"This is all God's work,'' said Newton, making sure he credited Walker, McCaffrey and others for putting him in position to score. This time he started running to his right and then tossed the touchdown pass to Anderson. Newton was back up with first-and-goal from the 2-yard line again a few minutes later. "It helps us all relax, be comfortable to play great football.'' "Just him being himself, him bringing the juice and energy he brings, it helps this team a lot,'' he said. Running back Christian McCaffrey said Newton brings energy like nobody he's ever known. The celebration drew a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, but it seemed worth it to teammates. He also handed the football to a kid in the stands as he always did during his first go-around at Carolina. He then took off his helmet and began shouting, "I'm baaaack'' as he ran up and down the sideline. Newton came in for Walker to score the first touchdown on second-and-goal as he took the snap from the shotgun and popped the play outside. "I was reading about Moses, and God spoke to Moses in the desert,'' Newton said. Newton said he thought about that on Sunday morning when he was reading his daily devotional. It also is where Newton played his last game in college, helping the Tigers win the national title with an undefeated season. His two scoring plays came in the same stadium where Newton made his NFL debut in 2011 after Carolina drafted him first overall out of Auburn. Those aren't the numbers that made him the NFL MVP in 2015, when he helped Carolina to an NFL-best 15-1 season and a trip to the Super Bowl.īut they were a good beginning considering Newton spent only three days on the playbook. Newton finished with 8 yards passing and 14 yards rushing. "We worked on that a couple of times to get the timing of it down,'' Anderson said. He followed with a 2-yard touchdown pass to Robby Anderson on his second play, which the two had worked on for the first time Friday. He scored on a 2-yard run around the right side less than four minutes into the game, lunging through linebacker Isaiah Simmons and into the end zone. Walker, who replaced the injured Sam Darnold. It was almost scary what Newton did on the first two of his eight plays backing up P.J. "But I'm just floating at an all-time high frequency. Newton brought much-needed energy to a Panthers team (5-5) that had lost five of its past six games and faced long odds against the Cardinals, who entered the day with an NFL-best 8-1 record. The 32-year-old quarterback produced touchdowns on his first two plays Sunday to propel Carolina to a 34-10 victory over the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium. It didn't take long for Cam Newton to make an impact in his return to the Carolina Panthers.
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