Holsey had been in uniform for every game this season, and his 13 games played are a career high.
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Cam Newton continued to prove he is worthy of being the NFL’s Most Valuable Player as he first led undefeated Carolina to a huge lead over the New York Giants and then took them 49 yards in seven plays to set up game-ending field goal in the Panthers’ 38-35 victory.
Beckham would regain his composure to finish with six catches for 76 yards and a touchdown that tied the game at 35-35 with 1:46 remaining in regulation.
Beckham put on a flashy pre-game show with his light-up Christmas cleats.
Carolina Panthers cornerback Josh Norman says New York Giants receiver Odell Beckham should have been ejected for the shots he took at the cornerback in Sunday’s game at MetLife Stadium. They were flagged a combined five times.
Norman, arguably the best pass defender in the National Football League, had been involved in a war of words with Beckham leading into the match and emotions spilled over. According to Elias, it is the first time in their history the Giants rallied from a 28-point deficit to tie a game. This time, Graham Gano’s 43-yard kick went untouched, and the Panthers upped their record to 14-0. He finished the game completing 25 of 45 passes for 340 yards, five passing touchdowns and 100 rushing yards on only eight carries.
Newton’s touchdown passes included a 3-yarder to Ted Ginn Jr.in the first quarter, a 37-yarder to Greg Olsen and a 14-yarder to Devin Funchess in the second quarter and a 20-yarder to Corey Brown and a 14-yarder to Finn in the third quarter.
It’d be surprising if Beckham did not incur some form of punishment from the NFL.
Odell Beckham Jr had a day he – and the millions of people watching him on television – will never forget.
_The absence of Jonathan Stewart was apparent. It was no more evident than in the fourth quarter when Cameron Artis-Payne and Newton fumbled on a zone-read. Giants DE end Jason Pierre-Paul, who lost the index finger on his right hand in a July 4 fireworks accident, got his first sack in his sixth game back….
Jimmy Clausen threw for 281 yards and two touchdowns, but also had two interceptions for Baltimore. They also had little present boxes on the laces.
Newton turned in the performance despite taking a painful-looking hit from defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins that left the QB clutching his chest and, on another occasion, hobbling off the field to get his left knee iced. Jerick McKinnon and Zach Line had the other touchdown catches on a remarkably productive afternoon for all of Minnesota’s running backs.
_Carolina has to figure out its field-goal protection.
“To go out there and just let them drive down the field is just mind-boggling”, said cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, who blocked a field goal in the fourth quarter. On Nov. 15, his lone first-half catch was an 87-yard touchdown.
_ ” I knew he was going to make it”. – Panthers safety Roman Harper.
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“You’re going to be Michael Jackson and go around and dancing and playing and a lot of other stuff and not be a football player and not train the way you’re supposed to train”. I hope I pulled that mask off. I pulled back the face of what that dude really is.
