#103/104 ASA PLAY ON Under 33.5 Points – Carolina Panthers vs New England Patriots, Thursday at 7 PM ET - This game is going to be a battle of inexperienced QB’s and we project both teams will have problems scoring points. Carolina head coach Canales has already said that starting QB Bryce Young will not play and back up Andy Dalton is out due to an injury. That means the Panthers will be going with rookie QB Jack Plummer (from Louisville) to start followed by Jake Luton. Plummer is an undrafted rookie and Luton has just 2 TD’s in his 110 career attempts to go along with 6 interceptions. They’ll be facing a New England team whose strength is their defense which finished in the top 6 in both YPG and YPP allowed last season. Offensively the Patriots will use a heavy dose of rookies Drake Maye and Joe Milton at QB. Jacoby Brissett will open the season as the starter but he took the vast majority of the reps in Tuesday’s practice which actually indicates he’ll see very little if any time on Thursday night. Maye & Milton are still learning the offense and have been up & down in camp as to be expected. They’ll be working behind an offensive line that from all reports hasn’t looked great in camp which will make it extra tough on the young QB’s. Both teams were near the bottom of the NFL offensively last year tying for dead last in scoring at 13.9 PPG, they were 30th and 32nd in total offense, and 29th and 32nd in YPP offense. Both teams are dealing with new offensive schemes as well (both have new OC’s) which isn’t ideal out of the gate. Defenses dominate on Thursday night in a low scoring game.