Quarterback Bryce Young got off the turf twice to throw for a franchise-record 448 yards in the Carolina Panthers’ 30-27 overtime victory against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
“It’s a team thing,” Young said of the record. “Everyone had their part. Great scheme, great players. We were just able to execute.”
Young got the final 54 of those yards on a short pass to tight end Tommy Tremble, who rumbled all the way to the Atlanta 15-yard line on Carolina’s overtime possession.
Three snaps later, the Panthers’ Ryan Fitzgerald kicked a 28-yard field goal to end the game.
“That’s Tommy making an amazing play, an amazing effort,” Young said. “He was third in progression. For me, just putting the ball in play, giving guys like him a chance, and when you can get to your third progression and throw a 6-yard pass for 40, 50, whatever it went – yeah, 54 – to win the game, that’s a real luxury. Can’t speak enough about the individual effort he had.”
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Sacked five times by the Falcons, Young stayed down for a while when Billy Bowman got him on a third-and-6 snap with 1:20 left in the first quarter. Young finally walked off the field at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta and went to the locker room. But he returned in time to take Carolina’s next snap with 7:52 left in the first half.
Young had left the Panthers’ 13-6 victory over the New York Jets on Oct. 19 with an ankle injury that caused him to miss a 40-9 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Oct. 26.
On fourth-and-1 on Sunday, Young’s foot was stepped on by a Carolina offensive lineman after the quarterback took the snap under center. Young fell on his back and again appeared injured as Atlanta took possession at the Carolina 39-yard line with a 21-19 lead and 3:02 away from a victory.
“He was dealing with some stuff,” Carolina coach Dave Canales said. “The ankle flared up a couple of times. They checked it out and made sure that everything was structurally fine, and at that point, it was just a pain-tolerance thing. He gutted it out, and he wanted to do that for his teammates. I’m just proud of the way he stepped in there and made the plays when we needed him to.”
After the Panthers defense limited the Falcons to a field goal with 2:43 to go in the fourth quarter, Young returned to the field to complete 5-of-8 passes for 69 yards to put Carolina in front. Young’s 10-yard completion to tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders on fourth-and-4 kept the drive going in the Panthers’ end of the field, and a 12-yard hookup with wide receiver Terairoa McMillan gave Carolina a one-point lead with 1:08 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Young’s 2-point pass to wide receiver Jalen Coker put the Panthers up 27-24, so when the Falcons’ Zane Gonzalez kicked a 45-yard field goal with 16 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the game went into overtime.
Atlanta went three-and-out to open overtime, and Young and Tremble connected for their big gain on Carolina’s second snap in the extra period.
The Carolina record for single-game passing yards had been held by former Auburn All-American Cam Newton, who threw for 432 in a 30-23 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sept. 18, 2011.
“Definitely an honor,” Young said. “I have so much respect for Cam, for all that he has accomplished, for the player he is, all that stuff. I have so much respect for him, so hearing that is definitely an honor. …
“Individual awards, that’s not what I’m after. I’m grateful that we won. We had the most important stat today, and that was a win. That’s all that matters. But again, being able to be mentioned with Cam, with a player of that caliber who I have so much respect for is definitely an honor.”
Before Sunday, every game in which the Panthers QB threw for 400 yards had been a loss, with another by Newton in his NFL debut the week before his record performance and one by Chris Weinke in 2006.
Young’s previous high had been 328 passing yards in a 27-22 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Sept. 14.
The former Alabama All-American completed 31-of-45 passes with three touchdowns and no interceptions on Sunday.
After a fourth-down completion to wide receiver Xavier Legette extended the possession, Young had a 7-yard touchdown pass to McMillan to open the scoring with 5:25 left in the first quarter.
Young hit Legette on the fly in the end zone for a 36-yard touchdown as the Panthers cut Atlanta’s lead to 21-16 with 12:04 left in the third quarter.
The overtime victory joined three other down-to-the-wire wins for Carolina this season. The Panthers kicked field goals on the final play to beat the Dallas Cowboys 30-27 on Oct. 12 and the Green Bay Packers 16-13 on Nov. 2 and had a touchdown pass with 1:59 remaining to defeat the Miami Dolphins 27-24 on Oct. 5.
Six of Young’s 14 touchdown passes this season have come in the fourth quarter.
“It’s part of our identity,” Young said. “Coach says it all the time. It’s on the board everywhere we go. It’s on the walls. Finish – we embrace that. We embody that.”
Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian recently spotlighted a different side of family life, sharing how weekends with daughters Olympia and Adira often revolve around simple joys rather than global tennis headlines.
His updates offered a warm look at slow moments at home as Ohanian and Williams, who became parents in 2017 when Olympia arrived, have long embraced documenting family memories online.
Their second daughter, Adira, joined the family in 2023, adding more cheerful chaos to their routine and inspiring fresh stories and this weekend, the Reddit co-founder showcased a charming kitchen scene as he and little
Posting the images on X.com, formerly Twitter, he captioned them in a pure delightful fashion by writing: “The joy of the perfect flip. Papa Pancakes.”
Beyond breakfast fun, the tech entrepreneur also highlighted Olympia‘s growing interest in golf. His Instagram story featured a clip of her steadying her stance during a lesson, hinting at budding skills that extend well beyond the tennis legacy linked to her family name.
In earlier months, he also showcased another culinary milestone when Olympia gleefully held up a homemade crepe. The photo, shared in September, portrayed her lifting the plate in one hand while flashing a victory sign with the other, a snapshot of family creativity.
These updates have become a hallmark of Ohanian‘s online presence, balancing his work identity with a fatherhood narrative shaped around shared learning, weekend rituals, and small wins that resonate with parents who value meaningful home moments.
Meanwhile, Rick Macci, Serena’s former coach, weighed in on a heated debate: which player owns the greatest backhand in men’s tennis history, a topic that routinely sparks passionate responses among fans.
Macci disagreed with world number one Carlos Alcaraz, who favored rival Jannik Sinner. Instead, he praised Novak Djokovic.
Stating on X.com, Macci wrote, “Who has the best backhand of all time. Many in the mix. The leader in the Goat Backhand is by far Novak Joker [Djokovic].
“He has hit more, made more, won more and biomechanically he has the optimal science based stroke that is why I go with Mr. Joke.”
His bold declaration stirred lively discussion online as expected. However, Djokovic himself once credited Andre Agassi as the true master of the stroke.
Agassi, known for his iconic two-handed backhand and his eight Grand Slam singles titles, briefly coached Djokovic, making the mutual respect between them especially notable.
The 38-year-old Djokovic is currently looking to extend his record for most Grand Slams singles title to three ahead of Rafa Nadal, but is coming up short in his quest for trophy number 25.
The veteran still remains an impressive force to reckon with in the sport despite his age, but is now beginning to be out-paced by Sinner and Alcaraz as the 24-year-old Italian and 22-year-old Spaniard take over as the dominant players in the current landscape.
Between them, Sinner and Alcaraz have won every major since the start of 2024. Djokovic was the last man to beat them to a crown, winning the 2023 US Open in New York.