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Carolina Panthers Coach Ron Rivera: We’re Looking For Immediate-Impact Players

Friday, April 20th, 2012

No one can argue with the fact that the Carolina Panthers were able to draft and find guys that were able to contribute as first-year players last year. Obviously, it's quarterback Cam Newton that everyone will first point to, but as coach Ron Rivera points out in the following interview, ...

Rookie of the Year Award Winner, Cam Newton: “I have never had that thought to say: ‘Boom. I proved everybody wrong.’”

Monday, February 6th, 2012

Cam Newton threw for more yards than any rookie in NFL history in 2011, breaking the mark set by Peyton Manning (3,739 yards) back in 1998 by throwing for 4,051 yards and 21 touchdowns. Despite the Carolina Panthers' limited success in the win column, Newton easily won AP Offensive Rookie ...

Cam Newton Isn’t Surprised By His Success, But Also Feels He’s Failed In Some Ways

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011

By all accounts, Carolina Panthers rookie quarterback Cam Newton is having a much better season than anyone really predicted for the No. 1 overall pick. Most thought he wasn't ready to step right in to a starting gig, and that he'd struggle if he were thrust into action from Day ...

Steve Smith On The Holding Call Against Him Sunday: “I’ve held a lot worse”

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011

It was just about seven or eight months ago when Steve Smith was coming off the second worst season of his NFL career and looked like his best days were a thing of the past. He was labeled a thug, a locker room cancer, a distraction for the team, and ...

Even After 200-Yard Outing, Matt Forte on Future With Bears: “I really don’t think that they think that I’m that type of player.”

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

Matt Forte reminded the Chicago Bears what he's capable of on Sunday, rushing for 205 yards and one touchdown on 25 carries in the Chicago Bears' wild 34-29 win over the Carolina Panthers. The breakout performance might just have been what he needed to do in order to convince the ...

Steve Smith: “I am not happy that we are losing. What I am really trying to do is keep my mouth closed.”

Monday, October 3rd, 2011

This shouldn't come as a shock to NFL fans, but the Carolina Panthers weren't expected to do much this season, barely even compete in my opinion. Throughout the league the organization was under heavy fire for selecting Cam Newton number one overall in late April with analysts speculating this move could ...

Ron Rivera Says This Weekend’s Game Against Chicago Has a Little Something Extra to It

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

Just three weeks into the season and the Carolina Panthers are already halfway to their entire win total from a season ago. Carolina can look no further than the changes they made in the offseason as to why they’ve been able to have early success. Their new head coach Ron ...

Cam Newton Grabbed the Headlines, But Don’t Forget About the Winning Performance Turned in by Kevin Kolb

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

I think we all knew heading into Week 1 of the NFL season that the matchup pitting the Carolina Panthers and the Arizona Cardinals was going to be an interesting one at the quarterback position. The Panthers had top draft pick Cam Newton starting for the first time, while the ...

Steve Smith on the Panthers Last Season: ” It was just like Sheppard’s Pie. Just a whole bunch of mess in there.”

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

For the last few years things have been shaky in Carolina and Steve Smith has made his frustration known multiple times. He has been in fights during training camp, he cleaned out his locker following this past season, a season in which the Panthers finished with the worst record in ...

Ron Rivera: “Our fans, we owe them after being 2-14 last season which was not acceptable.”

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Wow, the media in Charlotte are going to have a lot of fun with Ron Rivera. The new head coach of the Carolina Panthers is chock full of enthusiasm and energy as the NFL preseason schedule gets set to begin this weekend. Rivera went on and on for so long ...