“I’m not in here Monday getting a trash bag and cleaning my locker out and going home”, Norman said after Sunday’s 49-15 win over Arizona in the NFC championship game.
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After the Carolina Panthers defeated the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Conference championship game Sunday, the usual suspects took to Twitter to lambast Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.
Carolina Panthers celebrate from the bench during the NFC Championship.
Denver Broncos general manager and executive vice president of football operations John Elway, left, is flanked by head coach Gary Kubiak as he holds the AFC Championship trophy following the NFL football AFC Championship gam…
That would be against Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos in two weeks. By comparison, books profited $3.26 million a year ago on $116 million in bets when the New England Patriots beat the Seahawks. They raced out to a 17-0 lead on the Cardinals on a 22-yard run by Ted Ginn Jr. and then an 86-yard touchdown strike from Newton Corey Brown. Newton gave it back when Peterson picked him off and ran 72 yards to the Carolina 23 – and Palmer gave that one back with a weak throw that Kurt Coleman intercepted in the end zone.
– Aqib Talib and Bradley Roby, Broncos. He was masterful in this game, outside of his one interception.
New England had to go for 2 after Brady’s 4-yard touchdown to Rob Gronkowski because Stephen Gostkowski missed an extra point in the first quarter, snapping a string of 523 straight makes. They open as 3.5 point favourites. Carolina set the record for most points for a victor in the NFC title game in a 49-15 romp of Arizona. Despite missing three regular-season games, he still ranked 13th with 118 tackles.
But Arizona still had one more step to take before they can make it back to their first Super Bowl since the 2008 campaign, and they learned that in the most painful way possible against the Panthers. Manning could also be the only quarterback in National Football League history to win a Super Bowl with two different franchises.
“I don’t want the credit”, Newton said on the FOX post-game show.
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Manning hasn’t thrown an interception in the playoffs, but that could change in Super Bowl 50 if Short and the rest of Carolina’s defensive line are giving the quarterback little time to throw the ball. As it turns out, it worked out pretty well for Allen, who will be playing in his first Super Bowl. Some speculate this might be his last game ever – and if it is, yesterday was the last time fans will ever get to see the classic Tom Brady versus Peyton Manning rivalry. Cam Newton probably decided the MVP race with yet another stand-out performance, passing 335 yards and rushing 47 more.
