CHARLOTTE — For the second year in a row, the Panthers have found a last-minute kicker who has turned out to be more than just a replacement player.
And for the second year in a row, they're being recognized for it.
Panthers kicker Eddy Piñeiro was named NFC special teams player of the week Wednesday after his part in the Panthers' first road win of the year in Seattle.
Piñeiro hit all three field goals and all three extra points in the 30-24 win over the Seahawks, continuing his solid play all season.
Signed to the roster after Zane Gonzalez suffered a season-ending injury in the preseason, Piñeiro has been nothing but consistent.
He's 25-of-27 on field goals this year (92.6 percent), third in the league overall, and second among qualifying kickers.
It's his second player of the week award, including one he picked up with the Bears in 2019 (when he was coached by now-Panthers special teams coach Chris Tabor).
Gonzalez won two player of the week awards last year for the Panthers, when he was signed one game into the season and proceeded to hit 90.9 percent of his field goals for the year (20-of-22).
Piñeiro has also bounced back since missing a key extra point and field goal in Atlanta in Week 8. Since then, he's hit 11 straight field goals, and his only miss on an extra point was because of a low snap by JJ Jansen in the rain here agains the Falcons (and it didn't hurt them in that win).
"I'm proud of the way he's bounced back and the consistency that he's operating under right now," interim coach Steve Wilks said.
View the best photos from pregame, in-game, and post game from Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks.
C/G - 56 - Bradley Bozeman
LB - 50 - Chandler Wooten
LB - 40 - Brandon Smith
T - 75 - Cameron Erving
TE - 80 - Ian Thomas
LB - 7 - Shaq Thompson
CB - 8 - Jaycee Horn
DB - 38 - Myles Hartsfield
DE - 53 - Brian Burns
DT - 93 - Bravvion Roy
TE - 84 - Stephen Sullivan
LB - 50 - Chandler Wooten
T - 75 - Cameron Erving
WR - 88 - Terrace Marshall Jr.
T - 70 - Brady Christensen
LB - 40 - Brandon Smith
DB - 38 - Myles Hartsfield
DT - 71 - Phil Hoskins
WR - 15 - Laviska Shenault Jr.
T - 79 - Ikem Ekwonu
DE - 53 - Brian Burns
WR - 15 - Laviska Shenault Jr.
WR - 2 - D.J. Moore
CB - 24 - C.J. Henderson
WR - 15 - Laviska Shenault Jr.
QB - 14 - Sam Darnold
S - 21 - Jeremy Chinn
DT - 95 - Derrick Brown
LB - 7 - Shaq Thompson
S - 34 - Sean Chandler
CB - 28 - Keith Taylor
RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard
QB - 11 - P.J. Walker
QB - 14 - Sam Darnold
S - 25 - Xavier Woods
LB - 7 - Shaq Thompson
P - 10 - Johnny Hekker
LB - 49 - Frankie Luvu
T - 72 - Taylor Moton
LB - 49 - Frankie Luvu
LB - 7 - Shaq Thompson
P - 10 - Johnny Hekker
T - 72 - Taylor Moton
LB - 49 - Frankie Luvu
CB - 27 - T.J. Carrie
S - 31 - Juston Burris
TE - 84 - Stephen Sullivan
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RB - 20 - Raheem Blackshear
QB - 14 - Sam Darnold
WR - 88 - Terrace Marshall Jr.
T - 79 - Ikem Ekwonu
S - 21 - Jeremy Chinn
T - 72 - Taylor Moton
S - 42 - Sam Franklin
RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman
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CB - 8 - Jaycee Horn
LB - 40 - Brandon Smith
DE - 98 - Marquis Haynes
LB - 52 - Joel Iyiegbuniwe
CB - 8 - Jaycee Horn
LB - 7 - Shaq Thompson
DE - 53 - Brian Burns
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LB - 40 - Brandon Smith
DT - 95 - Derrick Brown
DE - 53 - Brian Burns
RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard
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LB - 52 - Joel Iyiegbuniwe
DE - 98 - Marquis Haynes
CB - 28 - Keith Taylor
CB - 24 - C.J. Henderson
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CB - 8 - Jaycee Horn
CB - 8 - Jaycee Horn
CB - 8 - Jaycee Horn
LB- 49 - Frankie Luvu
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RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard
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RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard
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LB - 7 - Shaq Thompson
CB - 24 - C.J. Henderson
LB - 49 - Frankie Luvu
CB - 24 - C.J. Henderson
LB - 49 - Frankie Luvu
S - 34 - Sean Chandler
DB - 38 - Myles Hartsfield
WR - 88 - Terrace Marshall Jr.
T - 72 - Taylor Moton
LB - 7 - Shaq Thompson
RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard
RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard
RB - 20 - Raheem Blackshear
DE - 97 - Yetur Gross-Matos
CB - 8 - Jaycee Horn
CB - 8 - Jaycee Horn
RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard
P - 10 - Johnny Hekker
K - 4 - Eddy Pineiro
WR - 88 - Terrace Marshall Jr.
LB - 49 - Frankie Luvu
RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard
QB - 14 - Sam Darnold
QB - 11 - P.J. Walker
WR - 12 - Shi Smith
T - 79 - Ikem Ekwonu
C/G - 56 - Bradley Bozeman
T - 72 - Taylor Moton
TE - 82 - Tommy Tremble
RB - 20 - Raheem Blackshear
LB - 40 - Brandon Smith
RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman
LB - 7 - Shaq Thompson
CB - 8 - Jaycee Horn
LB - 7 - Shaq Thompson
DT - 95 - Derrick Brown
WR - 88 - Terrace Marshall Jr.
RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard
RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman
RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman
T - 79 - Ikem Ekwonu
DT - 95 - Derrick Brown
S - 34 - Sean Chandler
Lb - 57 - Damien Wilson
LB - 49 - Frankie Luvu
S - 21 - Jeremy Chinn
