Cam Newton threw a career-high five touchdowns passes as the Panthers improved to 10-0 on the season. However, they are one of only two unbeaten teams in the National Football League and the first to win 10 games this season. Tight end Greg Olsen has stepped up tremendously as Newton’s favorite target, but Carolina’s receiving corps still serves as a major weakness.
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“Between the fumbles and the picks, we had a couple short fields”.
Aside from yesterday, Carolina hasn’t really had those blow out wins…but they find ways to win…on both sides of the ball, they get it done. “Don’t worry about the name…I’m just frustrated with it. We shouldn’t have to be punished for that…Every game, there have been calls after calls that should go in our favor but they go to them”. Newton found Funchess for his franchise-tying fifth TD pass of the game to give Carolina a 38-14 lead. “More importantly though I like the way he went after the football, very Kelvin-esc in terms of trying to make plays”, Rivera said referring to Carolina wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin, who is on injured reserve.
The Redskins have lost nine straight on the road.
Kirk Cousins: True to the scouting report, Cousins was accurate on short and intermediate passes, completing 22 of 30 for 207 yards, a touchdown and an interception.
Cousins was sacked five times.
Amini Silatolu (+1.7) played his best game of the year, but exited in the third quarter due to injury.
Newton completed 21-of-34 passes for 246 yards and five touchdowns.
Cousins is in the final year of his contract and according to the Washington Post, Gruden is interested in keeping Cousins around in the future. That’s small peanuts compared to the AFC, in which Indianapolis had a 23-game streak and New England once had a streak of 21 in the regular season and playoffs.
Teddy Bridgewater had 296 yards passing for the Vikings (7-3), but was sacked six times. His two carries netted 0 yards. Newton has 382 yards and six touchdowns on 86 attempts. via NFL.com.
“The first drive we had three and out”.
T.J. Yates, taking over for the injured Brian Hoyer, threw for 229 yards and two TDs, but more importantly didn’t turn the ball over to a NY team that has hit its lowest point this season. Other than that, each of the four wins in 2014 and the other nine wins in 2015 have all come against teams at.
The Cowboys have won all three games that Romo started this season – losing the seven that he missed after he was hurt on September 20 against the Eagles.
“Whether he is handing the ball off or he is running the ball or whether he is throwing it, he understands that”. Cam tied the Carolina Panthers franchise record for touchdowns in a game Sunday with 5 passes to 5 different receivers.
Barring injury, the 26-year-old is poised to shatter the all-time record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback. Cousins is likely to work on some type of deal with the Redskins, as Gruden has shown that he prefers the former MI State quarterback over Robert Griffin, who has not started for the Redskins this season.
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Moving forward: Newton had never thrown for more than three scores in a game in his career until Sunday when he eclipsed that in just one half.
