They have lost nine straight overall on the road going back to last season.
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Redskins seem like a team renewed after putting on a spectacular performance last week, demolishing the New Orleans Saints 47-14.
The Indianapolis Colts’ 24-21 victory over Atlanta (6-4) means the Panthers lead the NFC South by four games with six to play.
The Lions (3-7) have won consecutive games for the first time this year but the Raiders (4-6) are on a season-high three-game losing streak. Washington ran 12 times for 14 yards – the fewest total rushing yards Carolina has ever allowed. “To have an opportunity to catch and go so that I can get as many yards as I can early”, Roberts said.
“You’ve got to protect the ball, and we haven’t done a very good job in the games we’ve lost”, said Roberts, a Columbia native who played at Spring Valley High School and later at The Citadel. “We’ve got to figure it out”.
Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers were dancing, celebrating, and handing out footballs on Sunday afternoon against Washington, lifting their record to 10-0 with a 44-16 drubbing of their visitors. The undefeated Panthers aim to continue the best start in franchise history when they host the resurgent Washington Redskins on Sunday.
Since the start of the Super Bowl, six of the 15 teams to start 10-0 won the Super Bowl.
Cam Newton had never thrown four TD passes in a game before today. Newton could run for 63 yards on one play.
“Between the fumbles and the picks, we had a couple short fields”. Now, you’d think that with a scoreline like that, it’d be kind of hard to find blame with the officials. We didn’t sit on them. “I know we scored a lot of touchdowns, and that’s obviously what you’re looking for”.
“I was told all week by (people) that I only play nickel”, Benwikere said.
Philadelphia quarterback Mark Sanchez, playing in place of injured Sam Bradford, threw for 261 yards and two touchdowns but also coughed up three interceptions – including one that Lavonte David returned 20 yards for Tampa Bay’s final TD. “Top of the mountain”, Redskins coach Jay Gruden said. “The referee made a decision, made a call, and it’s not challengeable, so there’s really no use talking about it”.
With the Panthers leading 31-14, Kirk Cousins took the first snap of the third quarter and was promptly sacked and had the ball stripped from him. Newton found Funchess for his franchise-tying fifth TD pass of the game to give Carolina a 38-14 lead.
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Carolina Panthers’ Cam Newton (1) evades the tackle of Washington Redskins’ Jason Hatcher (97) in the first half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, November 22, 2015. The other quarterback in this game, Washington’s Kirk Cousins, was under fire all day from Carolina’s opportunistic defense. The Panthers’ once-susceptible rush defense has held two straight opponents to less than 100 yards on the ground. Olsen became the Panthers career leader in yards receiving by a tight end, passing Wesley Walls…. “C.J.is one of the most fierce, respected all-down lineman in this league”, Panthers defensive end Kony Ealy said. Running back Alfred Morris exited in the first quarter with a knee injury and by the fourth quarter the Redskins were without injured running back Chris Thompson.
