2015 Week 2 - Texans @ Panthers

television cam newton matching up against jj watt the kickoff is straight ahead [Music] [Music] cbs sports welcomes you to the following presentation of the national football league [Music] back to a beautiful day in charlotte north carolina the sun is shining it is 83 degrees it is tradition here in charlotte prior to a panthers game to pound the drum keep pounding is the phrase in honor of the late carolina panther player in coach sam mills and the honors today fall to nba mvp steph curry who hails from these parts just as well as just as well as he drops the three-pointers let's go down to jamie urdahl jamie well greg with luke lee out with the concussion you and trent mentioned the big hole up the middle that now resolves in this panthers defense now that responsibility falls to back up third year bro aj klein ron rivera told us that he's very lucky this linebacking group is already very vocal in fact this summer the panthers mic'd up the linebackers and the safeties at otas and mini camps and had the players listen back to those tapes to make sure they were communicating properly on the field now that responsibility because luke lee calls the defensive plays for this team falls to aj client greg thank you jamie i think ron rivera told us yesterday that a lot of people were very surprised at what they heard on those tapes when they were played back yeah you sometimes as a player you don't necessarily know all the conversations that go on you know what you're focused on but some of that can be a surprise carolina on the receiving end of the opening kick and it will not be returned houston won the toss and deferred so that means cam newton the carolina quarterback number one pick overall back in 2011 175 yards and a touchdown throwing last week and another 55 on the ground trent he's a he's a combination threat we talked about that in the opening the fact that as a defensive unit the texans need to maintain their rush lanes they need to maintain their gaps because if you leave a crease cam newton will find it [Music] jonathan stewart in the backfield along with cam newton who will work out of the shotgun and he will throw on first down sideline going for the interception on the pass to greg olson was number 27 quinton demps brian khalil is the veteran in the middle of the panthers offensive line in his ninth season out of usc and jonathan stewart rushed for 56 yards in last week's win at jacksonville he caught four passes for another 25. [Applause] newton on the quick slap that's incomplete off the fingertips of ted yin jr texans have the best defensive player in football up front in j.j watt after an injury played rookie season houston feels last year's number one overall picture debbie and clowney is rounding into playing shape and light clowney quarterback jonathan joseph hails from rockhill south carolina just 27 miles from here third and 10. [Applause] [Music] that looked like number 74 mike remember is the right tackle false start offense number 74 five yard penalty still third down clete blakeman is our referee today the carolina talking last week's game not getting the ball to greg olsen enough coming down on first down there trying to squeeze it to him and quentin demps as you said greg was was all over it then on second down can't put a little heat on that one on the slant rounds again [Applause] see the pressure coming off the slot here as the plaque comes in neutral zone infraction defense over 56 five yard penalties that's brian cushing so the texans take it then they giveth away what's important here on third down keep an eye on where greg olson is going to be and where that matchup is going to be in the middle of the field [Music] tip doesn't left his hand and it falls incomplete like brian cushing may have been in on the carolina quarterback and it'll be the punting unit onto the field well you have to be calculated with the pressure that you bring and romeo cornell talked to me about that he said with cam newton you have to maintain those wrestlings you want to put pressure on him but you want to keep him in the pocket because when he breaks outside the pocket that's when you really expose what's going on on the defensive side of the ball brad nortman will kick it away to keith mumphrey this is returnable from the 20. [Applause] across the 25 to about the 27-yard line [Applause] 60-yard punt and an eight-yard return and here comes number 15 ryan mallett in his fifth season out of arkansas making only his third career start today appearing in just his ninth nfl game his job to keep trent you know ryan mallett is isn't on a short leash we talked to coach o'brien about that and he said you know from a plane experience standpoint ryan mallett has less playing experience so they want to give him an opportunity to see what he can do and obviously that's why he's getting to start here today a little mix-up on the snap looks like mallet might have gotten the ball sooner than he expected it starting left tackle dwayne brown out with a hand injury today making for a major shuffling on the line chris clark replaces him jeff adams and derek newton switch sides aryan foster not ready yet to return at running back deandre hopkins had the big day last week with 98 yards receiving and two touchdowns loss of one on the play second and 11 for malik into the hands and dropped by garrett graham [Applause] [Music] up front for the panther defense charles johnson has 62 and a half career sacks kyle love starts for star la tulie who's not yet back from foot surgery middle linebacker luke keikley out with the concussion protocol we told you aj klein starts for him and quarterback josh norman had quite the day last week a sports fumble a fumble recovery and a 30-yard pick six third and 11. [Applause] mallet with the quick pass outside going nowhere hit at the 20-yard line josh norman josh norman anticipated that and jumped all over it trying to get a quick wide receiver screen as norman reads it from the snap beats the block and is able to come up with the tackle for loss and we asked josh norman yesterday do you like to talk on the field he said a little bit he said he said i don't like to start it but i'll finish it if someone else wants to get going ted ginn jr is deep makes the fall for the fair catcher we get a penalty marker down on the near sideline [Music] [Applause] so here's clete blakeman personal foul receiving team number 21. plate went out of bounds and blocked an opponent it's a 15-yard penalty from the end of the kick first down carolina that's teddy williams a spare cornerback for carolina so that is going to back cam newton and the panthers up and we'll take a timeout with 13-11 to play in the first this is the nfl on cbs second carolina penalty of the day as the panthers starting from their own 15-yard line and that's jonathan stewart time for us to go green we talked about the pass rush and the pressure that the two outside edges bring here jj watt to your left and d'davi and clowny to the right it looks like they're gonna pressure with the blitz but the inside guys drop out in the zone blitz clowney comes from right to left up the middle bring pressure up the slot the number four defender that you see there that does not allow alex smith to set his feet flushes alex smith into the pocket that's where jj watt picks up the sack we have an injured carolina panther on one knee at the 17 yard line looks to be maybe trey turner the right guard with that we will take a break with 12 52 to play in the first here in charlotte one of the best places for fan and player interaction that was the panthers in an after practice feast with some of the locals here's a handoff to jonathan stewart and stuart out across the 20 to the 21 yard line let's go back to that injury and see what happened well let's take a look right here you'll see his ankle gets rolled up on by vince wilford watch here as the play continues will fork just falls right into the back of his leg you don't want to speculate obviously it's a lower leg injury right now chris scott is in the game at right guard that's 6-2-3-25 falling on your ankle and that's what's on paper on third and four cam newton with time throwing and came up way short of his intended receiver kareem jackson the nearest let's go down to jamie well greg i know it looked like that left ankle got rolled on two but when they came to the sideline trey turner was actually having his left knee worked on and he just walked down the tunnel on his own accord with no help but they wanted to go check it out a little more all right jamie thank you so no first downs for carolina on this possession either on the one putting pressure on cam newton on that last play with j.j watt he was being double teamed by tight end greg by ed dixon and the running back was able to get through when pressure came in this is mumfree back to his own 19. switching directions a couple of times penalty flag flies in from behind as he is brought down at about the 33-34 yard line and now another flag is thrown the laundry's out early today trent yeah there have been a view a lot early on i think it's important though as the texans take the field here to get ryan mallett into some kind of rhythm i know that first series they tried the wide receiver screen they tried the the quick throw into the flat neither one of those was successful i think it's important to get him into a little bit of a rhythm here early on during the return illegal block in the back return team number 57. it's a 10-yard penalty from the spot of foul first down houston so justin tuggle is guilty of the foul on the play [Music] well there are some key people missing from this houston versus carolina match up today harry and foster still not ready to play yet after groin surgery wayne brown we told you out with the hand injury luke keithley's concussion and starla tulilay not yet ready to play after foot surgery first down play fake mallet on the move throwing in and out of the hands of his intended receiver nate washington and washington have lots and lots of room to run well in the texans it pretty much sold out on the fact that they were going to throw this ball deep they had deandre hopkins on the far side of the field going deep and nate washington on the underneath trying to drag across that's a delicate throw to make when you have the defender cutting underneath and with mallet on the rollout that makes it a much more difficult throw for him he would rather stand in the pocket anchor his feet as opposed to being thrown on the move that's not his play as much as it is brian hoyers is it well when you get flushed like that that falls more into what your warrior's strength is as opposed to balance second and ten short pass over the middle and complete and the whistle looked like he ran out of time on the play clock well that ball