However, Carolina tight end Greg Olsen and running back Jonathan Stewart left the game with injuries. He finished with a career-high quarterback rating of 153.3, and the Panthers won their 17th consecutive regular-season game. Atlanta is 6-7 and has dropped six in a row. Their quarterback Cam Newton looks on course to win the League’s MVP award after a stunning season for the NFC South team.
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Brady threw TD passes to Keshawn Martin and Rob Gronkowski in the first half to help New England build a 17-6 lead.
New England’s defense harassed Houston quarterback Brian Hoyer into multiple mistakes. Jabaal Sheard had strip sacks on Hoyer twice after halftime.
They allowed five sacks.
The result was in the balance up to the final play when San Diego quarterback Philip Rivers’ bid for a touchdown pass in the end zone was broken up as time expired.
“That’s frustrating. It’s tough as a player (and) it’s tough as a coach, for sure”.
There’s a chance Rivera may ask his players to wait until the final whistle before openly celebrating, but it’s more likely he’ll just let his guys be who they’ve been.
Newton went back to the air on the next drive, finding Ginn for a 46-yard TD pass over the middle behind the Falcons’ defense.
The Philadelphia Eagles picked up a second successive win, 23-20 against the Buffalo Bills and their outspoken ex-Eagles running back LeSean McCoy. You can hate on him all you want, but he’s still going to be out here smiling and winning.
Washington 24, Bears 21: Kirk Cousins threw for 300 yards and a touchdown and Washington hung on to beat the Bears after Chicago’s Robbie Gould missed yet another late field-goal try.
On the season, the New York Giants average 266.6 yards in passing and 88.1 yards in rushing.
Jaguars 51, Colts 16: Blake Bortles had three touchdown passes and ran for a score – all in the second half – as host Jacksonville ended Indianapolis’ 16-game winning streak in the AFC South.
Carolina’s 260 total yards in the first quarter marked a club record for any quarter. After Stewart was held out of the second half as a precaution, Fozzy Whittaker scored his first touchdown since last year’s playoffs. That also came despite pass interference on Alford. No, not the dance routines the quarterback breaks out after he himself gets into the end zone – exhibitions that have been known to irk the heck out of some folks – but one that nearly no one can criticize.
JETS 30, TITANS 8: Ryan Fitzpatrick threw three touchdown passes and New York’s stingy defence stifled Marcus Mariota and the Titans’ offence most of the game.
A surprise to anyone heading into the season, Norman is arguably the best cornerback in the league and is a candidate for defensive player of the year right alongside teammate Luke Kuechly. Chris Ivory ran for 101 yards on 22 carries and Randy Bullock kicked three field goals.
Brees completed 31 of 41 passes for 312 yards.
Manziel delivered a quality performance the Browns (3-10) desperately needed.
It’s possible that as the Panthers figure out what to do in the defensive backfield, they’ll roll with the 11 best defenders.
After Carolina’s 38-0 win over the Falcons, Newton met up with Fox’s Pam Oliver for a postgame interview, an interview that seemed to be going well until one of Newton’s teammates came out of nowhere and hit him with an old-fashioned sneak attack butt-slap.
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Trumaine Johnson’s 58-yard interception return for St. Louis (5-8) was the only score in the first half, plus he did most of the work holding Calvin Johnson to a late 16-yard catch.
