The Carolina Panthers watched a crucial scoring chance slip away on Monday night, with a Bryce Young interception flipping the momentum in a 20-9 loss vs. the San Francisco 49ers. After reaching the 1-yard line off a takeaway, the moment instead exposed lingering Panthers red zone struggles. With pressure on both the third-year quarterback and the staff, attention quickly turned to the Dave Canales play call to throw on first-and-one and how it shaped the outcome.

FOX Sports Radio 1340’s Sheena Quick took to her X (formerly known as Twitter) and shared a video of the Panthers second-year coach walking through the play that unraveled just a yard from a touchdown. She posted the clip with a note pointing to the costly sequence as the team tried to seize early control.

“Dave Canales

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