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Post Mortem: Game 1

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Mike Kaye's game summary...

While there might be few panic attacks within the Carolina fan base this week, the Panthers played like a rebuilding team with a rookie quarterback in his NFL debut.

The Falcons, in general, didn’t come off as a significantly more impressive team — they just simply didn’t make as many mistakes. Teams that turn the ball over three times don’t win games in the NFL. It’s really that simple.

An 0-3 turnover ratio is a recipe for disaster.

Young’s detractors will point to this game as proof that he was a poor pick. They’ll also point to the stat lines for fellow top quarterback picks, CJ Stroud of the Houston Texans and Anthony Richardson of the Indianapolis Colts, and laud their performances over Young, despite all three signal-callers losing their debuts.

But the reality is this is just one game. Young has shown the ability to bounce back from bad moments several times in college and this summer. His outlook, while at least temporarily shaded by this performance, is still pretty bright.

A lot of the miscues on Sunday were likely the result of a lack of live reps within a young crew. Several teams suffered similar fates in Week 1.

While the game looked bad on paper and in the moment, it was ultimately just a letdown, and not worthy of a total lambasting.

Grading the Panthers: Week 1

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