New Orleans defense keeps Panthers QB Cam Newton idle in Saints' 12-9 win
(AP Photo - Mike McCarn)
By Nathan Brown | The Advocate
A year ago, Cam Jordan’s end-of-the-season parting gift to Cam Newton supplied all the kindling the Carolina Panthers quarterback should have needed to ignite a super performance from the self-proclaimed Superman.
After the defensive end and the rest of the New Orleans Saints completed the three-game sweep of Carolina, ending with a 31-26 home win in last season’s NFC wild card round, Jordan followed through on his postgame promise, gifting Newton a bottle of Jordan’s — the winery, not the player — 2013 cabernet sauvignon. Someone, likely Saints fans, added a broom to Jordan's “own sauce," if the message wasn’t clear enough.
Newton jawed back in the media leading up to Monday night’s 12-9 Saints victory at Bank of America Stadium, sporting custom-made white-and-blue Under Armour warmup cleats. The fantasized logo of a bottle of Get Back wine wrapped his left cleat, with a snapped broomstick on the right.
But for all the antics, complete with the former MVP warming up square in the middle of Saints drills in his new kicks, Jordan and the Saints defense largely kept hold of Newton’s cape. ...
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(AP Photo - Mike McCarn)
By Nathan Brown | The Advocate
A year ago, Cam Jordan’s end-of-the-season parting gift to Cam Newton supplied all the kindling the Carolina Panthers quarterback should have needed to ignite a super performance from the self-proclaimed Superman.
After the defensive end and the rest of the New Orleans Saints completed the three-game sweep of Carolina, ending with a 31-26 home win in last season’s NFC wild card round, Jordan followed through on his postgame promise, gifting Newton a bottle of Jordan’s — the winery, not the player — 2013 cabernet sauvignon. Someone, likely Saints fans, added a broom to Jordan's “own sauce," if the message wasn’t clear enough.
Newton jawed back in the media leading up to Monday night’s 12-9 Saints victory at Bank of America Stadium, sporting custom-made white-and-blue Under Armour warmup cleats. The fantasized logo of a bottle of Get Back wine wrapped his left cleat, with a snapped broomstick on the right.
But for all the antics, complete with the former MVP warming up square in the middle of Saints drills in his new kicks, Jordan and the Saints defense largely kept hold of Newton’s cape. ...
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