CHARLOTTE - This game was cold, but full of excitement.
We started the day off strong with some Christmas cheer during warm-ups:
![DJ Moore cleats](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/ulam80v3uisytip9mgsy.jpg)
![Sam Darnold](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/z0jrszbz74dkblpfsnlt.jpg)
The offense was on fire the whole game. Sam Darnold was also launching deep throws, so that changed my strategy. I decided to shoot a good distance in front of the ball to capture some crazy catches Panthers receivers were making:
![DJ Moore](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_editorial_squared_6_desktop/t_lazy/f_auto/v1672172560/panthers/spjauxauvxncxjwcnhbw.jpg)
![Terrace Marshall Jr.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/okzm7gpnm7zyounaylzi.jpg)
The trifecta you never knew you needed (D'Onta Foreman, Chuba Hubbard, Raheem Blackshear) also helped break franchise records in rushing and net yards:
![D'Onta Foreman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/frzmo3edhys9bampaafk.jpg)
![Chuba Hubbard](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/sol8z1dplkwfztm1faoz.jpg)
![Raheem Blackshear](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/lyy7hjhqlqyhtsotnmpw.jpg)
The defense also applied applied a good amount of pressure, so I didn't want to miss any potential sack photos. I stayed behind the ball the entire time, even when the Lions were in the red zone. Not only was I able to get the sacks, but I also snapped Yetur Gross-Matos' fumble recovery and celebration:
![Yetur Gross-Matos](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/s8qihvphuqghdjt32a5i.jpg)
![QB hit](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/mtcsc4p9xn0wbsxwlkyn.jpg)
![Brian Burns](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/b8rnk5q7vvoyjyq5yak9.jpg)
![Frankie Luvu](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/jgbzpatoqhcsmocwbqkn.jpg)
After the game, I normally go to the player scrum, but since it was so cold, I went in the tunnel to capture photos of the Panthers running into the locker room to celebrate:
![Ian Thomas](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/fq1mxqwnzfljofov3bnv.jpg)
![Sam Darnold](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/v1672173140/panthers/efwykq18f7omxdyknndo.jpg)
![DJ Moore](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/bgfv1ozvktjlfkbijgdl.jpg)
![Foreman, Hubbard](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_mobile/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/idb8lrnnu98pgzsmepfk.jpg)
View all of the best pregame, in-game and postgame shots from the Panthers photographers from the win over Detroit.
![WR - 88 - Terrace Marshall Jr.
RB - 20 - Raheem Blackshear
WR - 2 - D.J. Moore](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/wcwslbxyugkxxw7wh915.jpg)
WR - 88 - Terrace Marshall Jr.
RB - 20 - Raheem Blackshear
WR - 2 - D.J. Moore
![DJ Moore cleats](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/ulam80v3uisytip9mgsy.jpg)
![221224 Panthers vs. Lions-429](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/up2rzew6rtgpj8jj5krs.jpg)
![221224 Panthers vs. Lions-427](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/uw4beal3bcs1y3jksyti.jpg)
![QB - 14 - Sam Darnold](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/buao64f7ojm0ddem2nz4.jpg)
QB - 14 - Sam Darnold
![221224 Panthers vs. Lions-444](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/gq733rhonbe1aidna6oh.jpg)
![221224 Panthers vs. Lions-423](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/elfehvauuffqcrki7ncy.jpg)
![Sam Darnold](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/z0jrszbz74dkblpfsnlt.jpg)
![WR - 88 - Terrace Marshall Jr.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/culv4m6j9elrvkv6xut9.jpg)
WR - 88 - Terrace Marshall Jr.
