Monday night’s football game between the Colts and the Panthers included a surprise appearance from two protesters who rappelled from the upper deck of Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC, and unfurled a banner about, yes, Bank of America.
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On the second Indianapolis possession, an interception by Carolina cornerback Charles Tillman set the Panthers up for 10-0 lead. He connected on two overtime field goals, including a 52-yarder that lifted the undefeated Carolina Panthers to a 29-26 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. On the ground, Jonathan Stewart rushed for 125 yards in 24 attempts while Tedd Ginn added 43 yards in a run. “I thought, ‘Oh, we’ve got to scoot it up!’ I looked up, and the play clock was at 10”. “And I’ve got to fix it”.
The game went into a heart-pounding overtime and ended with Graham Olsen providing a 52-yard field goal to preserve the Panthers’ unbeaten record. Mentally, I feel all right. “The points, the short field position, that’s the important thing”.
Luck and Cam Newton combined to throw for 16 yards in the first quarter on a rain-drenched night. Luck threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns, while Newton threw for 248 yards and two touchdowns. It was Vinatieri’s field goal for the Patriots that upended the Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVIII.
At halftime, Luck was just 4-of-10 for 37 yards and an interception. But he came alive in the fourth, throwing an 18-yard touchdown pass to Andre Johnson and an 8-yard TD strike to Coby Fleener to bring the Colts to within the 23-20.
Injuries: The Colts were missing starting center Khaled Holmes due to a neck injury here, and Luck was playing with multiple fractured ribs. “They fought and scratched, and they deserved to have the game go into overtime”. I think I’ve made my point, Grigson simply is not a good GM, he gets credit for drafting Andrew Luck over RG3 but anyone with a common sense about football could see that Andrew Luck was clearly the better quarterback. Carolina’s front four was unable to get any pressure on Luck in the fourth quarter unless they sent an extra man or two to blitz, but that left a few wide-open looks for the Colts QB.
Gano hit the victor to extend the Panthers regular-season winning streak to 11 games, dating back to last season. Honestly, I’ve never seen such a schizoid performance in my life, although it should be noted that Carolina backed off defensively in the fourth quarter after taking a 23-6 lead with 10:44 remaining in the game. As Newton backed up against the Colts’ rush he hit Ginn in stride at the Indianapolis 15, a pass of 41 yards.
Those are plays and decisions Newton might not have made last season.
Ill be the first one to say that Andrew Luck has been absolutely horrific this season, but it isn’t on Andrew Luck.
“All your goals are still obtainable, but it doesn’t make this loss any easier to swallow”, Luck said. They are going to prepare and their going to work and they’re going to grind and they’re going to keep swinging that axe until the tree falls.
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Here’s the Colts in a nutshell: They get off to a slow start, making one exasperating mistake after another, play rhythm-less offense and shaky defense, only to awaken and make things interesting but ultimately proving incapable of overcoming the hole they previously dug.
