It was disappointing to see the Panthers not show up in the second half, but it was ridiculous to see how many head shots Newton took without a flag being thrown. One of the downfalls of him being the physical, running QB that he is is that the refs don't give him the same calls they give a guy like Brady or Manning. There should have been at least 3 more roughing the passer calls last night, if not 4. Doesn't mean the result would have been any different, but it's pathetic that the NFL talks such a big game with safety and then allows this to happen.
On the flip side, Denver did a great job with their game plan for the new quarterback. They set him up with quick reads that allowed him to get the ball away quickly and he made some really good passes. It also helped that our defense forgot how to tackle halfway through the game. Oh well, we didn't play a very good game and still had a shot to win it at the end, so I'm not too upset about it. Just got to get back to it next week.