Panthers dominate Raiders as Andy Dalton, starting in place of benched Bryce Young, throws 3 touchdowns

The "Red Rifle" was reddish blistery connected Sunday arsenic Andy Dalton and the Carolina Panthers shocked the Las Vegas Raiders connected the roadworthy successful a 36-22 triumph for the team's archetypal triumph of the season. 

One of the biggest storylines this week was Dave Canales' determination to seat the Panthers' 2023 No. 1 wide pick, Bryce Young, successful favour of Dalton astatine backmost aft a horrific 0-2 commencement successful which the discourtesy couldn't get thing going. 

Well, the Panthers are going to person much Young questions to reply aft what Dalton was capable to bash successful Canales' system, and it came instantly for Carolina to commencement this crippled successful Sin City.

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Carolina Panthers backmost Andy Dalton (14) throws the shot against the Las Vegas Raiders successful the archetypal fractional astatine Allegiant Stadium. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

Dalton, knowing the Panthers scored conscionable 13 combined points successful its archetypal 2 losses connected the year, led a nine-play, 70-yard thrust that was capped by moving backmost Chubba Hubbard’s six-yard walk for the touchdown. 

It was the archetypal touchdown by a presumption subordinate connected the Panthers this play arsenic Young was the lone scorer successful garbage clip successful Week 1 against the New Orleans Saints. And Hubbard played a large relation successful this violative outburst, finishing the crippled with 114 yards connected 21 carries portion catching 5 passes from Dalton for 55 yards.

But this crippled wasn’t a blowout from the get-go arsenic Gardner Minshew and the Raiders matched the Panthers’ opening-drive touchdown with a 10-play, 97-yard thrust successful which Alexander Mattison punched it successful from 2 yards retired to knot it up astatine 7 apiece. 

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But the wheels fell disconnected for the Raiders erstwhile Dalton responded connected the ensuing drive, this clip uncovering his starring receiver connected the day, Diontae Johnson, for a five-yard people to instrumentality a 14-7 lead. Johnson had 8 catches for 122 yards. 

Then, aft immoderate back-and-forth by some offenses, Dalton fired his 3rd touchdown walk of the archetypal half, this clip hitting seasoned receiver Adam Thielen, done a choky model betwixt 2 Raiders defenders for 31 yards and a 21-7 pb with 21 seconds near successful the 2nd quarter. 

Thielen suffered a hamstring wounded connected the play and didn’t instrumentality for the remainder of the crippled aft notching 3 catches for 40 yards. 

In the 2nd half, Dalton continued to enactment unneurotic scoring drives for Carolina.

Carolina Panthers backmost Andy Dalton throws a walk against the Las Vegas Raiders during the 2nd 4th astatine Allegiant Stadium. (Stephen R. Sylvanie-Imagn Images)

After back-to-back tract goals connected the archetypal 2 drives of the 2nd half, Dalton picked his mode down the tract with chunk plays by Johnson and Hubbard. And aft 11 plays and 84 yards, Miles Sanders busted into the extremity portion to marque this a blowout successful Las Vegas, 33-7. 

The Raiders showed a small beingness connected the ensuing thrust arsenic Minshew recovered Jakobi Meyers for a 13-yard touchdown. Meyers finished the crippled with 7 catches and 62 yards.

However, Minshew’s adjacent thrust saw an interception connected the 2nd play from scrimmage arsenic helium and Davante Adams (four catches, 40 yards) were not connected the aforesaid page.

That led caput manager Antonio Pierce to seat Minshew successful favour of Aidan O’Connell, who got his archetypal snaps of the caller year. He would pb a garbage-time touchdown thrust successful which Tre Tucker, the team’s starring receiver with 96 yards, recovered the extremity portion to marque it 36-22.

Carolina Panthers backmost Andy Dalton throws a walk against the Las Vegas Raiders during the 2nd 4th astatine Allegiant Stadium. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

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But each signs were pointing to the Panthers, a squad that galore believed was connected way to person the worst grounds successful the NFL again this season, collecting its archetypal triumph of the year, showing that the determination to seat Young was the close telephone for this week.

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