Panthers’ Cam Newton passed for 422 yards in his rookie debut against the Cardinals. That’s a record for any rookie in an NFL opener but still Newton didn’t leave a winner.
Understandably, that didn’t make Newton happy and that is one of the things that will make him a great NFL quarterback.
”The last time I lost a game was Navarro Junior College,” Newton said. ”What do you want me to say, it feels great? It is not a comfortable feeling for me.”
This was Newton’s first game loss in two years.
The No. 1 draft pick completed 24 of 37 passes for 422 yards and two touchdowns with one interception.
”He was everything everybody didn’t expect him to be,” said Steve Smith, who caught eight of those passes for 178 yards and both scores. ”He was on point, he made some great runs, he made some great reads, made some fantastic throws. He made some throws out there that honestly as a receiver it made it easy to catch them.”
In the end the Arizona Cardinals celebrated a 28-21 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.
Kevin Kolb was 18 of 27 for 309 yards, including touchdown passes of 48 and 70 yards, in his first game for Arizona.
