Rivera said Newton looked good in Wednesday’s practice. This is a physical sport. “I’m not going to change the way I play the game”, Stewart said. That penalty was actually offset because Newton was flagged for intentional grounding when his throw, as he was being leveled by an unblocked, blitzing Stewart, failed to reach the line of scrimmage.
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As most people associated with the NFL will describe it, football is a “high collision” – not high impact – sport. I play the game for the right reasons.
Newton said he “can’t mourn or dwell on things that happened, from the statistics of me being hit to the types of hits that I’m taking”. “My job is not to lobby for my health”, Newton said Wednesday when asked by reporters about the controversy surrounding his Week 1 loss to the Broncos.
Does Newton worry about his long-term health taking shots like he did against Denver? The NFL is going to do their investigation and I know wholeheartedly that [the Panthers’ medical] staff did an exceptional job of protecting me, along with other players.
Former head of National Football League officiating Mike Pereira said the officials “went against protocol” when they allowed Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton to stay in last Thursday’s season-opening game against the Denver Broncos.
“I took a couple hits to the head but I don’t think I showed any signs of being concussed”.
“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”.
Broncos coach Gary Kubiak defended his players against criticisms that the team is playing “dirty”.
The list combines salary with off-field earnings, putting 2015 NFL MVP Cam Newton at the top of the list after making $53.1 million, while New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning came in second with $45 million.
The real problem here that Roger Goodell doesn’t seem to grasp is there is a real and serious problem with the officials allowing these hits to happen. As a part of the program, the league and owners will fund $100 million in support of engineering advancements and medical research.
The Chiefs released third-round pick KeiVarae Russell and brought back linebacker Dezman Moses in a surprise move one week into the season. Russell had been pased over by sixth-round selection D.J. White and recent pickup Kenneth Acker on the cornerback depth chart.
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“Listen, we felt that was best for the Chiefs right now”, Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “And we’re dwelling on something that I don’t want to dwell on”.
