Newton leads unbeaten Panthers to 27-10 win over Titans

Newton also ran for a touchdown, marking the 30th game he has scored through the air and the ground. The Titans were held to 19 yards and one first down in the third quarter, and they never regained the momentum they showed early in the game when Mariota was effective as a runner and passer.

Dumervil was in the process of sacking Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles on what would have been the final play of the game.

On top of the rushing struggles, the Titans sacked Cam for a season high 5 times.

“The stakes were high and they’re going to get higher each and every week”, he said. 500 this season. Even though Carolina is good defensively, their offense wouldn’t be almost as productive without their tough-minded quarterback leading the charge. “Eventually the dam is going to break”.

Marcus Mariota and the Titans pulled off one of the better upsets of the year last weekend in New Orleans and now have an opportunity for another signature win if they can figure something out that no other team has: Beat the Panthers.

Tennessee answered the Panthers with an equally productive drive as Mariota was able to find his tight ends Delanie Walker and Anthony Fasano for big gains. He keeps on dancing and says basically, “If you don’t want me to score, keep me out of the endzone”.

Wide receiver Justin Hunter (15) is carted off the field after an injury during the second half against the Panthers. Titans’ linebacker Avery Williamson didn’t like the excessive celebration and confronted Newton.

Tennessee’s initial plan of attack was to blitz Newton to put pressure on him and leave it to the defensive backs to make plays in the secondary.

“They continued to do what they haven’t been doing”, Mularkey said. “We know they’re a much different team when he’s in the lineup and we knew we had to be on our A game today”. Kendall Wright and Harry Douglas will step up while Tennessee needs more improvement Dorial Green-Beckham. “So we got to be disciplined as well”. The defense didn’t give up though, holding the Panthers on the one-inch line early in the third quarter and allowing only a field goal instead of another touchdown. Which is what most of the Panthers fans were saying to each other on Twitter when the Titans took offense. It is his first time going up against the Panthers’ defense, which will make this game a complete learning experience. He hadn’t been over 64.5 percent in a game this season, and hit just half last week against the Packers and 45.7 percent the week before against the Colts. The weak area of the team is at WR but a healthy RB Stewart and a productive TE Olsen has been enough for the more mature Cam Newton to work with. Mularkey said the team will have a walk-through practice on Monday. His previous best start to a game was eight straight completions against Atlanta on 12/9/12. Quarterback Tony Romo is expected to play next week for the first time since the team’s last win in Week 2.

“It’s one of those deals where you have got to learn from everybody you play against”, Mariota said. Building rhythm throughout his drives.

Now this week, they travel to take on the 2-6 Titans.