The 14-1 Panthers were upset 20-13 last Sunday at Atlanta.
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It’s not as if Carolina will be scoreboard-watching, though.
Make no mistake, the Panthers are more than happy to stay in the friendly confines of Bank of America Stadium, and happy for the first-round bye.
“You find out what you are made of”, Rivera said. “At some point you’ve got to look at the reality”. He was then placed in the front seats of a cart and driven to the locker room for further evaluation. This is a very interesting week.
Now if you’re like ESPN’s Michael Wilbon, you’re probably rolling your eyes at another round of celebrations and will happily point out it’ll all be moot if they don’t make it to the Super Bowl. That’s the vision. That’s the destination.
Said coach Ron Rivera: “We have to correct a lot of the mistakes and fix a lot of things”. “This is a bump in that journey”.
It wasn’t ideal. Few games are with this team. That’s 2,059 yards of total offense and 18 touchdowns missing.
He also lost a fumble on the final drive with Carolina having a chance to at least send it to overtime.
Newton also said, “Sixteen and O would have been better”. “We don’t wave a magic wand or anything like that”.
“We didn’t know what was going on other than our game, that was the bottom line”, said Rivera.
New York Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick (14) leaves the field after an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016, in Orchard Park, N.Y. The Bills won 22-17. Panthers 10, Bucs 3.
On the season, the Carolina Panthers average 222.3 yards in passing and 144.7 yards in rushing. They did so despite being without their top two running backs in Jonathan Stewart and Fozzy Whittaker, who sat out with injuries.
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Jameis Winston was intercepted twice, and the Bucs (6-10) finished last in the NFC South for the fourth time in five years. They’ve lost three straight and are coming off a 26-21 home defeat to Chicago.
But they’re here now, and their previous win against the Bucs in Week 4 is proving to be a crucial one heading into this game.
“I don’t think we were fairly treated by some other people”.
There are some positives.
Cam Newton’s MVP case has been built on the notion that he succeeded despite his supporting cast, as though he were the NFL’s version of LeBron James. He entered the game needed 64 yards to tie Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson, who has yet to play in Week 17.
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie quarterback questioned his teammate’s desire and expressed angst over the team’s 6-10 season Sunday night following a 38-10 loss to the Carolina Panthers in the regular-season finale. Charles Sims led in receiving with 72 yards and one touchdown in three receptions. Tampa Bay played well, rushing for 141 yards and a touchdown of their own, but things fell apart when it came to turnovers. “When we all have that same ‘why, ‘ that we want to win together and we become that true family, we’re going to be hell, now”. “We’ll show up, play hard, and see what happens”.
