Denver trails, then takes over
The Broncos never looked comfortable in Charlotte, but they finished the job. Denver beat the Carolina Panthers 26-21 on Sunday afternoon, and a Nik Bonitto strip sack with under two minutes left killed the Panthers’ last real chance.
Bo Nix went 25 for 37 for 237 yards and two touchdowns, with one interception. The Broncos (7-2) have now won five straight. Denver opened with a Wil Lutz field goal, then drove 81 yards for a Courtland Sutton touchdown on a 3-yard toss, and led 13-7 at the break after a 48-yard Lutz kick.
Carolina took its first lead by marching 65 yards after the second-half kickoff, Bryce Young hitting Darren Waller from 15 yards out. Then the Panthers got to the Denver 1-yard line, and Devon Key picked off Young’s first-down pass in the end zone. That one play swung the afternoon.
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Two long drives close it out
Denver answered with an 80-yard drive that ended on Jonah Coleman’s 9-yard run with 10:17 left. A failed two-point try kept it at 19-14. After another Carolina three-and-out, Nix found Pat Bryant for a 26-yard score with 5:41 to play.
The Panthers did not fold. Young hit Tetairoa McMillan from 4 yards out with 3:05 remaining, capping a 12-play, 64-yard drive that included two fourth-down conversions, one of them a fourth-and-18. Then came Bonitto, and the fumble Denver recovered.
Young finished 28 for 39 for 276 yards and three touchdowns, but he also fumbled late. Chuba Hubbard ran 16 times for 79 yards. Carolina (3-5) has lost three in a row and sits 1-3 at home, with 13 penalties for 119 yards not helping.
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