On Sunday, the two QBs with similar accolades but varying styles meet when the Panthers host the Cardinals in the NFC Championship game, with a berth in the Super Bowl at stake. It’s not over yet. It started early when cornerback Justin Bethel missed a chance to bring down Ted Ginn Jr. near the line of scrimmage, and Ginn weaved his way across the field for a 22-yard touchdown for Carolina’s first score.
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The Cardinals will move Fitzgerald around, into the slot at times, and even coming through the backfield as he did on the shovel pass that beat Green Bay in overtime last week.
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Along with his status as scariest runner in the NFL, biggest cheerleader on the Carolina Panthers’ sideline, corporate spokesperson and post-touchdown football gifter, Cam Newton is an underrated passer.
But it was the Denver defence that stole the show, intercepting Brady twice and making two crucial fourth down stops late in the fourth quarter to snuff out potentially game tying scoring drives, including one with just 2:18 on the clock. Arizona is 4-1 against the spread in their last five road games, 15-5 against the spread following a game that they covered the point spread, and 1-6 against the spread against a team with a winning record. He took the ball and went left. On third down from his 14, Newton fired a dart to Philly Brown. Johnson has a kick return for a touchdown this season and is probably one of the more unsafe playmakers in the National Football League today. “They sent me back out to the wolves”. If they can do that against Arizona, it’s going to be tough for the Cardinals to win. When the drive stalled Graham Gano booted a 45-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead.
Davis, who already had six tackles, left for good with a broken right forearm during that drive.
“Everyone has worked their tail off to get us this far”, he added while the crowd chanted “M-V-P” behind him.
There were plenty more of those during the trophy celebration, and fans danced in the stands as the loudspeaker played “Shout”.
This makes for a great encounter between the two teams with both franchises already displaying their strengths as they secured their places in the championship round.
Brady completed fewer than 50 percent of his passes, hitting on 27 of 56 for 310 yards, one TD and two interceptions.
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Meanwhile, Arizona’s defense allowed several big plays.