was typical houston takes a timeout this will be their first time out so to avoid the penalty houston took a timeout early first one used in the game 11 42 to play in the first back to carolina after this [Music] here's brian hoyer week one starter for the houston texans second and ten now from out not much offense on display here today he steps up and throws over the middle and throws low for the tight end garrett graham [Music] so far minus six total yards on offense for houston plus six for carolina which adds up to zero total yards for both teams so far today you know if you're into defensive football this is the place to be right now uh neither quarterback has gotten comfortable cam newton's been under pressure on one end of the field and ryan mallett has yet to settle down that time they're having the tight end across the middle he's starting to fire it a little too hard over striding and yanking the ball on the ground third and ten mallet throwing this sign has his man across the 35 and out of bounds at about the 38 or 39 yard line deandre hopkins well that's just a straight straight bullet there greg deandre is going to get an outside release here trying to get across josh norman's face he crosses it on the sideline mallet has the ability to step up and just throws a laser on the sideline that that arm strength was on display on that play josh norman told us hopkins is the bell cow for this offense [Applause] new set of downs for mel [Applause] first down texas [Applause] mallet to the near side and again that's hopkins in and out of his hands and norman was right there deandre hopkins played well in the debut last week against kansas city tied a career high with nine catches 98 yards scored two touchdowns and also had a two-point conversion well that's coming off of a big season a year ago over 1200 yards receiving there's his mom there trying to stay cool yeah he gave us to chris polk and pulp can't get out of the grass with kirk coleman [Music] [Music] change of pace back they put him on the field good receiver out of the backfield tends to be an outside the tackles type of runner that time getting to draw up the middle third and five you have man-to-man down here with hopkins and norman jumping over the line of scrimmage number 97 mario addison who had two sacks last week offside defense number 97 unavailing the quarterback it's a five-yard penalty still third down [Applause] mario addison right here on the edge he's the one that gets jumped off sides last week having two sacks in the game against jacksonville just a little bit a little antsy wanted to pick up that third sack of the season [Applause] three penalties last week for carolina three already today two tight ends now for houston on third and one first poke the beat back but they give it to the first back drew j cross and prash across midfield and into carolina territory for a first down [Music] hey never miss a moment of football action with the cbs sports app every play every story and every highlight right as they happen download the cbs sports app now [Music] cross with his first carry of the season gets a first down [Applause] hopkins and we get a penalty marker flying looks like they're going to call josh norman on the hold hopkins just running the slant route prior to the pass holding defense number 24. it's a five-yard penalty automatic first down tell you what greg even from up here both quarterbacks have had a chance to throw a slant today and they both are firing it in there here at the bottom of your screen norman you can see gets it gets a hold of the left shoulder pad of deandre hopkins and that's what draws the flag tend to make that a little bit more catchable ball on the slant both guys are trying to fire him in there that usually means the coverage is too tight to make that throw channeler worthy in the backfield now but malin has no place to throw it so he just bounces it off the turf thing's looking very uneven on offense right now for houston one you have to remember there's a lot of changes on that offensive line with dwayne brown out of the game newly added chris carr chris clark just picked up in a trade from denver is now playing left tackle right tackle derek newton is over to left guard you still have jones at center and brooks at right guard but jeff adams is playing right tackle so you have three of the five offensive linemen have changed from a week ago the gift is to cecil shorts the third and shorts battles his way to about the carolina 42 or 43-yard line [Applause] see shorts coming in motion there and just a quick flip almost a shovel pass really [Applause] you know last week jj watt lost his helmet on the play these these texans have to use a better glue yeah he didn't quit on the play he ended up getting the sack even without the helmet third and eight [Applause] in the pocket wide open over the middle jonathan grimes out of the backfield inside the 30 for a first down malik calling the troops order brian to about the 25-yard line trying to get in some tempo now picking up a couple first downs you can see the texans are staying up at the line of scrimmage trying to trying to hurry that tempo up doesn't allow the defense to change bodies out we talked about sean mcdermott like the chain keeping fresh bodies in on defense mellon on the move drawing just misses connections with nate washington wes horton applying the pressure for carolina coming off the edge mallet trying to buy time with his feet rolling out of the pocket washington just with a corner route he tries drawing the defense to sleep by coming inside and then heading off to the corner once again mallet on the move is not necessarily the thing he's most comfortable with third and six with grimes in the backfield once again you see hopkins and norman matched up at the top of the screen again now quick pass off the fingertips of keith mumphrey and he was open [Music] good decision by mallet going away from that roll coverage they they tend to be rolling coverage over towards where hopkins is if it's not man-to-man this time humphreys sits open right in the middle of the zone you see the three defenders around him good read good route just bad execution on squeezing that ball yeah you gotta catch that one here's randy bullock from 43 yards and it is good so with 7 57 to play in the first the houston texans jump on top three nothing back at bank of america stadium in charlotte three nothing in favor of the houston texans they go 53 yards and 13 plays in bullock with the 43-yard field goal fozzie whitaker is deep along with joe webb and no one gets a chance to return this one the touchback will bring it out to the 20-yard line hey your weekend begins right here with thursday night football on cbs and nfl network washington visits eli manning and the new york giants right here on your home the super bowl 50 cbs sports look at the giants they lead that series all time they've won five of the last six outings trick turner back onto the field at right guard now for carolina [Applause] across the 30 for a first down [Applause] cam newton cam newton with a big first down there on the run but going back to his first four pass attempts doesn't have a completion yet coming out early trying to get the ball to greg olsen deps undercuts it that time just throwing it too hard on the slant route to ted again and then the next two pass attempts get tipped at the line of scrimmage so starting this game off over four newton still looking for that first completes and pushes it and being tumbled to the ground is jonathan stewart and that wasn't pretty let's get our first update of the day back to new york jb and coach gower greg as you know turnovers hurt the after terrence west fumble isaiah quell takes us in from 11 yards out gives cleveland a 14-0 lead over tennessee back to greg trent and jamie jb turnovers heard us i know they kill coach cower loss of three on the play second and 13. newton from behind to deviant clowney disrupting that play he's coming off the edge up top you'll see he's able to to beat that pressure or beat the block off the edge and cam trying to get the ball out of his hand and that's the third time now six pass attempts three of them his arms either been hit or the ball's been tipped romeo cornell the defensive coordinator third and 13. newton got rid of it in a hurry nearside complete with philly brown and brown across the 30 out to about the 33-34 not nearly enough for a first down and the thing that has impressed me about both these defenses is the way they swarm to the football as we got a player injured down on the field looks like jericho catchery who was in on the blocking on that play so they will look at him we will take a time out with 6 25 to play in the first quarter are watching the nfl on cbs home of super bowl 50. and jericho catcher is on the right side of your screen there he's going to fall over the top of his teammate at dixon keith humphrey top down and a penalty marker flies mumphrey hit by teddy williams number 21 let's see what the penalty is [Applause] right the officials get sore arms when the penalty markers fly as well fleets being very thorough today there have been a lot of flags here early on we've seen a lot of good defense and a lot of penalties that's that's how this first quarter is going so far [Applause] during the return illegal block in the back return team number 21 to 10-yard penalty first down houston the penalty is on daryl morris let's go back to that play that injured jericho cautery you see loading onto the cart there we'll see kat's right here on the right side of the screen and watch teammate ed dixon as he's trying to get a block here it's dixon that falls right into the back right leg of khatri who needed help off the field and we saw right before we went to that team he's uh getting carted to the locker room he'll update you as soon as we know meanwhile blue and blue out to about the 17 yard line want to remind you that week two continues later today on fox and then tonight with sunday night football on nbc tune in tomorrow from monday night football on espn [Music] i'll get a chance to tell you trent how how thrilled i was to see that you survived the summer of deflategate that was brought up over and over and over again so i think just like everybody else we're glad that it's uh or appears to be over with for now chandler worthy going nowhere wrapped up back at the ten and a couple of penalty markers [Applause] while kyle love was celebrating charles johnson was depressed personal foul grabbing the face mask defense number 95 15-yard penalty from the previous spot first down houston charles johnson says it's on me he's given the my bad here's johnson 95 here on the right side of your screen i'd say he gets one of those ones oops see the left hand pulling the face mask he immediately looked at the official like did you