As if the beginning of the 2023 season hasn’t been rough enough for Carolina Panthers fans, an old friend went out and had himself an absolute night on Thursday.
Wide receiver DJ Moore, who was traded to the Chicago Bears this offseason, reeled in eight catches for a career-high 230 yards and three touchdowns in a 40-20 win over the Washington Commanders to kick off Week 5. In addition to snapping his new team’s 14-game losing streak, Moore and his sparkling performance left the 0-4 Panthers as the NFL’s only winless team.
Buy Panthers TicketsYeah, it’s painful out here.
Here’s how some Carolina fans reacted to a very bittersweet (but mostly bitter) night . . .
I miss DJ Moore pic.twitter.com/KvccUPT2h5
— Edgar Salmingo, Jr. ✌️ (@PanthersAnalyst) October 6, 2023
CMC and DJ Moore NFC players of the week b2b 💀😂💀😭💀😭💀😭😭🔫🔫🔫
— Dylan𓃰 (@panthersfoo) October 6, 2023
My boy got over 200 yards and 3 TD’s 💪🏾
— 👑King Hardy👑 (@Hit_Hardy) October 6, 2023
Dj moore!!!! pic.twitter.com/ycz9kdKlGn
— Jonathan Stewart (@Jonathanstewar1) October 6, 2023
DJ snapping lmao. Tepper about to have Fitt stop by the office in the morning.
— Jarrett (J-ŘõÇK) (@Jdcostin910) October 6, 2023
Scott Fitterer tomorrow pic.twitter.com/bV4yWapPOS
— The 4 Man Rush (@4ourmanrush) October 6, 2023
You know David Tepper is sitting in his Charlotte penthouse tonight pissed that Scott Fitterer traded DJ Moore.
— Panthers On Tap (@PanthersOnTap) October 6, 2023
Burns watching CMC and DJ Moore get the respect they deserve pic.twitter.com/5DRc3LNeuE
— LilRocketNasa🚀 (@lilrocketnasa) October 6, 2023
Me: I really hope the Panthers don’t ruin Bryce Young
Tepper back in April: pic.twitter.com/n60bVj4yCJ
— Damion Felder (@panthers_nation) October 6, 2023
Our fans are allergic to great players
I was told we can go RB by committee to replace CMC and we’d be fine. Was also told that our WR room was better by losing DJ Moore and he wasn’t a WR1
I’m glad y’all see now … y’all don’t know ball
— IamMontyFetti 🖤💙✊🏾 (@WestsideFetti) October 6, 2023
Great seeing DJ Moore Ball out on primetime. He has always been underrated in the league due to inconsistent QB support.
— ReGGie CHR🏈Me (@reggiechrome) October 6, 2023
Cmc and DJ both shining..love it!
— Ci🌞 (@PanthersCi) October 6, 2023
#Panthers fans,
Losing DJ Moore is brutal. Especially when he has a game like he had last night.
But for years we watched him cut up and missed the playoffs every year
We had our WR1 but no true QB
Now we have our QB1. Sucks to not have DJ. We’ll find us a guy for Bryce tho.
— Evan Elliott (@ElliottEvan24) October 6, 2023
