Joe Burrow, Josh Allen . . . and Bryce Young.
Those are the only three quarterbacks, here in the 2024 campaign, to lead their offenses to at least 25 points against the defending Super Bowl champions.
Only three teams have put up 25+ points on the Kansas City Chiefs defense this season.
Joe Burrow and the Bengals
Josh Allen and the Bills
Bryce Young and the Panthers pic.twitter.com/bQfh3VHwky— Natalie Miller 🏈 (@Nat_NFLDraft) November 24, 2024
Unfortunately for the Carolina Panthers, their Week 12 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs ended in defeat. Despite a valiant effort, Young and his cats just missed pulling off the biggest upset of the year in what would be a 30-27 loss.
Nevertheless, those 27 points should mean something—especially when they were scored on one of the NFL’s tightest defenses. And they may mean even more when you consider that the only other teams to do it have a Most Valuable Player candidate and a top quarterback playing his best career ball under center.
Oh, and here’s a list of pretty good offenses that fell short of that mark versus Kansas City this season:
- Lamar Jackson’s Baltimore Ravens
- Kirk Cousins’ Atlanta Falcons
- Justin Herbert’s Los Angeles Chargers
- Brock Purdy’s San Francisco 49ers
- Baker Mayfield’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Young finished his day with a season-high 263 passing yards while the Panthers converted on five of their 13 third-down attempts and both of their fourth-down tries. They totaled 334 yards.
Carolina was also just the third team to score on at least 75 percent of their drives against the Chiefs since they’ve been led by head coach Andy Reid (2013).
