggled throughout his rookie season. Young has an 8-7 TD-INT ratio, which must sting some Panthers fans, because the team passed on CJ Stroud, and Stroud currently has a 14-1 TD-INT ratio. Carolina cannot rewrite the past, and they w ill continue to try to put Bryce Young in spots to succeed. The top receiving target has been Adam Thielen, the former-Viking has 62 catches on the season, while the next highest Panther, Jonathon Mingo, has just 20 receptions. Thielen is averaging 76.3 yards per game, and has four touchdowns on the season. Chubba Hubbard has become the team's top rusher, as Miles Sanders missed some games with an injury. Hubbard is averaging 41.0 yards per game with just one touchdown on the season.
Carolina is ranked 28th in the league in total offense with 283.4 yards per game. They rank 27th in scoring with just 17.5 points per game, and their defense is dead last in the league allowing 28.3 points per. Linebacker Frankie Luvu leads the team in tackles with 62, and linebacker Brian Burns leads the team with five sacks. No Panther player has more than one interception on the year. The Panther defense has seven takeaways on the season, and their offense has turned it ove r 11 times.
Injury Report:
Questionable: DJ Chark Jr. (229 receiving yards), LB Brian Burns (5 sacks), S Xavier Woods (24 tackles)
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