ANALYSIS: “They say that revenge is a dish best served cold. If that’s the case, then Panthers quarterback Sam Darnold must have been feeling pretty frosty Sunday.
Granted, it was a hardly a blowout. But Darnold got a measure of payback against the team that he spent his first three seasons with, throwing for 279 yards and a long score to another ex-Jet, Robby Anderson.
Darnold and Anderson weren’t the only players on Carolina’s offense that showed up. Tailback Christian McCaffrey turned 30 touches into 187 total yards. Wide receiver D.J. Moore caught six of eight targets for 80 yards. Carolina’s defense notched six sacks and allowed just 252 total yards.
It was a good performance on both sides of the ball, but it also came against one of the league’s worst teams.
A much stiffer test awaits in Week 2 against a New Orleans Saints team that just smoked the Green Bay Packers.”
