Panthers rally past Dolphins

Panthers rally past Dolphins

Cam Newton, Panthers rally past Dolphins, 20 16MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. It took the NFL's hottest team 55 minutes to start cheap jerseys playing with urgency, but in the end, it pulled off the improbable victory Sunday. Barely. The Carolina Panthers extended their winning streak to seven games after a late rally in the fourth quarter to defeat the Miami Dolphins 20 16. Panthers quarterback Cam Newton's one yard touchdown pass to tight end Greg Olsen with 43 seconds left in the game clinched the Carolina (8 3) victory and kept the Panthers in the lead for an NFC wild card berth.Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) scrambles as Miami Dolphins defensive end Dion Jordan (95) chases during the second quarter at Sun Life Stadium in Miami on Nov. 24, 2013.(Photo: Steve Mitchell, USA TODAY Sports)Story HighlightsNewton threw for 174 yards with a TD and INT, ran for 51 yards and another scoreDolphins WR Mike Wallace caught five passes for 127 yards and a touchdownMIAMI GARDENS, Fla. They sauntered into the locker room Sunday, not knowing what was waiting for them when the doors closed.Trailing the Miami Dolphins by 10 points at halftime, the Carolina Panthers filed into the cramped, musty room in the bowels of Sun Life Stadium, awaiting coach Ron Rivera's speech.Rivera told his team it wasn't ready to play.The Panthers had "disrespected" the Dolphins."I just think it was something where we wholesale nfl jerseys started clicking," running back Mike Tolbert said after the Panthers rallied to defeat the Dolphins 20 16. "When he came in and he was yelling at us and cussing at us, it flipped the switch."BOX SCORE: Panthers 20, Dolphins 16Quarterback Cam Newton led a game winning drive that was capped by a 1 yard touchdown pass to tight end Greg Olsen with 43 seconds wholesale jerseys left. The play sent Carolina to its seventh consecutive victory and kept the Panthers (8 3) in the lead for an NFC wild card playoff berth."We wanted to get Greg an opportunity," Newton said. "We felt like it was a great matchup with the personnel that was called out there. With the great hard fake, we got the safety distracted long enough that Greg was wide open."Down by three points with just more than four minutes to play, Newton led the Panthers on the 12 play, 80 yard drive.The march deflated the Dolphins. The team, unable to escape the scrutiny brought by an ongoing NFL investigation into alleged player misconduct, got no respite on the field.Newton finished with 174 passing yards, one touchdown and one interception. He added 51 yards and one touchdown on the ground."He's playing with a lot of confidence in the last six, seven, eight weeks," Rivera said of Newton. "I know this much: It gives everyone else confidence, and I think that's probably the biggest thing."The cheap nfl jerseys Panthers offense struggled to sustain long drives in the first half, rushing for 31 yards over the first two quarters. In the second half, Carolina rushed cheap nfl jerseys for 105 yards.comment difference was the play of the Carolina offensive line, which yielded to the Miami pass rush early in the game. Newton, as a result, couldn't settle into a rhythm in the first half."I think we came in a little relaxed," Tolbert said. "Coming down to Miami and enjoying the weather we were staying on the beach. It was one of those things where we came in and we knew that they could play good football, but at the same time we overestimated ourselves and we had to get a reality check."That first half was that."In the second half, the Panthers controlled the line of scrimmage.The Dolphins (5 6) held the lead for 50 minutes, starting with a 53 yard touchdown reception by Mike Wallace from Ryan Tannehill with 5:39 left in the first quarter.