However, his father has concerns.
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With the game stopped for more than two minutes while officials sorted out offsetting penalties – Stewart’s roughing the passer flag was negated by an intentional grounding call against Newton – Anderson said there was no reason for Newton to be in a hurry to get up.
That is the case Carolina Panthers head coach Ron Rivera made this week after seeing his franchise quarterback on the receiving end of a number of hits in a loss to the Denver Broncos last Thursday night.
Panthers fans have been waiting for the National Football League to crack down on the illegal hits Newton suffered last week that almost left him concussed on the field, and Goodell has answered our call with not one, but two fines to Broncos players. “My job is to win football games, not lobby for my health”, Newton said. I’m not here to worry about pensions.
“Worry about what? I’m anxious about winning”, Newton said.
“I’m beginning to question the consistency of how games are being called – and who they would call this particular play against versus this particular player”, Cecil Newton told ESPNon Friday.
The All-Pro quarterback added, “this is a contact sport”.
Dan Patrick on Wednesday asked Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com and NBC Sports on his radio show why the NFL does not have a targeting rule (where players are ejected for hits deemed to be targeted) like college football?
“Worry about what?” Newton asked reporters, per ProFootballTalk.
“I’m not going to change the way I play the game”, asserted Stewart, who was fined $18,231 for his high hit against the league’s reigning MVP.
“But my job as a quarterback is dissect the San Francisco 49ers defense this week and make sure the Carolina Panthers fans are happy at the end of Sunday”.
“He’ll be all right for the game”, Reid said, referring to the Chiefs’ noon Sunday kickoff against the Houston Texans. “I gain nothing from talking about things that happened in the past”. Here’s a big, physical basketball player and he goes to set a pick, a guy falls down and they call a foul on him. They are hoping to get it in their next game.
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Broncos coach Gary Kubiak however has defended his players, denying suggestions that Denver had played “dirty”. I’m not going to rehash my beef with the lack of the officiating crew’s responsibility being questioned, but needless to say I find it deplorable that they weren’t punished for their part in this fiasco. “Often times as athletes, if we’re in public it’s contractual, or you’re trying to be private and you may not want to be bothered”.