see it i felt it but did you see it cj everybody saw it [Music] five and a half to play here in the first [Applause] and not much of anything maybe out for about three or four yards just go down to jamie well greg we saw jericho cautery walk off the field couldn't put any weight on that right foot until he got to the cart they checked out his right ankle he is questionable to return a couple of his teammates walked over including greg olson to give him some support before he left the field all right jamie thank you [Music] and he is stacked up at about the 33 and a half yard line [Music] good commitment by kirk coleman see him there on the screen he's came up in run support once he saw the tight end block that's who he was lined up over in man-to-man coverage soon as he saw fedora wins go into a blocking stance then he came on the pressure and was able to make that tackle this is a game in need of some offense by someone 37. [Applause] malik throws and hits jonathan grimes out of the backfield and a late flag one two three four flags [Applause] personal foul unnecessary roughness defense number a late hit on the runner 15 yards in the run first down houston you know if you could grab thomas davis and tell him you know one ref might be wrong but but four flags flying it was kind of a given especially when you hit to the head or neck area here the player is already down see davis come flying in put that right shoulder right into grime's chin pretty much as he's laying on the ground that is the third first down by penalty for the houston texans deep drop down the sideline looking for hopkins incomplete the goal line [Applause] covered by norman with a little help from roman harper to safety so you got harper in the middle of the field it's it's man-to-man coverage you'll see hopkins is here right back here is harper he's going to try getting back mallet comes back off the play fake you watch the arm strength he has his feet aren't really set he's falling to his left and he's just able to flick that ball out there good 55 60 yards second and ten offensive coordinator george scott you see right there on the sideline [Applause] troy a little miscommunication on the far side charles tillman almost came up with the interception pass intended from mumfree it'll be third and ten and that time there i believe malin just misses on the back side here you're gonna see josh norman he's gonna come on the pressure over here and then you're gonna have an out route when you have that type of pressure coming from the back side you can see on the front it's a zone here you have an open receiver on the back side that's being aware from a protection standpoint it was picked up by the back but that's just mallet being aware with that rotation and that coverage he's got the one-on-one on the back side third and ten for the texas the screen grinds and grimes forward to about the 41 that'll be about five yards shy of a first down and no sign of the punting unit coming on yet we talked about this with with coach o'brien about his decisions of when you want to be risky and it's calculated risk how do you feel he obviously feels very confident what his defense is doing to be able to go forward at this position of the field fourth and five they need the 36-yard line for a first down [Applause] watch the combination of players up here you have a bunch formation you have three players together that causes confusion by the defense if you can pick somebody up out of the backfield is grimes and he is about two yards short of a first down jack thompson the first round draft pick out of washington made the hit [Applause] so with that the ball will go over on downs that drive cut short and carolina in possession when we come back look at the panthers first three possessions what does that tell you trent that tells you why bill o'brien went for it on fourth down at the the 41 yard line it's having that confidence in his defense the way they've been able to get caroline off the field carolina had great time of possession in their opener last week more than 34 minutes they've had the in their first three possessions they've possessed the football for 24 seconds a minute 19 and a minute 32. cam newton now on first down play fake watson lots and lots of time and now newton takes off and dives across the 40 out to about the 42-yard line [Music] clock continues to move 240 to play here in the first quarter and this is what this is where houston you're gonna go they're gonna go deep here but houston they're only gonna rush four guys on their defensive front and drop seven into coverage they typically so you've got four guys here in the rush but then look at all these bodies back here in coverage you've only got three receivers on second and six to give us to stuart stewart shakes attack on at the 40 and is out of bounds just as he crosses midfield and into houston territory at the 48 48-yard line run out of bounds by justin tuggle well i'm finishing up with my last thought that was a good decision by cam newton to run the football not force it downfield this time on the draw play to stuart he's able to break contain and get outside and pick up the first down cam newton two carries for 15 yards so far today and this is sport stewart another tackler in the backfield then hit hard as he approached the 45-yard line [Music] tuesday it's a matchup you don't want to miss stephen colbert goes one-on-one with donald trump this tuesday on the late show with stephen colbert [Music] we are in the last minute and a half of the first quarter like table in the backfield with newton on second and seven all right [Applause] and now he throws the sideline and that is complete to the tight end greg olsen out of bounds about a yard short of a first down and cam newton was hit low that time by j.j watt [Music] it looks like he's going to get blocked into it actually it wasn't wad it was john simon coming off that side [Music] officials are pretty protective of quarterback's legs but when they're blocked down into it they're not going to make that call good accurate throw with someone all over forward progress was marked at the 38 which is enough for a first down so the panthers knocking on the door straight drops for newton he's going to go for it all down the far side of the field caught and out of bounds ted ginn jr [Music] even though cam's eyes weren't over there from the beginning of the play he knew he had man-to-man coverage based on the rotation here you have again one-on-one with jackson going down the left sideline as soon as newton leaves from center he notices safety in the middle of the field he knows what his route is it's already built in keeping his eyes keeping that safety to the middle of the field and taking a shot down the side second and ten setting up the screen and that almost blew up in his face to mike tolbert and bernard rick mckinney the rookie linebacker out of mississippi state was right there what a great read by mckinney that ball almost could have been a pick six with the way that cam newton floats this ball you're gonna see mckinney coming here from the middle of the field he reads it he reads it newton has to just plop it up over the top of the rushers really have nothing on it heck of a play by the young man on mississippi state makes it a third and 13 for carolina and we will come to the end of the first quarter before the snap we've played one here in carolina three nothing houston greg gumbel trent green jamie urdahl back in charlotte we're all in agreement that neither team is burning up the offensive numbers third and 13. newton with good protection over the middle in and out of the hands of ted ginn jr and that time newton was right on target well he's beating jonathan joseph again is just on a dig route you see this ball hits him right in the chest he jumps up instead of catching it with his hands he jumps up and tries to catch it with his body that's ultimately what leads to the ball hitting his shoulder pads or the chest plate of his shoulder pads and causing the ball to bounce off that's really that's really the first time cam newton's had an opportunity to throw the ball down field cleanly the other times he's been under pressure or the guys have been covered brad norton trying to plant this one inside the five yard line and takes let's see it'll be marked into the end zone so it did cross the goal line then came out for the touchback and that means that houston will start from its own 20-yard line you watch the balls it just crosses right on the goal line there you have the right bounce on it look at that shot aerial coverage of today's game provided by met life i was proud of you we get to north carolina you get to whip out your accent a little bit work on that i got some barbecue around here too yeah they might chris hulk on the carry for a yard it'll be second and nine kyle love with the tackle here's malin some of his early throws you can see when he sets his feet he's got a strong arm and he's accurate this next one he has a little too much heat on it but he's more productive when he's able to anchor his feet in there and and fire the football as opposed to moving around and that's been evident here or at least up through now in the first quarter kurt coleman up from the secondary well george godsey told us the offensive coordinator for the texans told us last week against kansas city falling behind the way they did they don't they don't want to throw the ball 50 times a game they didn't want to put the ball in the air that much that's just the necessity because of the way that game was going they'd like to have some balance and they're having a hard time today running the football as well houston has run the ball eight times thrown at 17 so far today and now at the throw here and that pass making the diving catch on the far side is deandre hopkins now josh norman says take a look at that i don't think so you know i'm all the way on the other side of the stadium and i know that officials 10 yards away from him but it looked at me like it hit the ground from way over here but and on that replay it looked the same [Applause] [Music] so ron rivera is going to challenge this [Applause] you know that looked a lot like a steph curry dribble carolina is challenging the ruling on the field of a competing catch so they'll take a look we'll take a break you're watching the nfl on cbs the home of super bowl 50. as we take another look we get to say hello for the first time today to mike carey our officiating expert what'd you think mike hey greg well the rule is if the ball hits the ground before the receiver has control it's incomplete you can see the receiver may have had his hand over a portion of the ball under it but the ball clearly hits the ground this is an obvious clear reversal this is an obvious layup for mike carey do you realize that we got to bring