“We have been known to take our foot off the throttle and we have to find that killer instinct”.
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Over to the other locker room. You don’t earn a nickname like “Beast Mode” without laying a licking on opposing players on a regular basis.
At Andre Day’s funeral Saturday afternoon, Norman dedicated Sunday’s game to his friend’s memory.
The Panthers opened up an early 31-0 lead at home against Seattle yesterday. Arizona has been a strong road team all season, but playing at Bank of America Stadium gives Carolina the edge.
The NFL Playoffs divisional round is over, as the Carolina Panthers, thanks to a huge first half by their defense and Cam Newton, advance to the NFC championship game at the expense of the Seattle Seahawks, while the Denver Broncos defense carries Peyton Manning once again, this time into the AFC championship game, leaving the hobbled Pittsburgh Steelers behind.
In the second half, he looked like the Wilson who has made the comeback a part of his aura.
“That’s what this game is going to teach us”, Kuechly told the Associated Press.
“In all honesty, they have been the watermark here in the NFC, and we have an opportunity that we want”. The Carolina Panthers ground game is averaging 144 yards per contest, and Jonathan Stewart leads the way with 106 yards and two touchdowns. Following the field goal, Carolina’s Tre Boston sacked Wilson for an eight-yard loss on second down. “We’re not going to sit here and pout about them scoring some points”.
And then things got worse.
Floyd also had an 8-yard touchdown catch in the first quarter. The Seahawks would escape further damage, but the evidence of their beatdown was all over the scoresheet. “We got behind and I take the blame for that”. Six minutes after Kearse’s touchdown catch, Lockett matched him with a 33-yard catch in the back corner of the end zone. “We’re not used to making those kind of mistakes across the board”.
All four road teams won in the first round of playoff games – Kansas City, Pittsburgh, Green Bay and Seattle. On Sunday, they made all the right plays in asserting a 31-0 lead before a few slip-ups allowed the Seahawks to rally back into the game.
A man responsible handling almost 1,500 carries, 65 rushing touchdowns, and 6,347 yards in the last six years in Seattle could be moving on.
In the second half Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes, two of which were caught by Jermaine Kearse, and Steven Hauschka booted a field goal with just over a minute left to cut the lead to 31-24.
“A lot of teams would have packed it in”.
Spelman said she drove up from Savannah, GA for the game.
The “public” teams are out of the playoffs so it will be interesting where the bettors take this line.
Both linebacker Bobby Wagner and Sherman said the season is not a success because they won’t win the Super Bowl. “We fought hard but we lost”. Sure, they came in as the No. 6 seed and were visiting a Carolina team that had rolled to 15 regular-season wins – including a comeback win in Seattle in Week 6 – behind MVP candidate Cam Newton but they also knew they had the experience and confidence to make a third straight trip to the sport’s biggest weekend. Even earlier, really. Check this NFL.com headline: “Seahawks offensive line issues”.
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And that’s how a victor should sound.
