It’s the kind of performance and response that could pay dividends when facing Mike Evans, Emeka Egbuka, Chris Godwin, and company again next week.
“That just comes down to communication and people having the correct leverage,” explained Scott. “And then playing with a tremendous amount of effort, and then the plays that got out, you can look at one of those three things and say that was the reason why it got out.
Added cornerback Jaycee Horn, “I think we, I think we did a solid job in the first half, limiting them—really all day limiting the explosive pass game.
“But I think we did a solid job. We gave up a little bit in the second half, but you know it is what it is. We didn’t get the job done, so we gotta look at the film, get better, and, you know, get ready for next week.”
Darnold and his receivers didn’t have time to develop a lot of those concepts because the quarterback was under pressure for a decent portion of the day. The Panthers finished with four quarterback hurries and 3.0 sacks, coming from Tre’von Moehrig, Nic Scourton, and D.J. Wonnum.