Despite being covered by Norman for much of the day, Jones finished the game with nine catches for 178 yards. His incredible touchdown was one of the best plays of the week and turned out to be the difference maker.
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After the Falcons handed the Panthers their first regular season loss in over a full calendar year, they immediately took to dabbing, starting all the way at the top with Atlanta owner Arthur Blank.
The ideal start is over for Cam Newton and the Panthers.
Third Down Success Goes a Long Way: The Falcons have recently spent a lot of time working on third down offense, and on Sunday that effort paid major dividends: Atlanta converted nine of 15 third downs against Carolina, while the defense held the Panthers to just four of 10 on such plays.
For the first time this season, there was no clutch play at a key moment.
Quarterback Cam Newton, as is well documented from way back when the Panthers last lost a game, takes failure on the football field as hard as anyone.
Oh, and in case you’re wondering, the Panthers did care that the surviving members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins were preparing somewhere in the aftermath to continue their rumored tradition (denied by Don Shula) of popping champagne bottles to celebrate their status as the league’s only team ever to finish with a ideal regular and postseason. Newton fumbled on the second play and Adrian Clayborn recovered for the Falcons, wrapping up the win.
As Jones reached above Kuechly, Panthers safety Kurt Coleman slipped, leaving a clear path for Jones to the end zone.
“Like coach said, we played lethargic at times”, Newton said.
“This is part of the journey”, said Panthers coach Ron Rivera. Newton was limited to just 142 yards in the game, according to ABC News.
Carolina fell behind in the third quarter when Atlanta’s Julio Jones rose above two defenders to pluck the ball out of the air and raced into the end zone to complete 70-yard touchdown reception.
After that, Carolina’s only points came on two second-half field goals from Graham Gano. Some of that is surely connected to Carolina’s pre-game focus being affected by the major controversy surrounding the team stemming from their antics against the Giants.
They went on to score six points again in the final quarter of the game too. “I wanted to really see how we’d respond after our ballgame up there a couple of weeks ago. We’re in a situation where we can use this as fuel to the fire”.
The Carolina Panthers lose their first game of the season to the Atlanta Falcons.
The Panthers had every opportunity to win this game, not only because of the team’s innate talent but because of Atlanta’s exceptional, generous ability to give away games to its opponents.
Devonta Freeman ran for 73 yards and a touchdown for the Falcons, who improved to 8-and-7.
Carolina can clinch the No. 1 seed with an Arizona loss this afternoon against Green Bay.
There also was the war of words between Atlanta wide receivers Roddy White and Julio Jones against Carolina cornerback Josh Norman.
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The New Orleans Saints picked up their sixth win of the season as Drew Brees passed for 412 yards and three touchdowns to help the Saints to a 38-27 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars, while the St. Louis Rams defeated the Seattle Seahawks 23-17.
