Carolina players seemed to think the play was over and watched as Anthony raced 31 yards for a 14-0 Saints lead.
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This 11-0 stuff looked so simple. Step right up. Who’s next?
The New Orleans Saints spent a considerable amount of time and effort trying to fix coverage issues in the secondary. You had the NFL’s lone remaining undefeated team on its heels, and the Mercedes-Benz Superdome was rocking.
Also credit Titans rookie Dorial Green-Beckham with a breakout performance that included a touchdown catch that displayed all kinds of athleticism and brute strength. The good news for them is the Steelers have to play at Cincinnati on Sunday before hosting the Broncos the following week, so there’s a good opportunity for the Jets to pull further ahead in conference win-percentage.
Carolina Panthers wide receiver Devin Funchess (17) celebrates his touchdown reception with quarterback Cam Newton (1) in the second half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. The defense appeared perpetually surprised and was beaten short and deep. He’s been off target 25 percent of the time in the first three quarters, which ranks 30th out of 32 qualified quarterbacks.
In particular, there were two Carolina turnovers in the first half that the Saints failed to capitalize on, with the first coming in the first quarter on an interception by New Orleans cornerback Delvin Breaux.
Baltimore Ravens (4-8) 13 Miami Dolphins (5-7) 15: The Ravens have lost eight games by a total of 34 points this season, this time unable to claw their way back after a 15-0 start by the Dolphins.
It’s a shame that the Jets and Giants only match up once every four years because they have the potential to produce some classic games. It is not up to me to make those decisions and those calls.
“No one can do your job for you”. It’s not like college football. The win over the Saints had five lead changes.
That the Panthers haven’t trailed much in the fourth quarter has helped. If they fail to make the play, they likely fail to win.
Both Newton and Rivera said the quarterback chose to go to the locker room and relieve himself while also getting further testing.
Newton rolled left away from the Saints’ rush.
Credit Brady with giving Eagles fans heart palpitations as he looked like clawing his way out of a 21 point hole in the 4th quarter. Jonathan Stewart had a 5-yard scoring run on a pitch from Newton.
NOTES: New Orleans will be officially eliminated from the playoffs if it loses at Tampa Bay on Sunday and Seattle wins at Baltimore. But when the play was shown on the big board, it was evident officials had no reason to overturn the call.
Alex Smith threw two touchdown passes and ran for a third score and Maclin had 95 yards on nine catches to lead the Chiefs.
On the season, even after Sunday, the defense is ranked No. 3 in yards allowed and No. 9 in points allowed. Drew Brees was able to find success by attacking Colin Jones in the slot and throwing the ball over the heads of Roman Harper and Kurt Coleman, and taking advantage of Josh Norman’s aggressiveness.
The breakdowns “needed to get fixed five weeks ago, ” safety Jairus Byrd said.
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Before we get started with the takeaways, here’s the touchdown celebtration of the week. I’m being very upfront with this and very forward because it does bother me. You know what that means? “The thing that we’ve got to be smart about, too, again, is that we are going to come up against another team that it may not go that way”. “We’re headed in the right direction”. We’ll just keep working.
