Panthers' WR Xavier Legette had 8 targets, and somehow had negative yardage

Carolina Panthers 2024 first-round pick wide receiver Xavier Legette had one of the worst pass-catching games of all time on Sunday.

Legette and the Panthers couldn't quite get past the Arizona Cardinals in a 27-22 defeat. The 0-2 Panthers didn't get much help from Legette.

It was historic, in fact.

Legette received eight targets from Bryce Young, and he had negative-2 yards receiving.

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It's the second-worst yardage output by a player with at least eight targets in NFL history. Jamaal Charles had a negative-6 output in 2013, according to ESPN's Ben Solak.

The main problem for Legette was that he couldn't catch any of the targets.

He had just a single catch for those negative-2 yards on a failed play.

There were seven targets that he didn't reel in.

That's about as inefficient as you can possibly get.

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Legette has so far been a disappointment after the Panthers drafted him a year ago to try to grow up with 2023 No. 1 overall pick Young.

There's still time for Legette to turn it around.

But if he keeps having games with a lot of targets, almost no catches, and negative yardage, it may spell disaster for Carolina in a way that they certainly would not have hoped for.

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