The Carolina Panthers were limited to 239 total yards in their Week 2 “Monday Night Football” matchup against the New Orleans Saints, losing 20-17. Here’s what you need to know:

• Carolina quarterback Bryce Young was 22-of-33 for 153 yards passing in his home debut.
• New Orleans’ Derek Carr was 21-of-36 for 228 yards passing. The first touchdown of the game — a 2-yard rush by Tony Jones Jr., the first of his career — came with just under three minutes to go in the third quarter after a 10-play, 75-yard Saints drive; Jones rushed for a second touchdown late in the fourth.
• Carolina’s late fourth-quarter touchdown was the first allowed by New Orleans, which is 2-0 for the first time since 2013, this season. In Week 1, the Saints beat the Tennessee Titans, who kicked five field goals.

• Where the Saints rank in our NFL Power Rankings

  11. New Orleans Saints (2-0)

  (Last week: 15)

  Monday: Beat Carolina Panthers 20-17

  OK, so the Saints aren’t getting it done with offense. New Orleans is averaging 18 points per game, which ranks 26th in the league. But how about Derek Carr? The new Saints quarterback is averaging 7.7 yards per attempt, which ranks fifth in the league so far. Second-year wide receiver Chris Olave already has 198 receiving yards.

  Panthers offense ‘not that far away,’ Frank Reich says

  There were boos before halftime when Frank Reich ran out the clock rather than try a couple of long passes from the Carolina Panthers’ 19-yard line.

  It took exactly two games before Reich was asked whether he might cede the play calling to offensive coordinator Thomas Brown. For the record, Reich said after a 20-17 loss to the New Orleans Saints that he won’t.

  After the Panthers traded DJ Moore and the farm to Chicago for the No. 1 pick, the thinking was Bryce Young would usher in a new, exciting era for a franchise that been lost in the NFL’s hinterlands since Cam Newton’s health began to fail him.

  But just as bad as the Panthers’ 0-2 start is this: They are a boring team to watch play offense.

  Throws at or behind the line of scrimmage. A rookie quarterback still feeling his way. An offensive line being held together with splints and duct tape. Wide receivers being asked to stretch the field horizontally and only occasionally vertically.

  Reich knows what it looks like. But he said he also knows his way out of the muck.

  “I’ve seen this before. It’s not that far away. It looks bad, but I don’t believe it’s that far away. We make a couple plays here and there, and the next thing you know, you’ve got 28, 30 points,” Reich said. “I know we have the players and the coaches to do it. I have zero doubt about that. It’s just we have to execute better on offense.”