Sir Purr
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CHARLOTTE – After everything went so horribly wrong against the 49ers, everyone was eager to see how the Panthers were going to respond against the Titans.
And really, a lot of that attention was on quarterback Kyle Allen, who was coming off his first ever loss (5-1) and the first three interceptions of his career. Oh, and he was sacked seven times.
“I think we were all waiting to see,” former Panthers quarterback and current radio analyst Jake Delhomme said. “He hadn’t lost a game yet and certainly the San Francisco experience wasn’t good. I wanted to watch him play against that Tennessee team that was going to try a lot of disguising and show different looks to a young quarterback.”
The pressure started mounting again with how things started for Allen and the offense.
After four possessions, Allen was just 4-of-14 passing with an interception, but the Panthers were still in front 3-0 midway through the second quarter.
That’s when cornerback Donte Jackson’s interception allowed Allen and the offense to set up shop at the Tennessee 15-yard line. After throwing an incompletion on third-and-2, Allen connected with running back Christian McCaffrey for a 7-yard touchdown on fourth down.
That gave the Panthers a 10-0 lead and kickstarted a run of nine straight completions by Allen to end the half.
The next possession started on the Carolina 10-yard line and Allen went 8-for-8, engineering a 12-play, 90-yard touchdown drive that ended with Curtis Samuel hauling in a 12-yard score when Allen gave him a chance to go up and get it.
“To get off to a slow start and then go on that 90-yard drive, I was like, ‘Man, that’s impressive,’” Delhomme said. “He understood the situation – didn’t press – and made multiple throws. It was big-boy football.”
Check out a film breakdown of some of those throws in the video below.