GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — A disastrous start quickly turned to hope as Carolina strung together three second-half scoring drives. The Panthers beat the odds by recovering an onside kick, caught a break when a potential game-ending sack was negated by a penalty.

All that fortune and the Panthers still ended up falling just short. If only they had found their groove a little earlier.

Carolina nearly rallied from a 24-point deficit early in the third quarter behind the stellar play of quarterback Bryce Young, before falling 27-22 to the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

”It's just showing the fight of this team, a team full of guys who are going to play until the last snap, are going to believe, are always going to fight,” said Young, who threw for a career-high 328 yards and three touchdowns on 3

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