The Falcons must regroup against Jacksonville to keep their faint playoff hopes alive. Carolina has scored 20-plus points in every game this season.
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Newton’s fun on the field has been present all season, reaching its peak in a Week 10 win over the Tennessee Titans, when he unleashed an extended version of his “dabbing” dance celebration. The first was a 74-yard strike, the longest reception in Ginn’s 9-year career.
It was supposed to be the Colts’ year, as they started the year 13-0 (finishing 14-2 overall), the offense featured running back Edgerrin James (1,506 yards and 13 touchdowns) and Peyton Manning throwing to in-their-primes Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne, each of whom went over 1,000 yards receiving.
There was plenty of blame to spread around.
“You can’t play scared”, he said.
“They are kind of like father-son”, Quinn said, downplaying the encounter.
However, here on Earth-One, we only get to use what’s actually happened to make informed decisions about who is good and who isn’t.
· New Orleans quarterback DREW BREES passed for 312 yards and two touchdowns in the Saints’ 24-17 win at Tampa Bay. Only Brady (17) had more touchdown passes than Wilson (16) during their respective streaks. “But we really, really have a nice thing going right now”. “We try to seize it as much as possible”.
“There’s a lot of things that bring me back to the reality that it could change at any time, and one of the things I had to think about were the guys in the training room after the game”. I appreciate him wanting to play.
-After allowing the Panthers’ second touchdown, second-year defensive tackle Ra’Shede Hageman got in a pushing and shoving match with defensive line coach Bryan Cox following the conversion attempt. “In that case the message was about poise, both sides, the offense as well”.
With 435 yards and 29 first downs, Green Bay got better production out of their inconsistent offense with coach Mike McCarthy assuming play-calling duties again.
The Cox and Hageman incident triggered the discussion. “Both are emotional guys, and (that’s) what makes them both good”. “That wasn’t the one that set me off to talk about keeping our poise; there are a number of examples today”. But after San Diego was called for delay of game at the Chiefs 1 with 5 seconds left, Philip Rivers threw incomplete into the end zone.
Carolina’s defense had two interceptions, two fumble recoveries and registered five sacks – two by defensive tackle Kawann Short – while limiting struggling Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan to 224 yards passing. He finished with a passer rating of 71.2. They did the same in Week 11 while wrapping up a win over Washington. Julio could not shake Josh Norman, the excellent corner for Carolina. Jones caught seven passes for 88 yards, but did not score a touchdown for the fifth straight game. Instead, it’s an impromptu photo shoot late in Sunday’s win over the Falcons. Is the defense accepting this as a challenge to prepare them for the playoffs? Ryan, who was sacked five times and hit 11 times, tossed another interception. Devonta Freeman had 12 carries for 40 yards and Tevin Coleman had three carries for 15 yards.
Entering the season, few would’ve picked the Panthers to be an offensive juggernaut.
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Cleveland snapped a seven-game losing streak and running back Isaiah Crowell rushed for two touchdowns to beat San Francisco in Johnny Manziel’s return as starting quarterback. Right after Olsen was hurt, backup tight end Ed Dickson caught a 4-yard touchdown pass from Newton. Alford had held Ginn and a flag was thrown but the pass was completed anyway and Ginn took flight.
