Wait, you’re telling me you’re not excited to see Sam Darnold and the Ghosts of Jets’ Past take on Davis Mills in his NFL debut?
After a pair of exciting Thursday games that went down to the wire, we may have arrived at a clunker point in the TNF schedule tonight. The Carolina Panthers visit the Houston Texans in this week’s edition of Thursday Night Football.
Get ready for Thursday night!#KeepPounding pic.twitter.com/Uv7ONpDOWJ
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) September 22, 2021
Game Info
Carolina Panthers (2-0, T-1st NFC South) at Houston Texans (1-1, T-1st AFC South) – NFL Network (Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews, Kristina Pink), Westwood One (Ian Eagle, Tony Boselli)
Kickoff Time: 7:20 p.m. CT
Site: NRG Stadium
Referee: Alex Kemp
Odds: CAR -4.5 (-210), O/U 44 (via DraftKings Sports Book)
Game Thread
Your game thread is down in the comments, so let’s have some good, clean (safe-for-work) fun. Hopefully, this thread is a bit more enjoyable than the last version during the Bears-Rams game on Sunday night.
Coaches
Panthers: Matt Rhule (7-11) vs. Texans: David Culley (1-1)
Week 3 Starting QBs and Projected Game Stats
Panthers: Sam Darnold: 22/36, 261 passing yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 3 carries, 10 rushing yards
versus
Texans: Davis Mills: 19/32, 221 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT; 3 carries, 14 rushing yards
Week 3 projected stats via ESPN projections
Panthers Projected Starters
Offense
• QB Sam Darnold
• RB Christian McCaffrey
• WRs D.J. Moore, Robby Anderson
• TEs Dan Arnold, Ian Thomas
• LT Cameron Erving, LG Dennis Daley, C Matt Paradis, RG John Miller, RT Taylor Moton
Defense
• LDE Brian Burns, LDT Derrick Brown, RDT DaQuan Jones, RDE Morgan Fox
• LOLB Shaq Thompson, MLB Jermaine Carter, ROLB Haason Reddick
• LCB Donte Jackson, RCB Jaycee Horn
• FS Jeremy Chinn, SS Juston Burris
Specialists
• Zane Gonzalez (kicker), Joseph Charlton (punter, holder), J.J. Jansen (long snapper), Chuba Hubbard, Alex Erickson (kick and punt returns)
Texans Team’s Projected Starters
Offense
• QB Davis Mills
• RB Mark Ingram III
• WRs Brandin Cooks, Chris Conley, Anthony Miller
• TE Pharaoh Brown
• LT Laremy Tunsil, LG Tytus Howard, C Justin Britt, RG Max Scharping, RT Marcus Cannon
Defense
• DEs Whitney Mercilus, Charles Omenihu – DTs Ross Blacklock, Maliek Collins
• WLB Zach Cunningham, MLB Christian Kirksey, SLB Kamu Grugier-Hill
• CBs Vernon Hargreaves III, Terrance Mitchell
• S Justin Reid, Eric Murray
Specialists
• Ka’imi Fairbain (kicker), Cameron Johnson (punter, holder), Jon Weeks (long snapper), Andre Roberts (kick and punt returns)
Inactives
#Texans inactive players for #CARvsHOU: pic.twitter.com/r8HgloMYOp
— Houston Texans PR (@TexansPR) September 23, 2021
A.J. Bouye is inactive tonight for TNFhttps://t.co/vGG02pCo4j
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) September 23, 2021