mike in for the tougher ones all right mike thank you that's right that's right [Applause] so mike carey is wanna know so far well i think cleat was uh under the hood maybe uh listening to mike's analysis on that i think that was uh that was pretty clear the key at the keeping you would have got different the key is they got it right all right mike thank you fourth and five [Applause] and shane leckler 16th year in the lead 6-2 237 at texas a m and he has been one of the a long time look at this one all the way back to the 14-yard line ted kim jr back out across the 25-26 only one more day until the biggest premiere in the universe you won't want to miss the first new episode of the season the big bang theory on its new night tomorrow at 8 7 central here on cbs down to jamie urdock greg we saw jericho cocktail the wide receiver leave the game earlier with a right ankle injury he was evaluated he just came out ran a couple 15 yards up and down the sideline said he was okay and now he's back on the field for the panthers offense thank you jamie he's not only been evaluated he's been rejuvenated that's a big surprise good to see him back out of the field first down newton and the panthers newton on the move as a first down and more and run out of bounds across the 40 to the 41-yard line let's get another update from the nfl today in new york jb in the coach hey greg here's the evaluation big bad and unstoppable yeah rob gronkowski who do you cover with the db can't cover him here right here second touchdown pass for tom brady 21-7 new england over buffalo hey greg and you were right earlier coach hates turnover back to greg gomez show me a coach that isn't crazy over turnovers newton throwing sideline complete and that's the tight end greg olsen how about the sly smile on cam newton's face when you ask him if you think he might throw to greg olsen a little more today than you did last week well he gives us one of those looks like i'm not going to tell you but i think my look will tell you and uh pretty clear that they're trying to get him the football been targeted several times today and that's a better route for him to run the other one dimps was sitting all over it was more of a hit throughout that one it's a runaway route thank you mr stewart stewart running away up the middle inside the 40 to about the 37.5 yard line [Music] [Applause] [Music] good job up front you'll see stewart here on the handoff just a counter play following his block through the middle [Applause] created a big lane for him some of this could be the fact that the texans defense has been on the field for so long second and short yardage here now for newton with tolbert in the backfield 25 brought down by karim jackson the cornerback [Applause] it's about discipline within the defense maintaining your rush lanes and keeping leverage that time on the back side the defense collapsed allowing tolbert to come back and find an opening [Applause] 49-yard drive and you see how that compares with their first four drives newton going for it all enzo wide open touchdown ted ginn jr [Applause] the texans attempt to bring pressure rushing five this time they don't get to cam newton allowing the one-on-one on the outside a double move a double move by ted ginn jr there's again here he's gonna go up to hits and a little twirl with that type of protection in the pocket cam newton's able to put it right into the corner he beat aj boyier on the play [Applause] [Music] the extra point is good damn newton his second touchdown pass of the season and the panthers are up 7-3 and that's what happens on off days u.s national white water center here in charlotte north carolina cam newton first four drives he went four of eleven throwing for a total of seven yards and on that last drive two out of two for 37 yards including the 25-yard touchdown pass 7-3 panthers clinton demps deep and an onside kick almost looked like a uh like a mistake jonathan grimes covered it for houston let's see [Applause] graham gannon did he pull up at the last second i'm guessing it's a re-kick because the ball fell off the tee and good thing the official was on top of it [Applause] oh what was the magnitude of that earthquake that hit that uh he had a little tilt on the ball anyway but clearly it fell off the tee there's no wind and this one will go out of the end zone for the touchdown let's go back to that touchdown pass but i want you to show you what cam newton is looking at here you have all guys up at the line of scrimmage you have a defender rushing cam newton is going to use his eyes up the field on this safety who's going to be one-on-one but then you got ted ginn here who's just running it up and goes so you see all of the things that are going on with the defense that's what cam newton is focused in on he realizes when the pressure comes that he's got man-to-man on the outside once he realizes his guys pick up that pressure that's when he knows he's going to be able to celebrate because he's got the 101 and has the time to make that throw mella back to work now throwing and he's got the man complete across the 35 and close to the 40-yard line that's tight end cj fedorwicz that's good for a first down at the 39 well and play action passing allows that to happen when you can get some run game going get a little bit of things going on the ground gets those linebackers to bite up and you can hit that tight end in that second window [Applause] from the shotgun quick pass over the middle and that is incomplete intended for garrett graham the other tight end a reminder for you replay every game of the 2015 season on demand with nfl game pass go to nfl.com game pass to start your free trial well that was all the pocket being pushed back into ballot's face there's only four guys rushing everybody drops into coverage he wanted to anchor down in there and that's what happened somebody got into space he wasn't able to make an accurate throw now a throwing sideline almost intercepted [Applause] josh norman going up high looking for his second of the season well that's a little cat and mouse by defensive coordinator sean mcdermott showing five guys at the line of scrimmage like they're going to throw or they're like they're going to blitz so malet thinks he has man-to-man coverage on the outside but in reality you see by the way norman is playing the ball looking back at the quarterback he knows he has help over the top that allows him to cheat on that route and almost get the interception third and 10. look for the panthers to drop in coverage with a shell here now on the move again shakes one tackler and is run out of bounds at about the 34-33 yard line charles johnson and dejuan edwards giving chase [Music] once again we go back we've been talking about it with the texans we can also talk about it with carolina's defense when you can rush forward drop seven into coverage and still apply the pressure that's where you're giving yourself a huge advantage ted ginn jr he of the touchdown reception back inside his own 15-yard line for the kick and he grabs it at the 22 across the 35 out to about the 40-yard line [Applause] 1005 to play in the first half ryan mallett down by the ankle 7-3 panthers and charles johnson is going to come off the edge here and he's just going to come right up the middle as they do this te stunt you'll see he comes clean as a quarterback you're fine with pressure off the edges because you can step up in the pocket but when pressure comes up the middle and you're forced to flush it takes away all your reads and all your progressions and that doesn't fit well with what mallet likes to do on first down this is jonathan stewart and stewart [Music] for about two across the 40 to the 41-yard line jadavian clowney all excited about playing in front of the home folks he's from rockhill south carolina just 27 miles away and south point high school he played offense defense special teams the number one consensus player in the nation coming out of high school he ran the ball 32 times for 277 yards and nine touchdowns meanwhile this is jericho is marked down across midfield [Music] this was the read option but with with the option part of it so here he's able to fake out clowney and then he's able to get up to that next level just back to the old college option play against justin tuggle in the backfield and katrina is able to pick up the first down so now the panthers in houston territory again newton this side of the field and a bullet complete to ted ginn jr [Applause] that was a bullet greg and the thing to point out there with ted ginn what he did that time is he caught the ball with his hands instead of jumping and trying to catch it with his chest which is where the ball bounced off before that time he just reached up trusted his hands and was able to bring it in kind of feels like someone has alerted the offense but the game has begun again and again out of bounds just shy of the 35-yard line but enough for another first down well if jonathan joseph continues to play off coverage they'll just take those little five and seven yarders all the way up and down the field newton has completed six in a row now looking for seven in a row he's got it far side of the field complete to philly brown [Applause] down to the 21-yard line in the first down give credit to this offensive line wants the protection you're gonna see philly brown out here he's just gonna go and hang out in this area out here he just floats to the outside but it's the protection that gives cam newton the time and gives brown the time to get open on that far sideline from the 21 oh newton with a quick snap and a penalty marker flies [Applause] well yeah they they're gonna call cam for moving forward illegal motion offense number one it's a five yard penalty still first down he looked like he was coming to the line to make an adjustment and got the snap it's very rarely called well you see well you see that called on a quarterback here you're gonna see cam and he'll start working towards the line of scrimmage looks like he's gonna change the play or attempt to change the player protection a lot of times when the ball is snapped quickly there won't be any penalty at all because you're you're just catching everybody else off guard in the fact because he was moving forward that's why that penalty was called so it's first in 15. playing fake for stewart newton lots and lots of time and now he's gonna run it and close to the original line of scrimmage we have a penalty marker in the secondary [Music] looks like they're going to call a hold gonna get it on kareem jackson i believe country's covering norway holding defense number 25. it's a five-yard penalty from the line first down carolina it is on kareem jackson [Applause] well kareem jackson you'll see right here is on norwood norwood just going to make a double move and try and get