Panthers take a huge lead against Arizona in NFC Title game

He’s leaving behind his camera.

No matter. He has the Panthers in position for their first Super Bowl title.

For the second straight week, the Carolina Panthers had an impressive first half in their playoff game. As for the rest of it, we should at least try to receive those messages with grains of salt.

So Rivera – or more likely a Panthers staffer – will wade through social media over the next two weeks and uncover an insult or snub (NBC’s Rodney Harrison was happy to oblige at various points in the season). The Seahawks limited Newton’s running in the contest holding the quarterback to three yards on 11 carries but Newton didn’t have to be Superman against Seattle. We’re going to do our job. “That’s why we love Cam – because every week, regardless of the situation, he’s going to go out there and give it his all”.

Carolina Panthers players celebrate with fans after the NFL football NFC Championship game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016, in Charlotte, N.C. The Panthers won 49-15 to advance to the Super Bowl. The 49 points were the most for an NFC title game victor.

The crowd immediately erupted into chants of “MVP! MVP!” Carolina is favored by four points. “We came out here and fought our tails off, and we did what a lot of people said we couldn’t do”, Newton said.

It didn’t take long for the Vegas odds makers to make the Carolina Panthers the Super Bowl favorites. Manning, a five-time league MVP, will play in his fourth Super Bowl and Denver in a record-tying eighth.

With help from the Denver Broncos defense.

Manning threw two touchdowns but the 39-year-old QB’s best play may have very well been his 12-yard scramble on third down in the third quarter – his longest playoff run since he was a rookie. In the Panthers’ 31-24 victory, Stewart rushed for 106 yards on 19 carries and two touchdowns.

“Yes, it was personal”, Ginn said.

On this basis alone, these are the NFL’s premier teams.

The Cardinals will move Fitzgerald around, into the slot at times, and even coming through the backfield as he did on the shovel pass that beat Green Bay in overtime last week. “It’s a question you got to ask: Why not us?” “There was pressure all day”. Carolina and Arizona rank 1-2 in National Football League in scoring, wins, point differential and touchdowns….

The turnovers were just far too much and it’s nearly impossible for any team to overcome that many in a single game.

“I wanted to do it for Peyton”, Miller said.

Ginn set up the score against his former team with a 32-yard punt return.

Almost as swiftly, it was 17-0. Another botched tackle, this one at the Carolina 47 by Rashad Johnson, left Brown with nothing but unprotected turf.

Arizona had the ball first but was forced into a three-and-out. Patrick Peterson muffed a punt early in the game that was another costly turnover. He comes up in the run game and makes plays. On both of his TD runs, he laid out the ball or himself to get into the end zone. Palmer feels he has something to prove after a shaky performance in the divisional playoffs.