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Panthers vs. Raiders: Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 Regular Season
- Updated: November 28, 2016
The Carolina Panthers’ (4-7) slim playoff hopes suffered another setback Sunday after the reigning NFC champions lost 35-32 to the Oakland Raiders (9-2) in the Oakland Coliseum.
The Raiders, meanwhile, can celebrate their first winning season since they reached Super Bowl XXXVII in 2002.
The Bay Area News Group’s Marcus Thompson found positives and negatives from the game for Oakland:
Bad news: Raiders’ defense blow leads like crazyGood news: Raiders really perform well in tight ballgames
— Marcus Thompson (@ThompsonScribe) November 28, 2016
Derek Carr burnished his MVP resume in the win. He battled a finger injury on his right hand yet threw for 315 yards, two touchdowns and an interception on 26-of-38 passing. According to Elias Sports (via ESPN Stats & Info), Carr is the first Raiders QB to have at least five game-winning drives in the fourth quarter or overtime in one season.
Derek Carr gets it done again https://t.co/PLY2xodjs9
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 28, 2016
Cam Newton overcame a shaky start to go 14-of-29 for 246 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He also ran for six yards and a touchdown on three carries.
Football Outsiders’ Cian Fahey provided a silver lining for the 2015 MVP in the defeat:
CAM NEWTON GOT A ROUGHING THE PASSER PENALTY.
— Cian Fahey (@Cianaf) November 27, 2016
According to ESPN.com’s David Newton, it was the first time since 2014 the Panthers QB benefited from a roughing the passer penalty.
After the first half, it looked like Oakland would cruise to its fifth straight victory. The score was tied 7-7 following the opening quarter courtesy of a two-yard touchdown reception by Seth Roberts and a three-yard touchdown run by Newton. The Raiders then scored 17 unanswered points to go ahead 24-7 at halftime.
Latavius Murray put Oakland back into the lead with a four-yard touchdown run with 12:48 left in the quarter, and Sebastian Janikowski followed up with a 23-yard field goal at the 6:49 mark to make it a two-score game.
With 59 seconds remaining, an attempted screen pass to Fozzy Whittaker went horribly awry. Newton faked a throw to the right and turned to his left to hit Whittaker. His pass found the hands of Raiders linebacker Khalil Mack, who read the play perfectly and returned the interception nine yards for a touchdown.
The NFL shared a replay of the score:
🚨🚨 PICK-6 ALERT! 🚨🚨Two Words: Khalil. Mack. 💪💪💪💪💪 #RaiderNation https://t.co/o5UZPkgOOJ
— NFL (@NFL) November 27, 2016
Former Raiders star Charles Woodson wanted to make sure fans didn’t miss Mack’s pick-six:
Now let’s talk about my boy @52Mack_
— Charles Woodson (@cwoodson24) November 27, 2016
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