Is this the moment Ron Rivera told Cam Newton he wasn’t starting?

The Seattle Seahawks will be without safety Earl Thomas for the rest of the season due to his broken lower left leg, no matter how far the team advances in the playoffs. After the game, the team said it was because Newton violated the team’s travel dress code by not wearing a tie.

During Sunday night’s blowout win over the Carolina Panthers, the Seattle Seahawks may have lost more than they won.

“I don’t think you are going to replace Earl Thomas”, Carroll said. Anderson rolled out to throw a pass to Mike Tolbert. The interception was converted into a field goal by the Seahawks, who went on to run away with the game, 40-7.

Rivera said Sunday night that he benched Newton because he wants to treat all his players the same-and that includes his quarterback, who also happens to be the NFL’s reigning Most Valuable Player.

Terrell entered this season with just one career tackle on defense. “At the end of the day everybody gets treated the same”.

But holding this team together might be Rivera’s greatest challenge. “So I’m done with it”. It was the first time of the seven the game was decided by more than 14 points. He has been a really active special teams guy for us for years, so this fits together. “I still feel the same way I felt last night”. Chancellor said after the game, “It’s hard to see your brother go down like that”. And yet, while our head says Dallas is the team to fear, our heart points us in a different direction – to the superpower in the Pacific Northwest. There’s no turning away it, ‘ ” Rivera said.

Luck missed last week’s loss to Pittsburgh, cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol over the weekend and came back in style with a prime-time performance. At 4-8, Carolina nearly certainly won’t make the playoffs now, a year after finishing 15-1 and advancing to the Super Bowl. “That’s all anyone should care about”. He left the game but returned playing with a cast.

The Panthers have been ravaged by injuries.

Rawls (15 carries, 106 yards) and the run game set the tone for Seattle, gashing the second-best run defense in the National Football League for 240 yards.

The Bears also signed defensive back Johnthan Banks and waived linebacker Lamin Barrow from injured reserve Monday.

“We all had grand expectations”, Rivera said of the season. “I know that’s really generated a lot of curiosity”, Carroll said. “We still had opportunities but we just didn’t capitalize”. Werder tweed that Thomas’ “future remains uncertain”. “I thought we had the makings of a good team”.