New York Giants 24, Carolina Panthers 17
The Panthers slugged it out with the Giants on Monday Night before losing on the last play of the game. Jake Delhomme made a brief appearance in this game completing 5 of 9 passes for 38 yards. Josh McCown followed Delhomme in this game and he completed 3 of 6 passes for 26 yards with a pickoff. Matt Moore was solid completing 4 of 7 passes for 43 yards. Undrafted rookie QB Hunter Cantwell completed 4 of 8 passes for 64 yards with a TD pass. He also carried the ball 1 time for 21 yards. Mike Goodson led the way in the running game for the Panthers with 43 yards on 6 carries (7.2 ypc) with 1 TD run. He also caught 2 passes for 16 yards. WR Jason Chery was the leading receiver in this game for the Panthers with 35 yards on two grabs including a TD. The Panthers finished this game with 276 total yards of offense (124 rushing, 152 passing). They will need to improve on those numbers when the real games start if they want to win some games.
Linebacker Dan Connor led a solid effort for the Panthers with 9 tackles. LBs Jeremy Leman and Mortty Ivy also pitched in with solid games as they each had 7 tackles. The Giants finished up with 279 total yards on offense (139 rushing, 140 passing) in this game.

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