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“That’s just us,” Moore said. “Like I said, you can love us or hate us. At the end of the day, we’re just going to play our game.”
Typically, games this season have been an either-or scenario for the duo, with one stepping into the spotlight while the other has a fairly regular outing. Rarely have both receivers simultaneously performed at a high level as they did against the Titans, and other players on the Panthers’ offense took notice.
“I thought they really took turns making big plays when we needed them. They really made some tough catches, some contested catches,” tight end Greg Olsen said. “I think those two guys are really special young players that might not get the credit they deserve, but they’re going to be important to what we do moving forward.”
Part of that combined success stems from Samuel and Moore’s own competitiveness – not against the opposing team, but against each other. Whoever said players don’t keep track of their stats during games was mistaken.
“Whoever gets to like 70 (yards) first, then that person we know is going to keep going, then the next person is just going to try to beat them out,” Moore said. “Today it was like the second quarter I think, he had like 50 yards, I had like 40 something and he was like, ‘You want to go for 90 or 100?’ and then it just went from there.”
That’s how it works for the two of them. When Samuel scores a 12-yard touchdown, Moore knows he has to respond, or else he’ll never hear the end of it. How does a 32-yard juggling catch along the sideline sound?