The N.F.L. Cam Newton Appears to Be Ready: The only problem with Cam Newton passed for 422 yards in his NFL debut was that of his Carolina Panthers needed 423 Newton, the first choice in the project, the first day of work was full of positives. He graduated from the companies 24 37 short passes, long passes, runs through the center and moved to the sidelines. He was intercepted only once, mainly to avoid problems (even though he was sacked four times) and lasted up to the score. His total yardage broke Peyton Manning is a sign of the greatest rookie debuts. The only thing that Newton did not do was win the game. Trailing by 28-21 in the fourth quarter, Newton got one final chance to produce a winning ending when he took over at Carolina’s 17 with 2:20 left. Two quick completions moved the Panthers into Arizona territory before the two minute warning, and a deep ball to Steve Smith and a roughing-the-passer penalty gave him the ball at Arizona’s 11 with 1:39 to go. But Newton threw three straight incompletions, and another on fourth down that was erased by an offisde penalty. That gift gave him one do or die play: a fourth and 5 from the 6. But the final step of Newton, two-speed running back Mike Goodson out of the shotgun, was only 4 meters. The ball returned to the Cardinals, and Kevin Kolb that was a pretty good day in their debut in Arizona kneeled three times to seal the leak before Newton, in two years. "The last time I lost the game was Navarro Junior College," said Newton, who was undefeated and won the Heisman Trophy last year in his only season at Auburn. “What do you want me to say, it feels great? It is not a comfortable feeling for me.” There was one big winner for Carolina, though. That man was Steve Smith, who had eight catches for 178 yards and 2 touchdowns. Smith is entering his 11th season with the Panthers, and for most of them he was reliably productive and frequently sensational at the end of balls thrown by Jake Delhomme. But Delhomme lost his way, and a series of replacements left Smith waiting for off target and underthrown balls from the likes of Matt Moore, David Carr, Vinny Testaverde and, at rock bottom, Brian St. Pierre. It got so bad that last year, Smith said the team rookie El Salvador awkward, Jimmy Clausen, should apologize for the way he played. Newton is more likely that a thank you card. "It was all over the world do not expect it," said Smith. "It was made some big races, made some great reads, made some big shots. He made some shots out there, honestly, is a receptor that was easy to catch." The N.F.L. Cam Newton Appears to Be Ready.
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