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While You Were Sleeping: The HOF game was actually electricI expected little from the NFL’s Hall of Fame Game last night. Just having NFL football on the screen was supposed to be glorious enough. Then, the Panthers and Cardinals actually put on a show?
Carson Beck, Arizona’s projected third-string quarterback, looked great in limited action. He completed 15 of 19 passes for 188 yards and led three scoring drives. Solid.
But it was fellow rookie Haynes King, the Panthers’ projected third-stringer, who entered the game for Kenny Pickett and thrived. He threw for two touchdowns and, with zeroes on the clock, did this to win the game:
HAYNES KING WINS IT FOR THE PANTHERS ‼️ pic.twitter.com/HESbUZGhBN
