How did the Carolina Panthers’ non-starters do in their second outing of the summer?
Here’s who Pro Football Focus thinks were the team’s best and worst performers from Saturday night’s 15-12 loss to the New York Jets:
Best of the offense
1. RG Jack Anderson: 90.3
2. RB Dillon Johnson: 77.3
3. TE Feleipe Franks: 72.0
4. WR Jonathan Mingo: 71.8
5. C Andrew Raym: 68.7
Anderson did work in his Panthers debut, racking up 37 total snaps as the starting right guard. He earned a team-high 88.5 run-blocking grade and a solid 76.0 pass-blocking grade.
Johnson rushed for a game-high 83 yards, which accounted for over half of Carolina’s offensive output (156 total yards). He also scored the team’s only touchdown of their last four games.
Worst of the offense
18. TE Jacob Hollister: 48.6
19. WR Michael Strachan: 44.9
20. LT Ricky Lee: 44.7
21. TE Jordan Matthews: 42.5
22. LT Tyler Smith: 38.4
Lee allowed a team-high three pressures, one of which resulted in a sack.
Matthews, who starred in last week’s preseason opener, lost a yard on his lone catch of the night.
Best of the defense
1. ILB Michael Barrett: 81.6
2. ILB Claudin Cherelus: 80.4
3. S Demani Richardson: 73.6
4. DL Walter Palmore: 73.4
5. DL T.J. Smith: 72.3
Richardson and Smith each made a dynamic play, with the former reeling in an interception of UFL MVP Adrian Martinez and the latter a sack—his second of the preseason.
Worst of the defense
20. DL Junior Aho: 49.7
21. ILB Chandler Wooten: 45.5
22. DL Ulumoo Ale: 42.6
23. OLB Eku Leota: 40.1
24. S Alex Cook: 36.1
Leota, last Thursday’s biggest standout, was charged with two missed tackles.
