CHARLOTTE — A look inside the numbers from Sunday's 38-20 loss against the Falcons.

• Rookie wide receiver Xavier Legette caught his second touchdown of the season on a seven-yard pass from QB Andy Dalton in the second quarter, capping an eight-play, 76-yard drive. Legette finished the game with three catches for 23 yards and one touchdown. Since Week Four, Legette is tied for the most touchdown catches in the NFL among rookies (two).
• Rookie tight end Ja'Tavion Sanders finished the game with a career-high five catches for 49 yards. His 21-yard reception in the second quarter was also the longest of his career.
• In the second quarter, rookie linebacker Trevin Wallace forced and recovered the first fumble of his career, setting up a Panthers field goal. This marked the Panthers second forced fumble of the season and sixth takeaway. This was also Wallace's first career takeaway.
• Wallace finished the day tied for the most tackles by a Panthers defender with nine (six solo). Wallace ranks first in franchise history with 24 tackles in his first two starts with the Panthers. He has five more than the next closest player, Dan Connor (19).
• In the first quarter, wide receiver Diontae Johnson caught his third touchdown in the last four games on a 10-yard pass from Dalton, capping a 12-play, 67-yard drive. Johnson finished against the Falcons with six catches for 78 yards and one touchdown. This marked his third game in 2024 being the Panthers leading receiver.
• Running back Chuba Hubbard finished with 18 carries for 92 yards (5.1 average) and five catches for 11 yards. Hubbard ended the game with 103 scrimmage yards, marking the third time this season that he has finished with at least 100 scrimmage yards.
• With his four-yard catch in the fourth quarter, Hubbard eclipsed 100 receptions for his career.
• On the Panthers second drive of the game, Dalton found Johnson for a 10-yard touchdown pass. He later hit Legette on a seven-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. With his first touchdown, Dalton surpassed Drew Bledsoe in career touchdown passes in NFL history. Dalton now stands alone in 24th place with 253 touchdown passes, one short of 23rd-place Dan Fouts.
• On the day, Dalton completed 26-of-38 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns. With his seven-yard completion to Ja'Tavion Sanders in the fourth quarter, Dalton eclipsed 3,500 completions for his career. Among active quarterbacks in the league, he ranks seventh in completions (3,503).
• Dalton also added three rushes for 21 yards. His 18-yard rush in the second quarter, which set up a Panthers touchdown, was his longest rush since Week 12 of the 2018 season while with the Bengals (21-yard rush against the Browns).

• In the third quarter, corner Mike Jackson notched his 25th career pass defensed on a third-down stop in the end zone, holding the Falcons to a field goal. Jackson totaled five tackles (four solo) with one pass defensed.
• In the second quarter, corner Troy Hill recorded the 400th tackle of his career. He finished the game with nine tackles (eight solo), tying Wallace and safety Xavier Woods for the most among Panthers defenders. Among active cornerbacks since 2015, Hill now ranks 14th in total tackles (406).
• Kicker Eddy Piñeiro connected on both of his field goals on the day, hitting from 24 yards in the second quarter and 40 in the third, and went two-for-two on PATs. Piñeiro extended his streak of made field goals at Bank of America Stadium to 35 which is the second-longest streak in Panthers history behind Graham Gano's 41-straight conversions (2016-18). It is also the longest active streak for a kicker in their home stadium in the NFL. On the season, Piñeiro is nine-for-ten on field goals and 10-for-10 on PATs.

Next Gen Stats

• Andy Dalton completed 26 of his 38 passes for 221 yards, 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in Week 6 against the Falcons, averaging a time to throw of 2.74 seconds, his longest of the season. Dalton was most effective when getting the ball out quick, completing 12 of his 17 attempts for 127 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception on dropbacks under 2.5 seconds, compared to 14 of 21 for 94 yards and an interception on dropbacks over 2.5 seconds. The Falcons defense also generated pressure on 30.0% of Dalton's dropbacks, the unit's highest pressure rate of the season, however, they failed to register a single sack on any of those dropbacks for the second time this season (0 sacks in Week 3 against the Chiefs).
• Diontae Johnson caught 6 of his 10 targets for 78 yards and a touchdown in Week 6 against the Falcons, recording season highs in catch rate over expected (+1.5%) and receiving yards over expected (+11). Johnson was frequently matched up against cornerback A.J. Terrell, hauling in all three of his targets for 39 yards and a touchdown across 22 matchups against him, despite Terrell forcing a tight window on all three targets (0.7 yards of average target separation).
• Chuba Hubbard rushed for 92 yards on 18 carries in Week 6 against the Falcons, generating +14 rush yards over expected on the day. Hubbard's +129 rushing yards over expected on the season currently ranks 5th in the NFL entering Sunday night. Hubbard continued to find success on runs outside the tackles, totaling 72 yards on 9 such carries (+21 RYOE) compared to just 20 yards on 9 carries between the tackles (-8 RYOE).

Snap Counts

Take a look at the snap counts and playtime percentage for the Panthers in Week 6 of the regular season against the Falcons.

• The first thing you notice on offense is those first six names playing 100 percent of the snaps. Having that stability on the offensive line and at quarterback is generally a better sign for what's going on, compared to last week when two linemen were injured mid-game, and the backup quarterback came in late.
• The other highlighter-noticeable thing was wideout Jalen Coker's increased usage. The undrafted rookie has hopscotched into the third spot among receivers, playing 65 percent of the snaps. Jonathan Mingo clearly has a role (45 percent), but Coker's getting more time as recognition of him making plays when he's out there.
• With Tommy Tremble injured, Ja'Tavion Sanders took most of the snaps at tight end, and veteran Ian Thomas played a third of them in his first game back.

• Likewise, on defense, the entire secondary plus middle linebacker Trevin Wallace playing every snap is a good start. They need stability where they can find it.
• Otherwise, the noticeable thing is all the new names. With seven of the anticipated starters this season unavailable because of injuries (including Derrick Brown, Jadeveon Clowney, D.J. Wonnum, Shaq Thompson, Josey Jewell, Jordan Fuller, and Dane Jackson), there are a lot of backup players playing larger roles than anyone expected.
• They spent most of the day in nickel as a response to the Falcons' offensive style, with veteran Troy Hill playing 55 of the 70 snaps (79 percent), his highest percentage of the season.
• They did try to rotate more up front. Veteran end A'Shawn Robinson still played 64 percent of the snaps, but that was down from 95 percent last week in Chicago.

• With so many injuries forcing backups into starting roles, the special teamers are in a constant state of flux. But outside linebacker Thomas Incoom stepped up into a larger role, playing 85 percent of the snaps, and Brandon Walton and Cade Mays got their first snaps of the year.
• Another positive week on the kicker-punter graph, with Eddy Piñeiro getting more snaps than Johnny Hekker, meaning points are being scored.