Star Shines at Right Time
/Star Lotulelei shined bright in Carolina’s win over the Atlanta Falcons. Collecting two sacks, a QB hit, and three hurries, Star had the best game of his career, according to ProFootballFocus.com. The metrics site graded Star at +4.1 overall against Atlanta. The only two games he’s even come close this type of production this season were Chicago (+2.5) and Seattle (+2.4) Sunday’s explosion came after 15 long weeks of average play, underscored by lingering injury. Neither he nor Coach Ron Rivera indicated that Star’s diminishing production was due to injury, but looking at the snap count, the ankle he rolled against the Philadelphia Eagles wasn’t an easy injury for the big fellow.
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