The Panthers beat the Houston Texans 24-17 in a hard-fought home game. J.J. Watt had a sack, but for the most part the Panthers controlled his impact.
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CAROLINA DROPS: The Panthers dropped three passes last Sunday, two by Ted Ginn Jr., including one that would have been an easy touchdown.
The Panthers are 2-0 again, but keenly aware of how quickly things can fall apart.
Postgame comments from Carolina cornerback Josh Norman after the Panthers’ 24-17 win Sunday over the Texans.
“It’s the next-man-up mentality our defense has,”said Klein, a fifth-round draft selection by the Panthers in 2013”. You can expect him to be active next week against the Saints.
Like I said last week, it’s a next-man-up mentality.
“You’ve just got to keep pushing forward”, Clausen said.
Newton certainly played like an MVP on Sunday. That decision left Mallett a little “angry” because he said he felt he did enough in training camp to win the job.
Joseph played like he had never covered a bad wide receiver in his life. May I recommend watching some Jared Goff or Connor Cook video? Rivera says “whatever the independent (neurologist) says, that’s what we’re going with”.
ABOUT THE TEXANS (0-1): Hoyer was 18-for-34 for 236 yards with a touchdown and an interception last week, but he will be benched in favor of Mallett, who “added a spark to our team”, according to O’Brien. The Panthers were 2-0 in 2003 and ’04 as well. The missed start broke a string of 49 consecutive regular season starts by Kuechly, dating to the start of his rookie season in 2012.
“I’m just out there trying to do what I can do for the team”, Clowney said after the game.
The only potential setback for Carolina might me the loss of middle linebacker (and best defensive player) Luke Kuechly. Injuries, many of them in the secondary, also forced Carolina to start 11 different players on nearly a weekly basis. And it came right down to the wire.
“He wants to be out there, but we come in at halftime and he’s there with the guys and what a great picture that was”, McDermott said.
Newton flipped into the end zone over the tackle attempt of Texans safety Rahim Moore for the tiebreaking points with 1:04 to play in the third quarter.
St. Louis Rams running back Tre Mason carries the ball against the Washington Redskins during the second half of an National Football League game in Landover, Md., on Sunday, September 20, 2015. We talked throughout the week that Mallett was going to put some balls there and we just had to capitalize.
Yes, Newton doesn’t have much to work with in terms of star pass catchers, but he has the pressures of a new big contract and he has to get better as the season progresses. The offense was balanced and more opportunistic than in the opener, and the special teams units made a positive impact in terms of the field position battle. He stumbled for minute, then got to his feet and celebrated the score, ending it with his Superman impersonation by pretending to tear open his shirt.
High ankle sprains usually cost players multiple games.
“I just told the guys in the locker room we have to stick together”, O’Brien said.
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“He’s shown us everything in practice that we’re looking for”.
