PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Young threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns to Tommy Tremble, and Chuba Hubbard ran for 120 yards and a score to lead the Carolina Panthers past the injury-riddled Philadelphia Eagles 25-14 on Sunday.
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Hubbard → throw → Sunday
The Panthers (3-2) had little trouble in the second half picking apart the Eagles (2-4), who were missing quarterback Jalen Hurts and running back Saquon Barkley.
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who → have → Hurts
Hurts is on injured reserve and will miss at least four games with a blood clot in his calf.
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Hurts → miss → calf
Barkley missed his second straight game with a hamstring injury and Will Shipley and Tank Bigsby, his two backups, were also sidelined by injuries.
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Shipley → miss → injuries
The quarterback showdown between Young and Eagles backup Tanner McKee seemed like a mismatch entering the day.
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showdown → seem → day
McKee, in his fourth season, made his third career start and first one without the Eagles having already clinched a playoff berth.
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Eagles → make → berth
McKee was sacked for an 11-yard loss on the Eagles’ first play from scrimmage and he nearly had a pass intercepted on second down.
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pass → sack → down
The 26-year-old’s outing never got much better, and he finished 26 of 45 for 215 yards and a touchdown.
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he → get → yards
He hit DeVonta Smith — who missed the last two games with a hamstring injury — for a 19-yard TD that pulled the Eagles within 19-14 early in the fourth quarter.
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that → hit → quarter
The Eagles forced a three-and-out and then wasted their drive when McKee lost 12 yards on a fumble.
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McKee → force → fumble
Young sealed the win with his second TD pass to Tremble, a 19-yarder for a 25-14 lead.
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Young → seal → lead
Young — who threw a 12-yard TD pass to Tremble in the second quarter — bailed out the Panthers late in the third on third-and-8 at their own 10 when he connected with Jalen Coker for a 32-yard gain.
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he → throw → gain
Young extended the drive with a 15-yard completion, and the Panthers converted a fourth-and-1 when Hubbard found a hole for a 19-yard run.
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Hubbard → extend → run
Hubbard finished the drive in the fourth with a 2-yard touchdown run for a 19-7 lead.
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Hubbard → finish → lead
Carolina’s 2-point attempt failed.
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attempt → fail → ?
A week after the Eagles lost by a field goal on the final play against Jacksonville in London, Ryan Fitzgerald made kicks of 47 and 52 yards for the Panthers.
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Fitzgerald → lose → Panthers
The latter made it 13-7 and was his 11th straight successful attempt to open the season.
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it → make → season
He did miss an extra point.
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He → miss → point
The Eagles are in a world of hurt without Hurts and were forced to turn to McKee, who had lost his grip on the No. 2 spot in training camp.
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who → force → camp
He regained the backup job after the Eagles cut Andy Dalton, but he looked out of place all game.
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he → regain → place
Offensive coordinator Sean Mannion did him no favors by calling a series of failed screen and swing passes.
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Mannion → do → passes
McKee threw a third-and-14 sideline pass for Smith in the third quarter that sailed out of bounds against one of the worst defenses in the NFL and was greeted by boos.
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that → throw → boos
The struggling offense isn’t all on McKee.
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offense → struggle → McKee
The Eagles were shut out in the third quarter and have scored only six points in that quarter all season.
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Eagles → shut → quarter
Philadelphia had only 37 total yards in the first quarter and punted on its first five drives.
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Philadelphia → have → drives
Dameon Pierce scored on a 2-yard run to cut Carolina’s lead to 10-7 at halftime.
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Pierce → score → halftime
Injuries
Panthers: OLB Jaelan Phillips aggravated a hamstring injury.
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Phillips → aggravate → injury
OLB Thomas Incoom suffered a calf injury.
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Incoom → suffer → injury
Edge rusher Nolan Smith left in the first half with a concussion after he absorbed helmet-to-helmet contact with Hubbard.
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he → leave → Hubbard
... RB Carson Steele suffered a shoulder injury.
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Steele → suffer → injury
DT Jordan Davis injured an ankle.
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Davis → injure → ankle
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