DENVER — A look inside the numbers from Sunday's 28-14 loss against the Denver Broncos.

• On the opening drive against the Broncos, defensive tackle Shy Tuttle forced and recovered a fumble, giving the Panthers the ball in Denver territory. It was only the second fumble recovery of his career, and the first forced fumble during his six years in the league.
• On the Broncos final drive of the game (save the one play kneel down drive), Tuttle recovered his second fumble of the game, bringing his career total to three.
• The two fumble recoveries in a game tied a team record for the most opponent fumble recoveries in a game. It's been previously accomplished nine times, most recently by Jeremy Chinn at Minnesota (11/29/20).
• With 56 rushing yards, Chuba Hubbard moved to 2,573 for his career, and passed Tshimanga Biakabutuka (2,530) for sixth on the team's all-time rushing list. Up next is DeShaun Foster at 3,336.
• Rookie wide receiver Jalen Coker caught a touchdown pass from quarterback Bryce Young on the Panthers final offensive drive of the game. It was Coker's first touchdown of his NFL career.
• Coker is the first undrafted free agent in franchise history who was initially signed into the league by the Panthers and caught a touchdown in his rookie season. Receiver Brenton Bersin, a UDFA initially signed by the Panthers, caught a touchdown pass in his first active season, 2014, but spent the the previous season on the practice squad and was cut before the final roster in 2012.
• Coker is also the first UDFA receiver initially signed by Carolina to catch a touchdown pass in a game since Damiere Byrd, who caught two in 2017 (his third year in the league).
• On the Panthers opening drive, Young threw a touchdown pass to receiver Xavier Legette to take the first lead of the game. It was the first opening drive TD of Young's career, in his 19 starts.
• Young finished the game going 24-37 for 224 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. The yardage total was his highest since Week 16 of the 2023 season against the Packers.
• According to Next Gen Stats, Young generated a season-high 38.1% dropback success rate against the Broncos.

• Young saw most of his success against man coverage in this matchup, completing 8 of 12 passes for 82 yards, 2 touchdowns and an interception. His +18.5% completion percentage over expected against man is his highest rate in a game with multiple such attempts in his career (16/25, 142, INT, +0.9% CPOE against zone coverage).

• Defensive lineman A'Shawn Robinson finished with two sacks. They are the first of the season for Robinson, and the first multi-sack game of his career.
• Rookie safety Demani Richardson got his first start of the season on Sunday. He finished with a team high 11 tackles.
• Linebacker Josey Jewell and corner Mike Jackson tied for 10 tackles (second highest). It was the first double-digit tackle game of the year for Jackson, and the second for Jewell, who was returning after missing three weeks with a hamstring injury.

Snap Counts

Take a look at the snap counts and playtime percentage for the Panthers in Week 8 of the regular season against the Broncos.

• Injuries forced them into a different look on the offensive line. When Ikem Ekwonu left initially with an ankle injury, Jarrett Kingston came in for a third down play, his first offensive snap in the NFL. For the final drive, when they were in two-minute, veteran center Cade Mays came in, and Brady Christensen kicked out to left tackle.
• With the receiving group muddled by the absences of Diontae Johnson and Adam Thielen, David Moore got the most snaps of the group. Moore is a known commodity surrounded by young players, so that makes sense. But Jalen Coker, the undrafted rookie, got the next-most of the group.
• On National Tight Ends Day, Tommy Tremble returned to get most of the work (61 percent), followed by Ja'Tavion Sanders (36 percent), with Ian Thomas (28 percent) rounding out the group.

• The starting secondary played every snap, with undrafted rookie safety Demani Richardson making his first start and playing his first snaps on defense. He also led the defense with 11 tackles.
• Credit to veteran linemen A'Shawn Robinson (73 percent) and Shy Tuttle (62 percent) for playing the vast majority of the snaps up front. They were productive snaps, too, with Robinson getting two sacks and Tuttle recovering two fumbles.

• The Panthers may have some issues in other areas, but they have built a solid collection of special teams standouts. With Sam Franklin Jr. back to join Lonnie Johnson, they have an excellent pair of gunners, and players such as Jon Rhattigan and Feleipe Franks are core players, along with veteran specialists Johnny Hekker, JJ Jansen, and Eddy Piñeiro.
• That said, young outside linebacker Thomas Incoom is showing signs of becoming one of those guys, playing 92 percent of the special teams snaps.