![DB - 38 - Myles Hartsfield](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/uklwz3sywv7s9pmoesu5.jpg)
DB - 38 - Myles Hartsfield
![221224 Panthers vs. Lions-446](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/v861fqs1brywpayifawf.jpg)
![WR - 2 - D.J. Moore](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/kwfpv7vkp6ray8rkhobm.jpg)
WR - 2 - D.J. Moore
![T - 79 - Ikem Ekwonu](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/punnknsnz06fhmush2b4.jpg)
T - 79 - Ikem Ekwonu
![TE - 80 - Ian Thomas](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/fqpboh6g1r77unlpdh6p.jpg)
TE - 80 - Ian Thomas
![RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/lqxy7yothhqylvsq1mks.jpg)
RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman
![LB - 7 - Shaq Thompson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/i4bcwtv2br5fk8acwnzm.jpg)
LB - 7 - Shaq Thompson
![T - 75 - Cameron Erving](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/eqtkidb1iqb8nyvicirz.jpg)
T - 75 - Cameron Erving
![G - 63 - Austin Corbett](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/hhmxxwza5wqyz24px6oc.jpg)
G - 63 - Austin Corbett
![RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/g3f5nusgweedjtski9dj.jpg)
RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman
![CB - 8 - Jaycee Horn](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/eibyu8ux9x0nq8cnxrj1.jpg)
CB - 8 - Jaycee Horn
![CB - 8 - Jaycee Horn](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/zi7zrlrfvex695elneza.jpg)
CB - 8 - Jaycee Horn
![T - 79 - Ikem Ekwonu](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/qyy8rhfhn36ihhmetkfd.jpg)
T - 79 - Ikem Ekwonu
![WR - 2 - D.J. Moore](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/k5ppjl7muuw9tpaibpc5.jpg)
WR - 2 - D.J. Moore
![221224 Panthers vs. Lions-660](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/ij78uatx1i1ee7aadf5b.jpg)
![LB - 55 - Cory Littleton](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/dxsuv99nfuaxpbleexzv.jpg)
LB - 55 - Cory Littleton
![RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/dsch7tqvp5yw5vxcikem.jpg)
RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard
![DE - 53 - Brian Burns](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/vvduit1vlbwltjbhrmdm.jpg)
DE - 53 - Brian Burns
![221224 Panthers vs. Lions-671](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/iav2qsvjhfbwcgrkh3bw.jpg)
![DE - 53 - Brian Burns
DE - 97 - Marquis Haynes Sr.](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/mzsxrxksuqlgk9izk2zo.jpg)
DE - 53 - Brian Burns
DE - 97 - Marquis Haynes Sr.
![TE - 80 - Ian Thomas](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/ywdjmoebr8tzgdf78srw.jpg)
TE - 80 - Ian Thomas
![RB - 20 - Raheem Blackshear](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/emim51wdhy7zgtnwnert.jpg)
RB - 20 - Raheem Blackshear
![QB - 14 - Sam Darnold](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/k5g8amcjupwbvk2laz4x.jpg)
QB - 14 - Sam Darnold
![RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/qm4jphwjmv8ntj6tbyyj.jpg)
RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman
![LB - 49 - Frankie Luvu](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/tjyfckyeirbx7auq6fkp.jpg)
LB - 49 - Frankie Luvu
![RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/bznwpgy4usfa7hlvgfhc.jpg)
RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard
![RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/j5b7fgrsbnfa60uy4ay9.jpg)
RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman
![DT - 95 - Derrick Brown](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/ci80lnkcz9tow3cktamt.jpg)
DT - 95 - Derrick Brown
![P - 10 - Johnny Hekker
DT - 99 - Matt Ioannidis](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/hhw1ddbvtdachjalwbv4.jpg)
P - 10 - Johnny Hekker
DT - 99 - Matt Ioannidis
![RB - 20 - Raheem Blackshear](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/l23dufefuq8ujyp7a3pl.jpg)
RB - 20 - Raheem Blackshear
![LB - 55 - Cory Littleton](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/swbj5lvp7xf0zxwlx7cj.jpg)
LB - 55 - Cory Littleton
![RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/as3f5zwveybfi0mpzg8y.jpg)
RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman
![RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard
RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/dd7dqqfgy32kwzuuvrwj.jpg)
RB - 30 - Chuba Hubbard
RB - 33 - D'Onta Foreman
![LB - 7 - Shaq Thompson](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/hgwtsinwookgtwkccono.jpg)
LB - 7 - Shaq Thompson
![LB - 52 - Joel Iyiegbuniwe](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/rzwapuiy3egfmimtfbiq.jpg)
LB - 52 - Joel Iyiegbuniwe
![221224 Panthers vs. Lions-45](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/zxufzmoqwmhjvv0ssqdr.jpg)
![221224 Panthers vs. Lions-152](https://static.clubs.nfl.com/image/private/t_new_photo_album/t_lazy/f_auto/panthers/p0usayz3ciuhyez1civp.jpg)