A strip-sack returned for a touchdown by Calijah Kancey has the Tampa Bay Buccaneers absolutely running away with the game, now up 17-0 on the Carolina Panthers in Carolina. This defensive score is just another brutal blow for a Panthers team that looks completely out of sorts.
Panthers Can’t Hold On, Bucs Take Advantage
The Buccaneers have been relentless, hitting the Panthers with an offensive touchdown, a field goal, and now Kancey’s game-changing defensive TD. The play that sealed it was Al-Quadin Muhammad’s vicious strip-sack of Bryce Young. The ball popped loose, and Kancey scooped it up, rumbling 32 yards for the score. Carolina’s offense is struggling hard, looking like a turnover-prone mess with only 30 yards total so far in the game. Young himself is 4-of-6 for 26 yards, but those two turnovers are killing any momentum they try to build.
Muffed Punt Adds to Carolina’s Woes
It’s not just the strip-sack, either. The Panthers gifted the Bucs another possession when David Moore muffed a punt. Ko Kieft was right there to recover it for the Buccaneers at the Carolina 18-yard line. Even though the Bucs couldn’t punch it in for a touchdown, stalling at the Carolina 4, Chase McLaughlin still kicked a 22-yard field goal, adding another three points to this early lead. Every mistake the Panthers make, the Bucs are cashing in.
This is a brutal, brutal start for the Panthers. They’re down 17-0, have only 30 yards of offense, and Bryce Young has already coughed up two turnovers. If they don’t find a way to clean this up and fast, this game is going to get even uglier, and quickly.
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Originally reported by Pro Football Talk.
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