The Carolina Panthers pulled out a 25-14 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 6, but don’t let that final score fool you. They racked up a staggering, franchise-record 149 penalty yards on Sunday, a mess so bad that Head Coach Dave Canales immediately ripped into it post-game. This wasn’t just a handful of flags; it was a total of 13 penalties that gave their ugly victory an unforgettable, dirty laundry feel.
“Outrageous” Messiness Overshadows an Ugly Win
Canales didn’t hold back, kicking off his press conference by calling the awful penalty output “outrageous” and straight-up “messiness.” Forget long snapper JJ Jansen’s history-making mark of games played; this 149-yard disaster is what everyone’s gonna remember from this one. It’s tough to celebrate a win when your own discipline is costing you almost a football field and a half in yardage. Canales knows it too, stating, “We have to clean that up. We gotta do better with our hands, in different situations,particularly, if you’re not at the point of attack for a play. We gotta be smarter, we gotta be cleaner with our screens, o-linemen down the field, all that.”
How They Fought Through Their Own Mistakes
So, how do you even win with that kind of self-sabotage? Turns out, the Panthers found a way to fight through their own mistakes. Quarterback Bryce Young wasn’t perfect, but he ground out 281 passing yards and two touchdowns. Running back Chuba Hubbard was an absolute workhorse, powering for 120 rushing yards and a score on 28 carries, anchoring an offense that put up 399 total yards. And the defense, man, they *stuck in*. They held a banged-up Eagles offense to just 222 yards and only six third-down conversions out of 15 attempts. That’s serious resilience. Canales admitted he didn’t have much issue with the calls themselves, even getting explanations from the officials on why it was so lopsided. His take? “The hands gotta be cleaner. We can’t be down the field on screens. Those are obvious ones.” Coming off a bye, Canales made it clear this wasn’t the “clean football” they wanted to play.
Cleanup Duty Before Week 7
Canales knows they have “a lot to work on, a lot to fix, a lot to talk about tomorrow.” He’s celebrating the fight and the guys being able to finish and find a way to win, sure, but he knows this level of undisciplined play isn’t sustainable. They’ve gotta clean it up before Week 7, when they host the 1-5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at home. Will that “fight” Canales praised be enough against a division foe, or will the penalties drag them down again? We’ll find out.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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