Cam Newton threw a career-high five touchdowns passes, and the Carolina Panthers improved to 10-0 with a 44-16 win Sunday over Washington.
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The Carolina Panthers’ Cinderella season continued Sunday as Cam Newton threw five TD passes in a 44-16 punch-out of a dispirited Washington team.
“I have labelled myself as a pocket passer with the ability to run”, Newton said.
The game was tied at 14 until Newton led an eight-play, 92-yard touchdown drive in the second quarter.
The Panthers are 10-0, the first team to reach 10 wins, Despite this, the Panthers are one point underdogs against the Cowboys, something that head coach Ron Rivera finds disrespectful. After second-year receiver Kelvin Benjamin tore his ACL in training camp, Newton has relied upon tight end Greg Olsen first and foremost while making valuable receivers out of players like Ted Ginn Jr., Devin Funchess, and Jerricho Cotchery.
The Panthers, who have won 14 consecutive regular season games, travel to Dallas to face the Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day.
REDSKINS RUN GAME: The Panthers defense established a new franchise-record by holding the Redskins to 14 yards rushing on 12 carries.
With the Panthers leading 31-14, Kirk Cousins took the first snap of the third quarter and was promptly sacked and had the ball stripped from him. “You’ve got to take advantage of them”.
“These officials are human beings and they do the best they can, just like we are as players and coaches”, Gruden said.
“I don’t know if it’s about the name or what, but at the same time, we play football too”.
Newton’s four first-half touchdown throws were a club record. With no top-tier secondaries remaining on Carolina’s schedule (Dallas, New York, New Orleans, Atlanta and Tampa Bay) this is the time to accelerate his learning curve into the playoffs. We understand the way we’re trying to keep player safety alive and it’s a very important part of this game now. He has finished four games this season with over a 100 quarterback rating, including the last three games, where he threw nine touchdowns and only one interception.
PACKERS 30, VIKINGS 13: Aaron Rodgers threw for 212 yards and a pair of touchdowns, Datone Jones had two of Green Bay’s six sacks, and the visiting Packers (7-3) pulled even with Minnesota (7-3) in the NFC North race.
Washington Redskins’ Andre Roberts (12) returns a kick off for a touchdown against the Carolina Panthers in the first half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, November 22, 2015. We have total faith in him that he’s going to fix this, but he has to himself make sure he understands the importance of the ball. He’s at 3,925 yards as a Panther.
For the season, Newton has a 20-to-9 touchdown-to-interception ratio, and has also run for six scores. The first drive was a three-and-out, and we can’t let that happen. The difference between the Panthers’ run game and the Cowboys’ run game?
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TEXANS 24, JETS 17: T.J. Yates tossed two touchdown passes to DeAndre Hopkins, and Alfred Blue caught a scoring pass from receiver Cecil Shorts as Houston (5-5) beat visiting NY (5-5).
