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Bryce Young Week 16 NFC Takeaways
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Carolina Panthers – The Panthers scored a huge win against the Buccaneers to take control of the NFC South with just two weeks to go. Bryce Young played clean football and tossed two touchdowns to help earn the win.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers – The Bucs dropped what is close to a must-win game against the Panthers. Baker Mayfield was held to just 145 passing yards with Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, and Emeka Egbuka on the field.

Atlanta Falcons – Kirk Cousins threw two touchdowns, and the quarterback sneaked his way into another touchdown as the Falcons took down the Cardinals to go to 6-9 on the season.

New Orleans Saints – Chris Olave caught a touchdown from both Tyler Shough and Taysom Hill as the Saints blew out the Jets to capture their fifth win of the season. Is that one of Taysom Hill’s last big moments as a Saint?

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