Titans fade late in 27-10 loss to undefeated Panthers

Panthers 27, Titans 10 Cam Newton was ideal for nearly a half.

The always flashy, Newton also rushed for a touchdown in this game that was dictated by Carolina’s strong second half defense.

Dumervil was in the process of sacking Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles on what would have been the final play of the game. “I’ve got to do a better job of helping those guys out in terms of protection and getting the ball out and allowing our guys to make plays”. “That looked like the early Cam, not the Cam we are coming to know now”. “Eventually the dam’s going to break”.

“We went punch for punch with them to the fourth quarter”, tight end Delanie Walker said.

The Titans hung in there with a flurry of good play in the second quarter where they moved the ball, made the lions share of the 11 first downs in the game and scored their 10 points.

The Titans scored 14 points in the first quarter and never trailed en route to a 30-3 victory over the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium. “We’ve just got to clean a lot of things up”, quarterback Cam Newton told reporters. To put it frankly, Cam Newton is the greatest athlete to ever play quarterback in the NFL.

Teams attempt to make the Panthers drive the length of the field and expect to force them to make a mistake, Mularkey said.

Everyone agreed on this: the Titans should’ve done more to prevent it. “It’s not going to be pretty at the end”. They held Marcus Mariota under 200 yards passing in total, and Josh Norman had a pass deflection late.

The Titans were unable to get anything going on offense after halftime, as they tallied only 19 yards and on first down in the third quarter.

According to oddsmakers from online sports book Mybookie.ag, the Panthers are 4-point favorites versus the Titans after opening as a 4-point favorite. Spots don’t get much flatter than this, and Carolina needs to win by margin in order to cover this pointspread; a clear “bet-against” situation. That was followed by a rare Monday Night Football home game in Carolina, another down-to-the-wire battle against the Colts, resulting in another win for the Panthers.

Taking advantage of two nice blocks down field, Langford turned a screen pass into his long touchdown to give the Bears (4-5) a 24-10 lead with five minutes left in the first half.

And this is what Newton said about his new touchdown dance, which he added was inspired by his 16-year-old brother, Caylin: “It’s just fun”.

Mike Mularkey said that he has no details on the severity of the injury but said, “it’s not good”, per ESPN.com. I’d argue that the block didn’t affect the return, but either way the Panthers have been called on those penalties multiple times this season.

A fumble by McCluster with 1:00 left in the game, gave the Panthers the pigskin for the ability to kneel down.

“This is how you win football games”, said veteran Panthers defensive end Jared Allen. They took down Drew Brees four times last week, even though linebacker David Bass was fined more than $17,000 for roughing the Saints quarterback with his sack in the fourth quarter. Sure, he is able to come back in a few weeks, but Johnson is now sitting on the sidelines while his team is working on an undefeated year.