Scott Fowler: Scott Says: Hurricane remnants in Charlotte make Panthers’ loss to Falcons feel weird
While the
Thousands who may have wanted to watch the Panthers-Falcons game literally didn't have the power to do it.
And many other people didn't have time for the escapism inherent in a Sunday afternoon of pro football anyway. They were evacuating, or using a chainsaw on a downed tree, or making sure they had enough fresh water, or ensuring that the family photo albums got saved, or figuring out what to do with the kids on another Monday with no school.
It's interesting to wonder if this game would have been played at all had it been scheduled for Charlotte. My guess is that it would have been postponed because of the difficulties faced by the region -- and the need for police and first responders to be able to concentrate their efforts on storm relief.
As it was, though, the game was played, and I'm not saying it shouldn't have been. Being there, though, it just felt sort of like watching a football game with the "mute" button on.
-- The
-- The cheap shot by
Newton said later of the ejection: "What needed to happen, happened." The quarterback also said of the hit that "it looked worse than it did" and that "this game isn't fit for cheap shots like that."
-- Newton played an extraordinarily good game for the most part, coming back from a hit that looked very possibly like it could have given him a concussion to throw for 335 yards and three touchdowns and run for 42 more yards. His only interception bounced off running back C.J. Anderson's hands first. The Panthers had a chance on their final drive, but ran out of time at the Atlanta 31. The Panthers' final play: A throw to double-covered rookie
"I had a good shot at it but it just came down so fast through his arms," Moore said, "I couldn't react fast enough. It's real frustrating."
-- Newton's dump-down passes to
-- The Panthers missed
-- You see this on the practice field a lot but not too often in a real game: Atlanta cornerback
-- Who would have thought that Atlanta quarterback
-- All that money the Panthers have spent on the defensive line usually seems like a good investment -- as it did a week ago against Dallas. But it did not look well-spent Sunday, as Ryan had all sorts of time and the
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