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          Teddy Bridgewater, Robby Anderson combine on deep touchdown for Panthers

          • David Newton, ESPN Staff WriterSep 13, 2020, 07:55 PM
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              David Newton is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Carolina Panthers. Newton began covering Carolina in 1995 and came to ESPN in 2006 as a NASCAR reporter before joining NFL Nation in 2013. You can follow Newton on Twitter at @DNewtonespn.
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          CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- One of the knocks on new Carolina Panthers quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is he doesn't consistently throw the deep ball well.

          Well, he threw the deep ball well enough to Robby Anderson midway through the fourth quarter for a 75-yard touchdown and 30-27 lead over the Las Vegas Raiders.

          To be fair, Bridgewater had a wide-open target in Anderson as cornerback Damon Arnette was called for defensive holding before losing coverage to arguably Carolina's fastest player.

          And he didn't have to throw it terribly deep.

          But Bridgewater stepped up in the pocket and easily hit Anderson in stride 25 yards from the line of scrimmage and Anderson's speed did the rest.