“We’re not anxious about the Super Bowl”. Unfortunately, because the Seahawks fell behind quickly and trailed 31-0 at the half, Lynch became nearly non-existent in the Seattle offense during the course of the game.
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When Bob Hennis parked in uptown around 9:00 Sunday morning, it was snowing. And on the second play of the second period, Stewart leaped in from the 1 – that extended Carolina’s string of 100-yard rushing games to 28 and made it 21-0.
“Absolutely not!” he said with a laugh. The two best teams in the NFC, the two best teams in the National Football League during the 2015 regular season period.
Charlotte has gone a little nuts for the 15-1 Panthers.
The Carolina Panthers have a reputation of being a defensive team.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Four games into his playoff career, Cam Newton recognizes the key element to success. Large banners were hung up on construction cranes. Luke Kuechly leads the Panthers with 11 tackles, Josh Norman has a sack and Robert McClain has one pass deflection.
“He was lights out”, quarterback Russell Wilson said. Yeah, there’s some stuff, there’s always stuff, but I really like our team.
Fair point. And that love is even stronger after Sunday. There was such high demand for tickets that CMPD held a press conference last week to warn about fakes.
The defense was dominating in the first half of play. Palmer went 25-41 for 349 yards and three touchdowns.
In today’s playoff game, Carolina raced to a 31-0 halftime lead with Wilson throwing two interceptions, one for a pick six. Kuechly ran it back for a touchdown.
“We misfired on that first big run”, Carroll said.
But, the Panthers won with a solid defense in the second half and true team play. The Seahawks hit a field goal with just over a minute left.
There were several factors that caused the Panthers to win this game, but did the Panthers check off all of the boxes to lead the Panthers to victory?
They’ve proven they can overcome them, whether it’s in games like their comeback win over the Packers to take last year’s NFC championship, or in more of a bigger picture sense like how they bounced back from a 2-4 start this season to finish 10-6 and make the playoffs for the fourth straight year. Arizona and Carolina will play in prime time.
“We’ve been known to kind of let the foot off the throttle”, he says. “Having him on the football field healthy and ready to roll is a big plus for us”. “You know it’s going to be a grind down to the wire”.
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“In all honesty, [the Seahawks] have been the watermark here in the NFC and we have an opportunity that we want”, Panthers head coach Ron Rivera. Also, if games were any longer, there is a very good chance that the Seahawks would have won because by the end of the second half, all the Panthers were really doing was holding onto their lead for dear life.
