Good article on today's game

[Mr. Scot]

From CBS Sports (link)

 

Excerpts...

 

Cam Newton tried to tell everyone who would listen last week that the Carolina Panthers were much better than an 0-2 team.

He and his teammates went out and proved it.

 

"I told a couple of guys we were past due for a win like this," Newton said. "A win like this boosts our ego and gives us that swagger we need."

 

"We allowed Coach, as people say, to survive another week," Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith said.

Defensive end Greg Hardy, who tied a career-high with three sacks in the first half, said if Rivera was feeling pressure to win he never let on to his players at practice.

"He basically came out and said, 'You know what, [to heck with] me, I'm here for you guys,'" Hardy said. "He said, 'This is what we're going to do. We're going to win because we are a team not because of any of that.' It makes you want to play 10 times harder for him."

 

New York came in with only 73 yards rushing in its first two games and managed just 60 yards Sunday, 40 coming after the Giants trailed 31-0.

Manning was under pressure all day and finished 12 of 23 for 119 yards with two interceptions. He couldn't take advantage of an injury-depleted secondary.

 

"We didn't give ourselves a chance to go after that chopped-up secondary because they did an outstanding job up front," Coughlin said. "They ended up with seven sacks, and our quarterback must have gotten hit 20 times."

 

The Panthers set the tone early, sacking Manning five times in the first quarter. They limited the Giants to 18 total yards -- and just 1 yard passing -- in the first half and took a 17-0 lead to the locker room.

 

The Panthers turned to a read-option on their second possession, something they used frequently the last two seasons but haven't gone to much this year. Newton ran four times for 40 yards on the drive, with fullback Mike Tolbert scoring on a 2-yard run.

Newton said that was designed to neutralize defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul's pass rush.

"The game plan was to attack and nuke his aggressiveness and turn it into his curse," Newton said.

 

Newton said after two close losses, the Panthers didn't want to leave any doubt about this one after halftime.

 

[CPcavedweller]

This is an AP report. It's on virtually every website including ESPN.

[TheRed]

"We allowed Coach, as people say, to survive another week," Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith said.

I wasn't expecting that.

[Mr. Scot]

I wasn't expecting that.

 

I think Hardy's comment on that was even more interesting.

 

[TheRed]

I think Hardy's comment on that was even more interesting.

We tend to forget that the players hear most of the same things from the media that we do.

If Rivera can keep this team playing like that every week, there is no excuse for us not to secure a playoff berth.

[PhillyB]

"The game plan was to attack and nuke his aggressiveness and turn it into his curse," Newton said.

 

 

 

lol i love cam

[TheRumGone]

lol

[frash.exe]

good god, read option being a viable play call instead of good ol' fashioned football? IMPOSSIBLE