Overview
- Young threw for 448 yards on 31-of-45 passing with three touchdowns, and a 54-yard overtime catch-and-run by Tommy Tremble set up Ryan Fitzgerald’s winning 28-yard field goal.
- Carolina improved to 6-5 and swept Atlanta for the first time since 2013, while the Falcons dropped to 3-7 with their fifth straight loss.
- Falcons starter Michael Penix Jr. exited in the third quarter with a left knee injury and was listed as questionable to return, and Kirk Cousins replaced him but failed to sustain drives.
- Young briefly left in the first quarter with an ankle injury and was labeled questionable before returning to engineer a late go-ahead drive in regulation.
- Bijan Robinson rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns and Drake London had 119 receiving yards before a knee injury in overtime, as Atlanta’s short-handed secondary was repeatedly targeted.