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Derek Carr completed just 21 of 36 passes for
228 yards with one interception and no touchdowns, but he
provided enough offensive balance for the Saints to improve to
2-0.
Bryce Young, the rookie No. 1 overall draft choice, struggled
against New Orleans' aggressive defense, connecting on 22 of 33
passes for 153 yards with one touchdown.
New Orleans wound up with a 341-239 edge in total yards.
The Saints, who didn't allow a touchdown in a season-opening
16-15 home victory against the Tennessee Titans, didn't allow a
touchdown in the first half on Monday, but neither did the
Panthers (0-2).
Eddy Pineiro tied his career long with a 54-yard field goal to
pull Carolina even at 6-6 early in the third quarter.
The first touchdown came when Carr drove the Saints 75 yards on
10 plays and Jones ran 2 yards to give New Orleans a 13-6 lead
with just under three minutes left in the third period.
In the fourth quarter, Young scrambled for 26 yards on
third-and-11 to move the Panthers to the New Orleans 41. That
led to Pineiro's 36-yard field goal that pulled Carolina within
13-9 with 5:30 left.
Carr threw a 45-yard completion to Rashid Shaheed, leading to
Jones' 2-yard touchdown run that increased the lead to 20-9 with
3:14 remaining.
Young tossed a 3-yard touchdown pass to Adam Thielen and they
teamed up on a two-point conversion pass to pull the hosts
within 20-17 with 1:16 left. However, New Orleans recovered an
onside kick and ran out the clock.
On the Panthers' first possession, Young drove his team 31 yards
to Pineiro's 52-yard field goal and a 3-0 lead.
Blake Grupe kicked a 28-yard field goal to tie the score at the
end of the first quarter.
New Orleans drove to the Carolina 4 before stalling, and Grupe's
23-yard field goal gave the Saints a 6-3 lead.
--Field Level Media
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