Panthers QB Cam Newton ‘has been clutch’ in 4th quarter

Per OddsShark, the Panthers start the week as 7.5-point favorites.

Under that logic, the Carolina Panthers top concern right now would be stopping Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons this Sunday at home.

The Saints, losers of four straight were certainly overlooked by Carolina coming into this one.

Later, after meeting with the medical staff following the game, Rivera said Heyer and the independent neurologist wanted to check Newton for a possible concussion. Russell Wilson wasn’t a high round choice by most owners, in fact he was a waiver wire option for most of the year, but both Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks offense have clicked as of late and for those with two signal callers on the roster, Wilson is a good bet to have another solid effort this week against a poor Baltimore Ravens defense.

The Carolina Panthers won the NFC South division today. “And moving forward, we know we can’t just win games by us showing up”.

Those Saints have given the Panthers fits this year and Newton called Sunday’s win a “wake up call”. “Good teams respond. We couldn’t have had more negative, critical errors go against us and to still score 41 points and win the game, to me it says a lot about the guys we have”.

Carolina has the ninth 12-0 start in league history.

That’s Carolina’s record, two games better than any other team, and while wins and losses are admittedly hardly the fairest way to judge a quarterback’s worth, there can be no doubt about Newton’s value this season.

Cam Newton, looking every bit of the player on the short list for NFL MVP, threw two third-quarter touchdown passes to give the Panthers a 28-16 lead.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees (9) drops back to pass in the first half of an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in New Orleans, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. “It goes back to his whole development as a quarterback in this league”, Panthers coach Ron Rivera stated.

“When (Newton) was over there on the sideline shaking his head, I didn’t see that until it was on replay this morning and saw what happened”, Rivera said. He was sacked four times.

Newton stayed in for three more plays (including an offensive penalty) and a lengthy replay review, and finished the drive with a laser to Ted Ginn for a 13-yard touchdown to put the Panthers up 20-16.

“I’ve never been one who got excited about spoiling anything”.

“I even told him, I deserved to get hit like that, taking that foot off the gas”, he said.

At Krispy Kreme on North Sharon Amity Road, the drive-thru wait time was 30 minutes as Panther fans pounced on the chance to buy the tasty treats on sale thanks to the thrilling victory.

The Packers make the most of a questionable facemask call, giving them one last play to try and save the day (And the season?), with Aaron Rodgers hitting Richard Rodgers with the Hail Mary pass for the win. He threw for five touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 65 seconds left.

He narrowly pulled it off, finding tight end Greg Olsen for a first down as he rolled left on a fourth-and-4. Drew Brees goes DEEP to Brandin Cooks for a 54-yard TD. One of those possessions ended in Kai Forbath’s missed 38-yard field goal and the other with a punt.

Anthony ripped the ball away from Stewart as he to push through a pile of players.

The Saints had a pick-6 and also returned a fumble for a score to put unbeaten Carolina into a 14-point hole.

“So, again, as I said, I don’t know. I didn’t hear a whistle, and I kind of waited, then I kept going”.

But on the Panthers’ ensuing extra point attempt, the kick was blocked and returned for a safety by Anthony, putting the Saints ahead 16-13.