J. C. Jackson returned one of three Sam Darnold interceptions for an eighty eight yard touchdown as the patriots defeated the Panthers twenty four six Matt Jones overcame two early turnovers and threw for one hundred thirty nine yards and a touchdown rookie running back from Monterey Stevenson had one hundred six yards from scrimmage before leaving the game with a head injury Damien Harris and hunter Henry scored touchdowns as the five and four patriots improved to four now on the road Carolina's Christian McCaffrey ran for fifty two yards and had fifty four receiving yards in his return to the lineup but the Panthers fell to four and five I'm Dave Ferrie