The Arizona Cardinals seem well-positioned to make a deep playoff run again, though their potential appearance at Super Bowl LI in Houston hinges on whether Carson Palmer can shake off his nightmare in last season’s NFC title game against the Panthers.
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Ahead of the Denver Broncos Super Bowl rematch against the Carolina Panthers on Thursday, a big party in Civic Center Park kicks off Wednesday for fans.
Detroit Lions vs. Indianapolis Colts: Now that he is 100 percent, I believe that Andrew Luck may be ready to make defenses more miserable in the NFL Even though the offensive line is a work in progress and I can say the running game as well.
However, their defense has taken some hits with the loss of defensive tackle Malik Jackson in free agency, so this game should be much more entertaining than the one in February. He has thrown two touchdown passes and been intercepted three times by the Orange Crush defense.
Some punters will see this clash simply as a quick means of gaining revenge for perhaps the bitterest pill in the game to swallow but I can assure you Carolina coaches, staff and players will be more motivated by making sure the start of a new campaign is a positive one compared to any silly acts of retribution.
Carolina’s offensive line has continuity going for it, after keeping the same starters from a year ago. “We’ve got the same defense as past year”.
Siemian’s play in the preseason has produced a ton of concerns.
It had become practically unthinkable in this pass-happy National Football League that a team could win a Super Bowl nearly exclusively on the strength of its defense with precious little help from its quarterback.
Miller said this week it was all in good fun and called Newton “the best player in the league”. The Cats welcome back Kelvin Benjamin who was sidelined for all of last season and he will be a huge part of this Panthers offense and will slide right back into the WR1 role opposite the likes of Devin Funchess and Ted Ginn and will provide another reliable option through the air for Cam Newton. “We literally just had to play average and we just had to not play bad, which is what we did”.
Newton, the No. 1 overall pick in the exalted 2011 draft class, is 0-2 against Miller, the second selection.
There will be a lot of questions that will go into this game. It’s a lot tougher to beat a team the second time around. “If I do good, good things will come, and they’ll support me”. “We shall see once we get going”. “They’ll still love me”.
Anyway, the Broncos have tried their best to put their Super Bowl triumph behind them. When they visited the White House, receiver Demaryius Thomas got to personally thank President Barack Obama for commuting his mother’s drug sentence, and successfully pleaded for the release of his grandmother this summer, as well.
“He’s got an interesting way about him”, Rivera said of Bradberry.
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Quarterback: Do not under any circumstances start Trevor Siemian this week. “I think this last preseason game I played, I kind of was able to get in a little flow in that third game”. He has played the Broncos twice, lost twice and his statistics have been horrendous.
