The State — CHARLOTTE — Jake Delhomme was eager to make up for the worst game of his career. He settled for handing off to his two dynamic running backs.Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams bolted through huge holes in a record-setting day on the ground for the Carolina Panthers, who needed that dominance to hold off the winless Lions 31-22 on Sunday.The numbers were staggering. Stewart rushed for a career-high 130 yards and a touchdown. Williams added 120 yards and two more scores, marking the first time in the Panthers' 14-year history that two backs went over 100 yards in the same game...
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Carolina Panthers4 days agoThe State — DELHOMME OUTGUNS WARNER IN COMEBACKCHARLOTTE — Ten years ago, Jake Delhomme couldn’t beat out some guy named Kurt Warner to win the starting job for the Amsterdam Admirals in NFL Europe.On Sunday, as the league staged a game in London, the two former NFL castoffs held a quarterbacking clinic stateside — with Delhomme engineering a comeback that wiped out his ex-teammate’s monster day.Delhomme threw for 248 yards and two touchdowns, including a go-ahead 65-yard score to Steve Smith, and the Carolina Panthers held off Warner’s Arizona Cardinals 2...
Carolina Panthers1 week agoWinston-Salem Journal — CHARLOTTE — The Carolina Panthers made two powerful statements yesterday in the NFL Draft.
Carolina Panthers1 week agoWinston-Salem Journal — CHARLOTTE — The Carolina Panthers have a pretty good track record for making solid picks in the first round of the NFL Draft under the current regime of General Manager Marty Hurney and Coach John Fox.
Carolina Panthers1 week agoThe State — The halftime entertainment at Sunday's Falcons-Panthers NFL game will include S.C. State students.The university's Marching "101" Band will be part of the halftime show. The game begins at 4:15 p.m. and airs on Fox.-- From staff reports
Carolina Panthers1 week agoThe State — Panthers 17, Raiders 6; Optional.OAKLAND, Calif. — It’s been more than three decades since a quarterback played a game as poorly as Jake Delhomme did and still ended up on the winning side.That’s what facing a team as bad as the Oakland Raiders will do.Delhomme threw a touchdown pass on the opening drive but completed only six other passes while throwing four interceptions in the Carolina Panthers’ 17-6 victory against the Raiders on Sunday.“I’m so glad we won, because you want to talk about a long plane ride home? We just didn...
Carolina Panthers1 week agoThe State — Banged-up Chargers: San Diego, like Carolina, dealt with lots of injuries in the preseason. Unlike the Panthers, the Chargers are still feeling the effects of many of them. The offensive line was hit especially hard: C Nick Hardwick (foot) and Pro Bowl LT Marcus McNeill (neck) are not expected to play today. The Chargers did sign Jeremy Newberry, who started 14 games for Oakland last season, to take Hardwick’s place. But it should give Panthers DE Julius Peppers a decided advantage over McNeill’s replacement, L.J. Shelton. Then there is LB Shawne Merriman, who decided to pl...
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