After taking the weekend to digest the Giants complete deconstruction of the Panthers last Thursday, there are many things to be concerned about. The defense looked like Swiss cheese against Eli Manning and a motley crew of back up receivers. They also made Andre Brown, a guy who has been on six teams in three years, look like Terrell Davis as he rumbled through tackles all game long. But the most shocking result of Thursday’s loss was the play of one Cam Newton. This was supposed to be Newton’s time to shine, his first primetime game with whole country watching, and his play was disappointing to say the least. He completed 16 passes on 30 attempts, threw three interceptions and a whopping total of 6 yards on the ground. Time and time throughout that game he had an opportunity to put his team on his back and will them to compete in that game and he failed to answer the bell. To make it worse, when Ron Rivera pulled Newton late in the blowout cameras showed Newton sulking with a towe...
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Ron Rivera,
Steve Smith,
T.J. Yates,
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TEAMS: New York Giants, Carolina Panthers, Houston Texans, Seattle Seahawks
TEAMS: New York Giants, Carolina Panthers, Houston Texans, Seattle Seahawks
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