outside and you'll see jackson reach his arm around that's what's going to be called the hold right there as he wraps him up he had help over the top so there was no need for him to grab him newton throwing knocked down at the 10-yard line intended for olson batted down by raheem moore the safety well this one's on cam newton he stares him down he's staring down greg olsen and that's why raheem moore is able to read the eyes and know where he wants to go if cam had gotten rid of that ball a little bit quicker that could have been a completion but with the amount of time that moore had now we're getting into second and ten look for a run play to get it set up for better third down jonathan stewart two about the 13. as we come up on six and a half minutes to play here in the first half of a 7-3 game you know greg i just saw clowning come running back on the field it made me think of that high school highlight you just showed how about that as a running back if you're a high school defender and you see him as a running back coming running through it's just not fair it's not fair at all look rahim watson coming off the edges here let's see what newton has in mind on third and seven under pressure escapes the pressure on the move diving forward to the 10-yard line how about the respect that two of those carry both watt and clowney were double teamed on this pass rush and both of them were able to push the double team back into cam newton ultimately force him to flush [Music] brian cushing in on the stop and cam looking a little disturbed [Applause] field goal attempt upcoming by graham ganeau from 28 yards out and it is good 5 26 to play first half the panthers stretch their lead to 10-3 [Music] welcome back to charlotte 10-3 carolina leading the houston texans 51 yard drive in just over four and a half minutes resulting in the field goal [Applause] only 83 degrees players are reacting as if it's a lot hotter and this is chandler worthy's going to run it out worthy as penalty markers fly he comes up short of the 20-yard line david mayo with the tackle [Applause] during the return a legal block in the back defense number 35 apparently he's half the distance to the goal line first down houston death penalty on eddie pleasant it'll back the texans up give us a chance to tell you saturday the sec on cbs brings on the best game from the best conference the tennessee volunteers tangle with the florida gators and it all begins with college football today right here on cbs sports mallet on first down oh batted down as soon as it left his hand by tony ely the defensive end [Music] [Applause] getting quick pressure up the field trying to hit the swing route right here he's just going to try hitting the swing route but ely gets up field [Applause] almost close to a backward pass which would have been a quick touchdown for the panthers but that ball was moving forward north carolina dominating control of the football here in the second quarter on second and ten the give us the pope chris polk just across the 10 yard line we were talking about it during the break trent that ryan mallett needs to complete some passes get some first downs and give that houston defense a chance to rest well greg you just showed the time of possession for this quarter and even though you showed the temperature at 83 degrees it's much hotter down on the field with the humidity and [Applause] that's tight end cj fedorowitz having trouble staying on his feet he is a second year tight end out of iowa almost looks like he's cramping oh they're messing with his knee there initially i thought maybe he was cramping but we talked about time of possession greg and just in the second quarter the amount of time that the uh the texans defense has been on the field you can see that last series it seemed like they were getting pushed around a little bit which they hadn't been doing prior in this game yeah no one usually pushes the houston defense around when there was a couple times where they had cut back runs where you know either the linebackers overflowed or the the gap responsibility had broken down and that's what allowed him to get that uh [Music] let's take a look and see what happened to cj fedorowitz number 87 right right in the middle of your screen [Music] let's see oh here he is right here and see what happens here as they looked like it already happened as norman maybe was pressing up against him oh there he gets bent back over the pile as it leaves the screen there [Music] so fedorowitz limps off field that leaves tight end duties to garrett graham and on occasion as we have seen tj watt meanwhile mallet faced with a third and nine and trying to keep a drive alive steps up grove incomplete off the hands of nate washington defended by charles tillman and another flag is down [Applause] hillary use of hands hands to the face offense number 70 that penalty's declined brings up fourth down that penalty is on jeff adams someone does a nice job at knocking that ball out here we're going to get the hands of the face coming off that edge see charles johnson's head was tilting back on that here's ted breaks it to the near side and out of bounds at midfield 4 33 to play in the first half carolina with the lead in the football again a reminder coming up the verizon halftime report jb and the guys for all the latest scores and highlights back in the studio in new york they'll have a preview of thursday night football on cbs and the nfl network it's all coming up on the verizon halftime report so yeah we touched a little bit on deflategate and just did it amaze you how people just lost their minds summer long yes it was it was a topic of discussion for a long time obviously going back and forth with the league and the players association and tom brady and what was going on with uh obviously the court system now is what it ultimately came down to but glad we're glad we're back to football now and incomplete j.j watt in on cam newton what's been happening with number 99 today well they've been double teaming him quite a bit you can see here two offensive linemen occasionally here with dixon being a tight end they get a tight end in the mix and every now and then they'll be crazy enough to put a running back on it but that hasn't that hasn't fared too well for them so you see the big boys staying on it most of the time got his man inside the 40-yard line to the 35 catches made by devin funchess the rookie out of michigan this time newton recognizes the fact that they're they're going to bring demps off the edge demps comes down at safety he comes off the edge you've got again one-on-one on the back side once again watchkin catch it with his hands the drop earlier was just oh i'm sorry it was functions with the catch catching it with his hands bringing it in not allowing the defensive back to knock it out newton far side of the field and that is complete inside the 25 yard line out of bounds at the 23 for the first down to greg olson olson already seeing lots more action than he did a week ago olson 101 there in the slot with jackson gets over to the sideline and what i see right now is the texans defense that is walking around they seem very tired very sluggish after that completion getting back to the line of scrimmage see a lot of with hands on hips taking deep breaths [Applause] jj watt working extra hard with the double team on first down quick pass to the sideline olsen again cut down by kevin johnson the rookie cornerback out of wake forest cam newton distributing the ball [Music] well look at that already last week olson only had three targets and one catch today he already has four receptions newton with time over the middle tipped intercepted at the goal line picked off by raheem moore moore back to the 15. lost the football covered by the texans justin tuggle was there to pick up the loose ball [Music] when that ball wasn't the tightest spiral as he was attempting to get the ball to kevin norwood [Applause] oh his arm was hit so this ball comes out wobbly and norwood gets his hands on it and this will be an automatic review on the turnover but it appears raheem moore got his hands underneath that who was it that hit that hit cam newton's arm was it j.j watt [Music] they are continuing to take a look upstairs jarrod crick was the one that came through the the defensive lineman that was able to get come through and hit cam newton's arm causing the ball to flutter out so the turnover is confirmed and here is ryan mallett mallory with time over the middle grinds out of the backfield and out to about the 31-yard line real quick back to the pressure here's crick he's going to be the one that comes out what on the outside they end up just doing a push in the pocket kirk comes off and he's the one that hits newton's arm causing that ball to flutter in the air and ultimately go off the hands of kevin norwood rhymes on second and one looking for the first down and a few years to have it as we come up on two minutes to play two minutes to play when we come back in the first half carolina with the lead houston with the ball network all coming up on the verizon halftime report [Applause] houston with two first downs remaining carolina with all three of theirs malik bryant and brian of bounds at about the 38-yard line by roman harper i said first downs i meant two timeouts remaining that time there grime being able to get out of bounds being hit by roman harper on the sidelines good decision by malin not forcing the ball to field he knows he has a minute four minute 54. he does have the two time outs as you said greg plenty of time to keep and continue to hit the underneath routes not having to force it up the field at this time [Music] and now carolina takes the time out so they use their first timeout and they also now have two timeouts remaining let's talk super bowl the carolina panthers played in super bowl 38 down in houston and they took on the new england patriots back and forth game tom brady and jake gallon both throwing for over 300 yards and three touchdowns at the end came down to adam benatari 41 yards out with four seconds to play and gave new england a 32-29 win that was carolina's only super bowl appearance in its 21st year of the franchise now cam newton wants to get him there second and sixth high pass along his receiver jonathan grimes out to dry incomplete well and grimes not only took a big hit but he also saved an interception this ball coming out too high you see the defender that ultimately davis ultimately puts the hit on grimes he's the one that would have had the interception that grime's not been able to uh to put a hand on that third and six [Applause] and carolina looks like calling another timeout they do they use their second [Applause] [Music] this is what happened with luke keikley the middle linebacker for carolina last week suffering the concussion after the