National Football League roundup: Panthers, Newton now 10-0

He wasn’t up to the task. Down 7-0, the Skins countered with a 56-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open WR DeSean Jackson to tie the game.

-The Panthers’ defense forced a franchise-high five fumbles.

“This game is a humbling game”, Redskins coach Jay Gruden said. “So I’m just frustrated with it”, he continued. The Panthers defeated the Redskins 21-13.

“That’s fine”, he said. “At that point in the game, we felt that was going to be maybe our last opportunity so we were aggressive and came up short on fourth-and-4”. Don’t worry about the name – we players and we work our butt off too.

Cam Newton’s dance moves dominated the headlines this week, but he and the Carolina Panthers hope to keep finding reasons to celebrate. He had four with 5:14 to play in the second quarter and five overall, tying the franchise record held by Steve Beuerlein. Now they have a short week to prepare for unbeaten Carolina on Thanksgiving.

With the game tied at 14 in the second quarter, Newton led an eight-play, 92-yard touchdown drive, capping it with a 2-yard TD pass to Ginn. His passer rating is higher than in 2014, but not as high as past years.

Carson Palmer overcame two early interceptions to throw four touchdown passes. Defensive end Kony Ealy sacked and recovered a fumble by Cousins on the Redskins’ next series, leading to a field goal and a 31-14 halftime lead. The Carolina Panthers will be playing their Week 11 game without starting cornerack Charles Tillman, who will fill his role by CB Bene Benwikere who started 6 contests last season.k. The Panthers placed Johnson on the list in the first month of the season after he suffered a hamstring strain. STEWART ON THE RUN: Panthers coach Ron Rivera said this past week he wanted to begin to limit Jonathan Stewart’s carries as the season progresses to save his body. It led, 38-14. Cousins has turned the ball over at least once in every road game of his career.

There were a good number of Washington fans in the crowd, perhaps 15,000, a number heartily debated in the pressbox. Many of them were gone before the final whistle.

In the second quarter, Washington cornerback Chris Culliver nearly had a pick-six after he intercepted Newton’s pass intended for tight end Greg Olsen. Culliver, from Raleigh, also let loose with a throat slash caught on TV but not by officials.

Newton’s four first-half touchdown throws were a club record.

NOTES: Roberts’ 99-yard kickoff for a touchdown was the first allowed by the Panthers in 100 games. Stud defender Darrelle Revis was burned for a 61-yard TD catch by DeAndre Hopkins that put the Texans up 10-3, then had to leave later with a concussion.

“I liked the way he went after the football”.

3. Devin Funchess is growing up before our eyes. “Since there is no helmet-to-helmet contact, I think the call is much more closer to wrong than right as the defense has limited options to get down a 6′ 5” 250 pound receiver. In his first start of the season, Keenum went 12 for 26 for 136 yards and fumbled three times, losing two. Winning covers up a lot of things and we can’t get complacent with the victories. Why is nobody criticizing Cam Newton after Sunday’s win? You can’t turn the ball over if you are a running back no matter how big you are or how little you are, you have to protect the football.

Brock Osweiler refused to let a day go to waste while he waited for his chance – and watched one of the game’s greatest quarterbacks. However, I think it’s safe to say Hatcher is probably way off base with his assessment of the way his team is being treated by referees. We got a team too. “You’ve got to focus in on walk-throughs and watching film and the preparation in the classroom, because Thursday’s going to be here before you know it”.