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Well, a week after Carolina clinched its third straight NFC South title, the Falcons fell for the seventh time in eight games.
“They came out on fire”, linebacker O’Brien Schofield said. “You have to give them their respect, but you know in this league, anything can happen any week”, Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan told reporters.
Rust is certainly a worry for teams that rest players, with the possibility that with more than a week off, they could lose their edge. They beat the Chargers 10-3 as Alex Smith passed for 191 yards and a score.
“It’s huge”, Panthers cornerback Josh Norman said of the shutout.
“The only real test will be when he’s on the field doing the things he needs to, and that’s what we’ve got to find out on Wednesday”, Rivera said.
Not after Sunday’s 38-0 loss to the Carolina Panthers. They managed another meager outing in last year’s finale, a 34-3 thumping from Carolina.
The Panthers’ bid for a ideal regular season continues with games at the New York Giants, at Atlanta and at home to Tampa Bay.
Said safety Kurt Coleman on the bye: “Is that what we did?” “The (victories are) definitely earned”. Cornerback Bene Benwikere broke his left leg within the fourth quarter & is out for the season.
SEAHAWKS 35, RAVENS 6: In Baltimore, Russell Wilson threw five touchdown passes, three to Doug Baldwin to lead Seattle (8-5).
Jonathan Stewart (Running Back): Stewart was knocked out of this game with a minor foot injury, and with the Panthers holding a commanding lead the coaching staff thought it was best to let Stewart recover.
Trumaine Johnson’s 58-yard interception return was the only score in the first half.
Cam Newton raced from one end of the Carolina Panthers’ sideline to the other in the final moments of a 38-0 rout of the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, raising his arms to the crowd as fans cheered on their emotional MVP candidate. “It was great to see us run the football as well as we did – over 200 yards. We’d love to have homefield all the way through”. Newton banged his right elbow on his own helmet in the second quarter but only missed one play.
Alford also dropped an interception in the game. Ginn is an important player for the 13-0 Panthers, but his usage is questionable at times.
That third-quarter touchdown was set up by Ryan’s fumble on a sack.
While much of the attention Carolina is receiving these days is focused on its record, that’s not the case inside the building.
– and the host Jaguars ended the Colts’ 16-game winning streak in the AFC South. The Jaguars (5-8) scored on offense, defense and special teams in the same game for the first time since 2011, the franchise’s most complete game under third-year Coach Gus Bradley. It marked the 11th straight game the Panthers have scored at least 27 points. The 28-point halftime hole was Atlanta’s biggest halftime deficit since trailing by 32 points to Kansas City in 2004…. Jones finished with seven receptions for 88 yards, but 60 of the yards came in the second half after the Panthers had established a comfortable lead.
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If the Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles (6-7) both win out, Atlanta would win the tiebreaker by virtue of a better NFC record. But they are only two games up over 11-2 Arizona with three to play, leaving the No. 1 seed as a carrot.
