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Slow start, fast finish for Baker Mayfield

Slow start, fast finish for Baker Mayfield


Christian McCaffrey, who touched the ball five times before halftime, became more involved. McCaffrey’s spark, which included a 28-yard run after another miscommunicated snap in the third quarter, led to Mayfield’s 7-yard touchdown run early in the fourth. A drive later, Mayfield found Robbie Anderson for a 75-yard touchdown.

Mayfield finished 16-of-27 for 235 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Anderson led Carolina’s receivers with 102 yards on five catches, while McCaffrey added 57 total yards and a touchdown on 14 touches.

But it was hard to get all that excited about what went right in the second half after what happened in the first.

“We didn’t finish,” Mayfield said. “Mostly because we didn’t start fast.”

That was the way head coach Matt Rhule saw it as well.

“In summation, I would say I thought it just took us way too long to get started,” Rhule said. “We were banking on our defense keeping us in the game until our offense could get clicking. It just took us too long offensively, I thought, to get clicking.”

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