This one was easy. His career-high five touchdown passes were to five different receivers.
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It hasn’t been a good weekend for the team from the nation’s capital.
Carolina has been outstanding but will not end up 16-0.
Cowboys 24, Dolphins 14 – With Tony Romo back under center, Dallas ended its seven-game losing streak.
“We know it’s going to be on a national stage, but it’s just another game”, Newton said.
The holiday celebration broke out early in the stands, where a huge crowd came to watch a clinic. Thanks to Newton barley running the ball at all Stewart had one of his more impressive performances this season gaining 102 yards and catching his lone target for 12 yards and a touchdown.
“It’s a new challenge”, Washington linebacker Trent Murphy said.
Carolina added two more field goals and surrendered an intentional safety in the final seconds to defeat Washington, 44-16.
The guy with the sign disappeared.
On Washington’s second drive, however, Cousins wouldn’t miss Jackson again.
It was a fitting end.
While the Panthers have looked like legitimate Super Bowl contenders for some time now, their hot start no longer a fluke, they’re quickly becoming the team nobody will want to see in January (or February). Thursday will be a celebration for the Panthers, who have never played on Thanksgiving Day. But what are their chances to continue winning games in the playoffs?
“We’ll validate ourselves eventually”, Rivera said. He was deemed out for the game, further hindering an ineffective offensive line.
“I like the way we went after the ball”, Panthers coach Ron Rivera said.
But Palmer completed two quick passes and Arizona benefitted from a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Cincinnati defender Domata Peko to put kicker Chandler Catanzaro in position to boot a game winning 33-yard field goal with two seconds left. After a relatively slow start to this season, Newton has turned it on in recent games, as he now thrown nine touchdowns and just one interception over the course of Carolina’s last three games.
“It’s nothing that we haven’t seen before”. When comparing him to other quarterbacks with at least 100 attempts in the NFL, Newton ranks 31st overall in completion percentage and 20th in total passing yards.
Texans 24, Jets 17 – DeAndre Hopkins had two touchdown catches and Alfred Blue caught a TD pass from receiver Cecil Shorts to help Houston (5-5) over NY (5-5) for its third straight win. Drop back into covereage and play the pass, he’ll burn you with his legs.
That’s what the Panthers did to Washington.
Carolina forced five turnovers that led to 27 points, had five sacks of Kirk Cousins, and established a franchise record by holding the Redskins to 14 yards rushing (on 12 carries). Newton’s size and athletic ability is just something that is really hard for most National Football League teams to prepare for.
This is a non-complacent team getting edgier, enjoying the spotlight while dancing in the face of its critics. But regardless of whether you enjoy his extracurriculars, Newton has led the Panthers to a 10-0 record as a legitimate MVP candidate this season.
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The big question on everyone’s minds though is if his team can go undefeated or not.
