Panthers vs Saints: Give Me the Panthers in the Dome

One home win, and it needed overtime

Home field? What home field. The Saints have played five games in the Superdome and won one of them, 23-22 in overtime over Cleveland last week. Before that it went Raiders 35-27, Falcons 45-24, Vikings 23-13 and Steelers 16-10. Who Dat Nation hasn’t had much to sing about.

The bigger problem is the football they keep giving away. New Orleans is minus-6 in turnovers. Carolina is minus-1. When two 3-5 teams meet and one of them can’t hold onto the ball, I know where I’m standing.

Turnover margin

Panthers-1

Saints-6

2026 season through Week 9 (ESPN team stats)

Bryce YoungCAR · QB

Bryce Young can sling it again

Young went 28 of 39 for 276 yards and three touchdowns against Denver last week, and that was against a pass rush that lives in backfields. He threw for 329 against Detroit and 281 in Philadelphia earlier this fall. Carolina averages 24.9 points a game. The Saints average 23.1.

Tetairoa McMillan is the guy Young looks for when it matters. He caught 14 balls for 192 yards against the Lions and scored again last week.

Erik McCoyNO · C

The Saints just lost the middle of their line

Center Erik McCoy is going to miss time with a biceps injury, coach Kellen Moore said Monday. He’s the anchor in the middle of an offense already averaging 3.8 yards a carry. New Orleans runs for 95 yards a game. Carolina runs for 101 at 4.3 a pop. Take away the snapper on a team that already can’t run, and you get a lot of third-and-long in a loud building that’s had nothing to cheer about.