Carolina Panthers Week 3 grades at Arizona Cardinals
Special Teams
Kicker: A
Punter: A
Punt Return: B-
Kick Return: B
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Kicker Joey Slye continues to impress with quality kickoffs to consistently produce a touchback. He also added a 36-yard field goal to put Carolina comfortably ahead late in the fourth quarter and connected on five point-after attempts.
Michael Palardy didn’t average over 50-yards on his punts but was only called into action three times during the contest. Any time you can keep a punter off the field and replace them with touchdowns or field goal opportunities, things are going well.
Despite two fumbled opportunities last week, return man Ray-Ray McCloud remained in the position but his only real return chance was called back with off-setting penalties on a return. It seems like it’s only a matter of time before he breaks a big return for a score.
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Carolina continues their travel next week with a stop to face the Houston Texans (2-1).