hit on jaguars running back t.j yeldon late in the first half and they were hopeful right up until friday that he might be able to get back if he was not those are the rest of the inactives today you can tell this this houston offense really misses aryan foster well they've tried to do a combination of backs and it just hasn't worked out up until this point [Applause] third and six from alex under the gun throwing over the middle [Applause] and it bounced short of the intended receiver nate washington well mario addison was putting the pressure coming off the edge for the carolina panthers hitting mallet as he was throwing you'll see addison coming off the top up here [Music] he's the one that just beats chris clark off the snap and mallard has to throw that ball sooner than he wants to and really can't get anything into it teddy and junior calling for the fair catch and he makes that catch at about the 14-yard line [Music] 138 to play here in the first half and carolina with one timeout remaining and offense there hasn't been much to talk about on either side of the ball carolina's looked a little better as the game has progressed carolina got into some rhythm there uh here in the second quarter and that's really when you look at those yards and those numbers a lot of it is reflective of what what is going on here in the in the second quarter that first quarter what they have about seven yards ten yards i mean it was a three and out three and out four and out so it wasn't uh very productive but they they figured things out whereas houston is still trying to come up with something to get the ball moving get some points on the board whitaker in the background but that pass is locked down by 99. j.j watt i would think they'd have watched enough film by now to know that what's gonna jump up and you know he's uh he's been known he's all the way up here at the top coming off the edge and he's been known to jump up and snag these out of the air too not just bat him down but catch him and go that eight yards or whatever it was into the end zone that he needed to just trot in so be careful when throwing that play that way [Applause] on second and ten this is whitaker remember when we were talking with cam newton yesterday would you would you prefer to run at jj watt or away from him and he said neither one to tell you the truth neither way he said either he's gonna hit you at the point of a dagger he's gonna catch you from behind you can see last season among all defensive linemen how many categories he was first in picking up right where he left off last week having six tackles for loss and that was just defensively add five touchdowns that he scored last year three of them on offense and a safety and five fumble recoveries oh and by the way he's 290 and he does all that so pretty impressive for uh for j.j watt third and seven now each team down one timeout remaining deep down this side way overthrown ted ginn jr the intended receiver that was the pressure that was applied from the texans that time forcing cam to throw that ball earlier than he wanted not allowing again to get the separation the timing just wasn't right so cam had to flick it down the sideline it's amazing when you say you flick it down this i flicked it down the sideline about 60 65 yards nice flick yeah keith a chance to return this one chris back to his own 17-yard line [Music] near side of the field and out of bounds at about the 30-yard line that'll bring the carolina defense onto the field and that includes thomas davis back in january davis was named the 2014 nfl man of the year for his work in the community and for playing excellence to the guys in this league i just want to say to you let's change this world we're well compensated for what we do let's show these kids how much we care about them let's give the media something positive to talk about instead of always bashing our league thomas davis good man he's a pleasure getting getting to talk to him yesterday in our production meeting first down from ella not only as a player but as a person as you said over the middle and complete and that is fozzie whitaker walking off to the locker room early well there's someone down for the texans and they're all waving to the sideline that is number 70 jeff adams the second year offensive lineman from colombia he looks to be in agony [Music] yeah it's it's his right knee is what he's grabbing as he's going to the ground you don't want to speculate too much but he he obviously is in a lot of pain as you see him so he's lined up right here ely's going to be coming off the edge you can see you can see during the pass rush [Music] he just goes down and grabs that that right [Music] just leg of looked like it buckled on him yeah he planted as the i was he was backpedaling trying to plant that leg you could see him plant that right foot to try and uh anchor in and immediately uh hopped up on the one foot and grabbed that right leg so unfortunately they're bringing the card out on the field and as if this houston offensive line wasn't in enough disarray [Music] [Applause] they had some major shuffling up front with dwayne brown the regular left tackle being deactivated and now jeff adams about to be carted off chris clark who they just traded for with denver a few weeks ago was filling in for brown at the left tackle spot adams as we saw in that last replay was playing right tackle because they moved derrick newton the normal right tackle over to left guard it's like such a game of chance up front there trent because last week we got a look at joe thomas the fine left tackle for the cleveland browns and this is his ninth year in the nfl and he's never missed an offensive snap not one well i have so much respect for those guys up front and the job that they do and the wear and tear that their body goes through and when you see a guy like joe thomas a guy that i played with for many years in kansas city just win the hall of fame will shields he was another player that had 234 consecutive starts you see those guys and you see the way that they're able to uh well you know what they put their bodies through and you obviously feel for jeff adams as he's getting put on the cart and his teammates are all rallying around him and showing their support [Music] teammates paying tribute to jeff adams and the opposition keeping their distance but still you can tell it affects them too [Music] well it is they all know the amount of work that's put into this you know you don't want to see anybody get hurt they all spend an entire offseason getting their bodies ready and see a serious injury like that it affects everybody meanwhile kendall lamb a rookie free agent offensive lineman out of appalachian state has come onto the field [Applause] second and ten 67 seconds left here in the first half [Applause] almost intercepted at the 45-yard line number 25 benevin wickery drew a bead on it and couldn't hold on mal once again was under pressure not able to step into this throw as the pocket collapses around him then wicker is just kicking himself you see him put his hands on his head knowing he had a perfect chance for an interception mario addison was the one pushing chris clark back into mallard's face third and 10. not a hurry didn't get off in a hurry [Applause] the late game offense five yard pen lead still third down [Applause] so bill o'brien is going to have to address the offensive struggles at halftime well and i don't know how you fix it you only have so many offensive linemen that are healthy so you've got bodies in there but you know it's a matter of having the time to do something with it this is pulp and pulp just across the 25-yard line carolina's going to use that last time out to try and preserve as much time as they can again being one of the better punt returners in the national football league [Music] ron rivera said one of the problems even in the opening game win at jacksonville was that his team didn't start quickly and he would like to see that they didn't start very quickly today either they didn't start quickly today but but for them houston didn't start quickly either so we kind of uh worked our way through that first quarter be a nice way to put it now in the second quarter carolina's been able to get some things going but there's still some area of concern there for the texans booms again cut down as he crosses the 25-yard line penalty marker thrown on the near side of the field i think the official's going to ice their arms at halftime they may need to because they don't just call the flag they get together and discuss it which is you know they want to get it right but it's definitely made for a longer first half during the kick holding return team number 25 tony's half the distance to the goal line for the end of the kick first down carolina so that penalty is on ben wickery 46 seconds on the clock carolina by a touchdown do they look for more here do they go to the locker room with one touchdown lead well i think based on the penalty and the fact now they're down inside their 10 yard line i think it's more of a traditional hand the ball off kind of run the clock out don't take any chances down this close to round end zone out to the 20-yard line and that's a first down and you can see carolina's not necessarily hurrying up to the ball they just want to get some separation from the end zone they don't have to run another snap if they don't want to [Applause] see if cam newton takes a lead here he's going to hand it off to tolbert and that will do it for the first half [Applause] so the offensive guns not out in force in the first half as the final seconds tick off the clock the houston texans manage a field goal carolina a field goal and a touchdown and at the break the carolina panthers with the lead by a score of ten to three let's go down to jamie well coach in his third career nfl start how do you feel like ryan mallett fared oh the whole team we just got played better you know it's a 10-3 game in a 10-3 game you know another half of football so we just got to go in there make some adjustments and come out ready to go cam newton is certainly a challenging quarterback but have you contained him the way you want to yeah you know he's a good he's going to make his plays he's a great player and like i said we're going to go in there make some adjustments come out and play a good second half jamie thank you and we have come to the end of the first half here at bank of america stadium in charlotte that is the end of the first half 10-3 in favor of carolina we're back with the verizon halftime report after this message and a word from your local station you're watching the nfl on cbs the home of super bowl 50. [Music] welcome back to charlotte as we await the start of the second half carolina with a 10-3 lead on the houston texans let's take a look at the directv ultimate