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Panthers rookies show out

Jeremy Igo

By Jeremy Igo,
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Three Carolina Panthers rookies made a huge impact on the Panthers victory yesterday. 

Unsurprisingly, they were the first 3 2020 Carolina Panthers draft selections. 

  • DE Yetur Gross-Matos recorded his first career sack and forced fumble on Sunday. Gross-Matos came off the edge and knocked the ball out of Cardinals QB Kyler Murray’s hand. The fumble was recovered by FS Tre Boston. The play was initially ruled an incomplete forward pass, but it was challenged by Carolina and reversed to a fumble.
  • S Jeremy Chinn led the Panthers with eight tackles against the Cardinals. He now leads the Panthers with 34 tackles this season,11 th most in the NFL through Sunday’s early window and the most by any 2020 rookie.
  • DT Derrick Brown racked up two tackles and one tackle for loss today. Brown has five tackles for loss this year, most by any Panthers player and tied for the second-most in the NFL through Sunday’s early games.

 

IF all three players can continue to perform at this high of a level, then the Carolina Panthers defense may end up ranked in the top half of the league.

 

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