Buccaneers Rout Panthers 43-13 Behind 26-Point Second Quarter

Player of the game

Yaya Diaby 3 TKL, 3 SACKS

8.2

The Buccaneers broke open a road game in Charlotte with 26 points in the second quarter and beat the Panthers 43-13. Tampa Bay moved to 2-5. Carolina fell to 3-3.

The turning point came early in the second. Chase McLaughlin kicked a 22-yard field goal for a 10-0 lead. Then Calijah Kancey returned a fumble 32 yards for a touchdown to make it 17-0. Carolina answered with a 50-yard Bryce Young touchdown pass to Darren Waller, but the blocked PAT and a defensive conversion by Zyon McCollum kept the gap at 13. Bucky Irving ran for a 1-yard score, and Tez Johnson caught a 14-yard Baker Mayfield pass with four seconds left for a 33-6 halftime lead.

Yaya Diaby, the player of the game, had 3 tackles and 3 sacks. Irving ran 24 times for 106 yards and 2 touchdowns. Young threw 2 interceptions. Chirp's Sim had the Panthers at 63% over 10,000 runs, and it missed.

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