Colts vs. Panthers Key Players to Watch | Week 9

Zack Moss and the Indianapolis Colts will visit Adam Thielen and the Carolina Panthers on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET, in a matchup featuring two of the biggest stars in the NFL as the primary players to watch.

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Colts vs. Panthers Game Info

• Game Date: Sunday, November 5, 2023
• Time: 4:05 PM ET
• Venue: Bank of America Stadium
• Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
• TV: CBS

Top Colts Players

• Gardner Minshew has 1,400 passing yards (200 per game) and a 63.4% completion percentage (128-for-202), throwing seven touchdown passes and five interceptions.
• Moss has 125 rushing attempts for a team-best 589 rushing yards (84.1 per game) and five touchdowns. He also has 16 catches for 123 receiving yards (17.6 per game) and one touchdown.
• So far this season Jonathan Taylor has run for 207 yards (51.8 per game), with one touchdown. Taylor also figures in the passing game, hauling in 10 passes for 109 .
• Michael Pittman Jr. has hauled in 50 passes for a team-high 529 yards plus three touchdowns. He averages 66.1 receiving yards per game.
• Josh Downs’ stat line this year reveals 40 catches for 473 yards and two touchdowns. He averages 59.1 receiving yards per game and has been targeted 56 times.
• Alec Pierce is averaging 30.4 yards per game, racking up 17 receptions (30 targets) for 243 yards.
• DeForest Buckner has four sacks to lead the team, and has also collected four TFL and 32 tackles.
• Over the current campaign, Zaire Franklin has racked up 102 tackles, two TFL, and 1.5 sacks and leads the team in tackles.
• Julian Blackmon has a team-high two interceptions and has tacked on 56 tackles, five TFL, and three passes defended in eight games this season.

Top Panthers Players

• Bryce Young has 1,202 passing yards (200.3 per game) with a 64.3% completion percentage (137-for-213), throwing for seven touchdowns with four interceptions. He also has 76 rushing yards on 12 carries.
• Chuba Hubbard has taken 69 attempts for a team-leading 270 rushing yards (38.6 per game) while scoring one touchdown.
• So far this season Miles Sanders has run for 190 yards on 63 carries (31.7 yards per game), with one touchdown.
• Thielen has grabbed 57 passes for a team-high 581 yards and four touchdowns. He has been targeted 70 times, and averages 83 yards per game.
• D.J. Chark’s stat line this year reveals 15 catches for 220 yards and two touchdowns. He averages 36.7 receiving yards per game.
• Jonathan Mingo is averaging 32.5 yards per game, with 19 catches for 195 yards.
• Brian Burns has registered a team-leading five sacks, while adding eight TFL and 21 tackles.
• Frankie Luvu has collected 51 tackles, seven TFL, and 3.5 sacks to lead the team in tackles.
• This season Kamu Grugier-Hill leads the team with one interception and has added 27 tackles, two TFL, one sack, and one pass defended.

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Colts Fantasy Stats

• Moss is the 24th-best fantasy player overall this season and the fourth-best fantasy RB with 109.2 fantasy points (15.6 per game).
• Minshew’s 76 total fantasy points (an average of 10.9 per game), are good enough to rank him 55th overall and 25th among QBs.
• So far this season, Pittman averages 9.1 fantasy points per game on the way to 72.9 total fantasy points. That makes him the 65th-ranked fantasy player overall and the 17th-ranked WR.
• Downs is working on the 92nd-ranked fantasy season (32nd among WRs) with 59.3 fantasy points, averaging 7.4 per game.

Panthers Fantasy Stats

• So far, Thielen is the No. 9 fantasy WR and the No. 45 fantasy player overall after scoring 84.7 fantasy points (12.1 per game).
• Young has totaled 73.7 fantasy points this season (12.3 per game), making him the 27th-ranked QB and the 61st-ranked player overall.
• Hubbard is averaging 5.9 fantasy points per game on the way to 41.5 total fantasy points. That makes him the 135th-ranked fantasy player overall and the 41st-ranked RB.
• Chark is working on the 156th-ranked fantasy season (60th among WRs) with 34 fantasy points, averaging 5.7 per game.