picture cam malone touchdown of the day came from the arm of cam newton he finds ted ken jr in the back of the end zone that's the only touchdown we've seen so far this afternoon 10-3 panthers greg gumbel along with trent green we heard bill o'brien the houston head coach uh tell jamie erdahl that they have to go in and make some adjustments what kind of adjustments do you make for ryan mallett who's only com who's only making a 2.3 yard per completion well they have problems with protection on the offensive line so there's two directions of thought here you can either add more guys to protection and only put a couple receivers out or you're going to get more guys in to protect and only have a couple receivers out but let's look at the second half here for houston you have to find a way to protect mallet you have to find a way to keep him upright and and be able to step into his throws that's when he's a more effective quarterback and then for the panthers it's cam cam and more cam he's the leading rusher for the carolina panthers and right now in the second quarter especially he's gotten going in the passing game yeah they're gonna have to find a way to get a little bit more pressure because jj watt has not been able to show that pressure consistently on cam newton nor has judaism cloudy well that has to do with how much they've been on the field here in the second half they or at least in the second quarter they haven't been well rested and you look at the amount of snaps and the amount of reps that they had that's why they were sluggish there towards the end of this half or the end of the first half houston gets the ball first in the second half clinton demps is deep and this one will sail through the end zone we'll come to the 20-yard line and we go down to jamie well greg you guys just said it we think ryan mallette had a tough first half i certainly wouldn't want to be him in the second half ron rivera just told me they didn't get after the texas quarterback as much as they would have wanted to in this game as far as the panthers offense tempo and pacing is going to be key rivera agreed that was a really brutal start to the game just for cam newton to get going so it will be key for them speed and cam newton's going to lead them to this win thanks jamie and you know we had the question all set for bill o'brien before he even settled into his seat when he met with us if ryan mallard is not the answer do you go back to brian running play to hoyer things off with chris paul and polk out across the 30 to about the 33. and to follow up on that greg coach o'brien said listen this is ryan mallett's team at this point in time now he can't say how long it's going to be but he knew he wasn't going to give him a short leash for this game he wants to see him see him for an extended period of time and so look for him to look for ryan out to be in here the rest of the way this is pulled again and there's nothing there for bolt he's racked up by the rookie linebacker shaq thompson first half numbers favoring the panthers as you would expect the struggles offensively for the houston texans one highlighted there is a number of penalties that's why it's hard to get in any kind of rhythm for either of these offenses the number of penalties and then there have been injuries on both sides as well that's why the sun's going down [Applause] second and ten malik throw it and he's got a man across the 40 and close to a first down that's de'andre hopkins and that is a first down well you can see the tempo that the texans are attempting to get into with that first completion of this drive they got up to the ball they snapped the ball quickly and now they're continuing to go in this no huddle not necessarily a two minute type of tempo but they're going with the no huddle just to increase the tempo and get to some kind of rhythm [Applause] and that's complete and hit immediately after making the catch is alfred blue thomas davis with the hit [Music] word from the houston texans by the way is that the injured offensive lineman jeff adams will not return second and seven when they give us the blue blue across midfield into carolina territory to the 48 and it'll be third and two charles johnson with the stop as you look at the texans first half possessions and just not a whole lot to show on offense today well we just saw alfred blue carried on that last play and that's the biggest game he's had all day five yards he's only got four carries for six yards so they need to get the run game going to take some of this pressure off of ryan mallett third and two two yards to keep the drive alive for mallet and the houston texans [Applause] now throwing and out of the backfield one-handed grab by chris polk and he got the first down fine fine job by polk tillman and harper hitting him not long after he pulled it in home poke does a tremendous job of this one-handed catch securing the football the spot that they've been giving him is enough for a first down [Applause] that's a catch under pressure new set of downs for mallet at carolina 45 this is pope polk is a fourth year running back out of the university of washington and it's been it's been running back by committee since the loss of aryan foster well it has been and really blue is your your main running back that you like to use in first house but now that they've gone to this no huddle spread look this is something that fits better for what pope's game is 63 [Applause] and that is to the 26 yard line to cecil shorts the third and for all of his troubles today ryan mallett stuck that one in there well in this this entire drive it's it's about giving your quarterback in rhythm and firing in there and he he just seems much more confident right now as he's stepping into his throws the first half there was a lot of throwing off his back foot thrown with pressure in his face but so far in this drive he's been very consistent on first down this is polk again and holt inside the 25. to about the 24 and a half maybe the 23 yard line [Music] and by getting this running game going you also take some of the pressure off of the offensive line it's it's a matter of the guys up front for carolina we're really getting after the quarterback getting after ryan mallett in the first half you can find some balance that takes that uh that away from the defensive line four first downs on this drive already [Applause] this is the andre hopkins and hopkins at the 15. if you see what they've done different this drive greg you see how they're getting the ball out of his hands quickly all the throws have been underneath there hasn't been very many throws there was the one throw earlier that was up the field but most of these throws have been under that seven eight yard range get the ball out of your hands quickly get the ball on target this has been a nice drive for the texans to open up this second half first time into the red zone today [Applause] mallet on the quick slam deandre hopkins inside the 10 to the 7. [Music] once these quick pops doing a quarterback's percentage good it is and it's you know it's getting getting into that tempo i keep saying tempo and rhythm tempo and rhythm and that's something that balot was never able to get into in the first half on second and two this is polk yarn on the play courtesy of thomas davis [Music] so mallet and the texans now looking at a third and two they can get a first down without getting a touchdown [Applause] alfred blues in the backfield with malik throwing a blue in the backfield as they call a quick timeout here you started to say i was going to say with blue in the backfield i would think more of a play-action pass because the carolina's going to think with blue in there there's gonna be a run inside the tackle so give that play action pass bring those guys in there and then you had the four guys out wide to where you could get a rubber out in [Music] see bill o'brien the head coach there off to the right i thought he was an absolute delight to talk to during our meeting he was great you know you never really know for us that's the first time getting to talk to coach o'brien and you didn't really you know as you go into those production meetings you know how forthcoming are they going to be and he was very open with us very honest especially about the quarterback situation and what the thought process was going into making that change this week and some of his thoughts of course about the defense and his thoughts about hard knocks he was he was very open about that and uh it was it was a nice talk with him it definitely was houston had 93 total yards in the first half 73 on this drive third and two i still look for a play action here i look for alpha blue to get a play action here and then you have some one-on-ones on the outside end zone pulled in did he come down it has ruled a touchdown to garrett graham we'll see if that holds up but what a catch by graham at the back of the end zone well and from here it certainly does look like a catch graham putting the one hand up and being able to bring it in and look from up here to get both feet in you have to finish the catch there's one foot down two foot down two feet down inbounds it depends on when he secures the ball so he secures it right there the one foot is on the ground the second foot's on the ground and he's see if he finishes the catch yeah he did the ball stays secure there's no movement of the ball as he hits the the upright or not the upright but the goal post mallet with the touchdown pass graham with his first touchdown catch and the extra point is good 8 29 to play an impressive drive by mallet and the texans and we have a 1010 tie here in carolina you're watching the nfl on cbs [Music] this telecast is copyrighted by the nfl for the private use of our audience any other use of this telecast or any pictures descriptions or accounts of the game without the nfl's consent is prohibited garrett graham's first catch of the season is a seven yard touchdown reception one badly needed by the houston texans ryan mallett 7 out of 7 on that drive as houston pulls even at 10 a piece 8 29 to play here in the third quarter and this will not be returned it'll sail through the end zone for the touch back and cam newton in the offense will begin at the 20-yard line it was ryan mallett to garrett graham dandy catch in the back of the end zone we're back to charlotte after this [Music] that charlotte north carolina skyline is easy on the eyes isn't it and great weather go with it cam newton to give to jonathan stewart and we'll see that houston defense can stand tall now as they pull even at 10 take a look at the first half possessions for the carolina panthers there wasn't a whole lot there offensively to show to shout about either no they were slow coming out of the gate that's for sure and coach rivera told us that he was looking for a