Some will remember the Denver Broncos’ 21-20 victory over the Carolina Panthers for its thrilling conclusion: Panthers place-kicker Graham Gano was wide left on a field goal attempt with 4 seconds remaining.
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After the reigning MVP’s Carolina Panthers fell once again to the Denver Broncos, this time by the score of 21-20 in the NFL’s season opener on Thursday night, several of Newton’s coworkers sounded off on what they perceived to be unfair officiating of the quarterback. The Panthers were on the brink of a different outcome Thursday.
“I was going to drill it, no doubt in my mind”, Gano said. The Broncos seldom dazzled on offense, but were rescued by a violent and wise defense. “I just don’t like to lose”. Yet talking about courage takes away from the fact there was negligence on the part of the game officials and an National Football League that talks constantly about player safety. Manning said he spoke with Siemian on the eve of the game and told him he was in his corner. “I’m not against the military, I’m not against America”, Marshall said.
While Gano muffed what should have been the match victor, Panthers quarterback Cam Newton also had a tough day.
Broncos coach Gary Kubiak called passes on the first five offensive plays of the night, something that he said after the game was created to let Siemian “know I believe in him”. “It was just one of those type of games”. Rookie Andy Janovich took a shallow handoff, went around the right end and sprinted 28 yards for a score in the second quarter.
Overall, I thought it was a solid debut for Siemian.
“I feel sh–y”. This is our only platform to really be heard.
In news outside of Thursday’s game, the New England Patriots may be without Rob Gronkowski when they open up their 2016 slate on Sunday. “But we have voices as well”. Marshall was a teammate of Kaepernick at the University of Nevada. I’m not going to pass judgment on anyone.
Denver coach Gary Kubiak did not take sides on his player’s action. “Start thinking about the next one”, said Rivera, whose team plays San Francisco on September 18. With that defense, Denver will be nearly impossible to beat. “I know he’s the biggest guy on the field, but he’s still a quarterback. We came in and had opportunities to put them away and we didn’t”. “Early in the game, a guy took two, three steps and hit him in the head and they didn’t call a penalty”. While the penalty was offset by Newton being charged with intentional grounding, either a ref or spotter should have pulled Cam off the field to be evaluated.
Anderson makes the 25-yard touchdown and, no sooner have the offense left the field than Newton throws an interception. “It doesn’t matter. It didn’t cost us the game”. This is how a magnificent defense wins football games. He arrived to his postgame news conference late, and he was polite, cautious and absolutely unwilling to give the media even a modicum of ammunition to revisit Super Bowl 50 and that postgame debacle.
“We wanted to make sure we got to him”, safety T.J. Ward said. “We’ve just got to treat Cam like a quarterback”.
“Do you see them calling it?” asked Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis. If Chris Harris is not flagged for a phantom hands-to-the-face call with 1:54 left, the Broncos and several million fans would have started celebrating 10 minutes earlier.
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After having seemingly lost his poise in the Super Bowl matchup, Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was considerably more effective against the Broncos defense. And then it was Miller time. Manning retired a month after helping the Broncos beat the Panthers for the title.
