Cam Newton’s five TD passes give Panthers something to dance about

Cam Newton threw a career-high five touchdowns passes, and the Carolina Panthers improved to 10-0 with a 44-16 win Sunday over Washington.

Quarterback Cam Newton, guard Trai Turner and the Carolina Panthers are featured on the latest cover of Sports Illustrated with a headline that reads, “Lights, Cam, Action”.

“I have labeled myself as a pocket passer with the ability to run, ” Newton said.

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.

Since the start of the Super Bowl, six of the 15 teams to start 10-0 won the Super Bowl.

With a win the Panthers will definitely have history on their side as far as advancing to the Super Bowl. Tight end Greg Olsen has stepped up tremendously as Newton’s favorite target, but Carolina’s receiving corps still serves as a major weakness. As a team, the Panthers have run for 1,399 yards on the ground, an average of an impressive 139 yards a game. Carolina’s defence had five sacks and established a franchise record holding the Redskins to 14 yards rushing on 12 carries.

“We’ve had a tendency here of when we have a couple of bad things happen, they get magnified and some more things happen”, Gruden said. Essentially the Giants have to guard against beating themselves, as they look to take control of the NFC east. They pretty much beat us in all phases.

“I don’t know if it’s about the name or what…don’t single us out”.

There are only two undefeated teams left in the National Football League, the New England Patriots in the AFC and the Carolina Panthers in the NFC. He has three sacks, which ranks fourth on the squad, and also has intercepted the ball three times, forced two fumbles, and recovered one.

The Broncos edged the Bears on Sunday to break a two-game losing streak, winning 17-15 with backup quarterback Brock Osweiler at the helm.

Despite rallying for a 16-13 win over the Rams, there was little consolation as coach John Harbaugh announced after the game that quarterback Joe Flacco has torn ligaments in his knee and will miss the rest of the year. Against the pass, they give up 228 yards a game, and Tony Romo will give them their toughest opponent since Aaron Rodgers was in town. This past Sunday’s game against the undefeated Carolina Panthers was seen a test of the Redskins readiness to compete for the division title.

Buccaneers QB Jameis Winston tied a rookie record with five touchdown passes while throwing for 246 yards in Tampa Bay’s 45-17 rout of Philadelphia.

Veteran kicker Adam Vinatieri converted a 43-yard field goal with 52 seconds remaining as the Indianapolis Colts came back from a two-touchdown deficit to beat the slumping Atlanta Falcons 24-21.

Seahawks 29, 49ers 13 – Rookie Thomas Rawls rushed for 209 yards and had two total touchdowns, while Tyler Lockett caught a pair of TD passes from Russell Wilson, and the Seahawks got back to.500.

Houston sacked Rivers four times in the 2014 season finale in which the Chargers were eliminated from the playoff race.

Graham Gano’s 42-yard field goal on the last play of the first half made it 31-14. He was placed on the Commissioner’s exempt list for his arrest on domestic violence charges and played only one game last season for the Panthers, who opted not to re-sign him.