“I have labeled myself as a pocket passer with the ability to run, ” Newton said.
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Following Week 11’s 44-16 drubbing of Washington, the Carolina Panthers sport a 10-0 record for the season and have now won 14 consecutive regular season games dating back to 2014.
The Panthers are the 16th team in the Super Bowl era to start 10-0.
Of the previous 15, all made the playoffs. He’s doing all of this with a heavily depleted receiver corps that was scuttled with the season-ending injury to Kelvin Benjamin, and tight end Greg Olsen is the only target Newton can consistently trust.
As much as Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden was confused by, and disagreed with, the officiating decision that wiped out an apparent interception return for a touchdown against the Carolina Panthers, he would not blame that call for his team’s loss.
“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. The Redskins find themselves in the thick of the NFC East race after a 47-14 dismantling of New Orleans last week as they sit a half-game behind the division-leading NY Giants. If not for a blown coverage and a special teams touchdown, I doubt they would’ve scored points. Once again, Carolina capitalized on the turnover as Newton threw his fifth touchdown pass of the afternoon to extend the lead to 24 points.
Newton finished his day with 21 completions on 34 attempts for 246 yards. Tony Romo is back which means Dallas is better, and it’s an away game on a short week. Newton threw for a franchise-record five touchdowns on Sunday, connecting with five different receivers on scoring strikes and completing passes to eight different players.
Denver’s Brock Osweiler threw for two touchdowns filling in for the injured Peyton Manning in the Broncos’ 17-15 win over the Chicago Bears – on his 25th birthday.
Langford scored on a 2-yard run with 24 seconds left to cap a 65-yard drive.
The Redskins had their struggles early on with Mike Shanahan’s rushing offense.
Hopkins thoroughly enjoyed his visit to Revis Island, catching five passes for 118 yards and two touchdowns for the Texans-who improved to 5-5 with a 24-17 win over the NY Jets. St. Louis has lost three straight games. Romo overcame two interceptions by throwing TD passes to Terrance Williams and to Dez Bryant in Miami Gardens, Fla.
The Cowboys (3-7) snapped a seven-game losing streak, their longest in a single season since 1989, while the Dolphins (4-6) are in danger of missing out on the play-offs for the seventh season in a row.
Initially, it seemed as though the Redskins might be able to hang with the Panthers as they ended the first quarter tied with the unbeaten NFC South foes.
Carson Palmer led a six-play, 70-yard drive with 58 seconds remaining to set up this 32-yard field by Chandler Cantanzaro to give Palmer the win against his former team. “He went up and got the ball a couple of times and really made some spectacular catches”. This has been a huge problem for the Redskins, particularly on the road, and it will continue to be their Achilles heal for the rest of the season. Matt Ryan was intercepted three times Sunday. They were both 5th round picks. Rawls’ total on Sunday was the third highest scrimmage total in franchise history.
Packers 30, Vikings 13: In Minneapolis, Aaron Rodgers threw for 212 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and Datone Jones had two of Green Bay’s six sacks.
Kansas City defensive tackle Dontari Poe, who weighs 346 pounds, leapt over the pile for a 1-yard touchdown on fourth down in the Chiefs’ 33-3 win at San Diego.
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The Buccaneers (5-5) have won two straight games for the first time in two years.