faster start that didn't happen but they did get things going in the second quarter a little bit and were able to uh to make some uh some scoring drives [Music] on second and eight deep drop for newton newton on the run sliding across the 30 for a first down we we had to we had to compliment him on that sliding because the coaches have been after him to do a little more of that well that's not something he really likes to do he will fork with the pressure coming off the edge what losing contain on the outside and you can see cam newton taking the slide there and giving us a little first down signal six carries for 47 yards rushing newton over the middle incomplete fans want to call against quentin demps covering greg olson let's go down to jamie well i think greg it's time to reveal to the world that cam newton is a pescatarian going on for years he doesn't eat meat he only eats fish he told us yesterday that the thing he misses most is fried chicken but he doesn't really do it for dietary reasons it's more of a mind over matter challenge so pretty interesting his mercury levels he admittedly said are very high i have no idea what a pesky said i'm a pescetarian i wanted to say i'm so sorry yes we had no idea thanks jamie second and ten newton throwing over shooting devin funches the man coming across in third and ten we've since found out that means that they need anything except fish and a lot of it yeah he uh you know it was pretty amazing you know he said he still has a sweet tooth you know he'll eat some of the not necessarily good things for you but he stays away from meat and chicken and it's all about this one jamie touched on it perfectly it's just it's more of a discipline thing not necessarily because he wants to have a certain type of diet it's just to prove to himself he has that discipline newton with time throwing this side of the field incomplete but here's the penalty marker [Applause] and this looks like it's going to go against jonathan joseph [Applause] illegal contact defense number 24 it's a five yard penalty automatic first down [Applause] ted gin is gonna come up and he's just running an out route but i want you to watch right here joseph he's gonna he's gonna reach that right arm out right when ginn tries to make the cut he reaches that right arm out and wraps it around his waist and that's what the official sees and why the flag was thrown [Applause] so new set of downs for cam newton newton gonna keep it we're on the right side breaking tackles midfield and out of bounds at about the 45-yard line [Applause] [Music] cam newton just with the read option he's going to be reading it right off of outside linebacker john simon we talked to the texans how do you tackle cam newton is there a certain way you go for his legs do you stay up high do you tackle his arms what is it you want to try and do and they said well the first thing you need to do is you need to try and wrap his arms because you don't want to continue to play and throw the ball up field if you're able to hang around his arms that time simon just too high not able to bring him down kim just shakes him off when you're 6'5 245 you got to bring him down more than that 19-yard run is the longest for anyone today newton throwing over the middle tip intercepted as a penalty marker flies in the secondary raheem moore has the ball but let's check the flag they're going to get dimps against olson but because that ball was tipped it won't be a pass interference now if they call it holding then the play could stand prior to the pass holding defense number 27 the five-yard penalty automatic first down watch tips he's going to be man-to-man on olson here they are right here on your side screen watchman and follow him across the field you'll see him grab him you see the jersey extend that official that's in the back he's he's a good 30 yards 25 yards away from it as soon as he sees the jersey extend the flag's coming out every time so the turnover goes up in smoke for the texans from the 40 to give this to stuart stewart trying to bounce it outside and dives for a couple of yards you know we even even in pregame worlds you look at the sheer size of cam newton you know ron rivera was a pretty good linebacker in his day for the chicago bears and i asked him if he's he's ever imagined a quarterback that big running at him and he just kind of rolled his eyes well the funny story told us how many people come up to him and say i didn't i didn't realize you were this big he's because you're standing next to cam all the time and he goes well cam is such a large man he said it's uh you know it makes him look small so and ron shared with the fact that a guy cam size would have played a different position when he was born over the middle great grab at the 30-yard line by greg olsen watch cam newton as he stands in the pocket it takes guts to play quarterback in the national football league and he stands in here and makes this throw right as he's getting hit and taken to the ground puts an accurate throw is a keem dent that was putting the pressure on cam newton but with that arm strength and obviously olson with his hand strength bringing the catch in five catches 43 yards for olson today newton hit hard that time as he thought about running it up the middle by j.j what and jj doing the cam newton bit nice little pop and then jj with the pose first down the other way he's always creative with it he's got the numbers to do that play clock down to 5. stuart stewart inside the 25 twisting his way to the 21-yard line it'll be third in about three and he just freezes kevin johnson who comes up for the tackle you'll see him as he approaches the screen stuart here getting to the second level watch 30 just get froze in there [Applause] so newton under center third and three [Applause] inside the 20 and that looks to be enough for a first down [Music] ted ginn jr coming across the middle [Applause] [Music] cam newton's showing a lot of patience on a lot of these completions and you got to give credit to the offensive line i know he took a shot a little bit earlier but that time texans were brain heat to try and keep the first down from happening they picked up they picked up the pressure and allowed cam newton to step in and take in with the with the hit or with the catch as the hit was taking place securing that catch for the first time under three minutes of play here in the third this is mike tobin shakes the tackle inside the 15-14 [Applause] [Music] this carolina team won its second straight nfc south championship last year with a seven eight and one record and had to come on with a rush at the end of the season to do it well the amazing thing about it is they had to go on the road for the playoffs and win a playoff game after after having that losing record but this is exactly what carolina needed they needed to answer the texans scoring drive to open up this half with a long drive of their own newton got rid of it incomplete and newton was lucky that jonathan joseph was dialed in on mike tolbert and was coming up to try and secure the tackle and not paying attention to the ball because this could have been a pick going the other way [Music] ball comes out a little bit high towards tolbert you'll see tolbert coming out into the flat here there's a quarterback there's your life pass in front of you when that happens it's one of those ones you release the ball and you wish you had a string on it though some of those just wish you had a string to pull it back real quick third and six panthers need the eight yard line for a first down and they'll take a timeout 209 to play in the third 10-10 with carolina knocking on the door [Music] the view from on high with 209 to play here in the third quarter third and sixth for cam newton and the carolina offense [Applause] to throw forth complete inside the ten first down and goal at the six yard line to tolbert [Applause] tolbert's gonna do a fake cross he's gonna come out here and then reverse back out that way and that's really what freezes the linebacker in terms of coverage creating that separation on justin tuggle is a fire club [Applause] everybody pointing fingers on the offensive line [Applause] blakeman will get the last point neutral zone infraction defense number 90. penalties half the distance to the goal line still first down that's kedivian clowney half the distance will put the ball just inside the three clowney lined up right here [Applause] first and goal stewart in the backfield newton on the quarterback draw diving into the end zone for the touchdown [Applause] greg he really was superman on that play [Applause] this is a called quarterback draw [Applause] see plants his foot he goes airborne and raheem warren not a prayer to stop it [Applause] you know with the extra point it is good 104 to play in the third quarter and the panthers answer right back with a touchdown to grab a 17-10 lead [Music] carolina comes right back to grab a 17-10 lead on houston led by cam newton we have 64 seconds to play here in the third quarter clinton demps deep for the kick and will not get a chance to run this one back it'll come out to the 20-yard line cam newton prior to the game out on the field in his superman shoes his superman t-shirt come game time he gets airborne over raheem moore and you know only superman would come up smiling how's that for an accomplishment who knew the great otto graham ran the football that much [Applause] most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in the first 63 games of a career and still going [Applause] with the way they made that last drive and yeah i think the russians are in the texans the rest of those guys are pretty much [Applause] chandler worthy worthy 25 30 and out across the 30 to about the 33. a reminder tomorrow here on cbs the geniuses from last season's hip drama are back don't miss the season premiere of scorpion tomorrow at 9 8 central only cbs [Music] last 40 seconds of the third quarter this is alfred blue and blue would know where to go after that last drive and touchdown trent lots and lots of congratulations for the carolina offensive line coming off the field well and rightfully so they had to come back and answer the texans drive after they opened up the third quarter with a long 80 yard drive and carolina going back out and doing the same thing so it was it was a good answer good test for the uh for the offensive lineman of carolina as you mentioned and now it's up to the texans after having not having much offense the first half we've seen quite a bit here in the third quarter fast to the outside that is complete the season shorts for third and he is out of bounds about a yard short of a first down as time expires here in the third quarter we've played three in charlotte 1710 panthers we're back after this message in a word from your local station you're watching the nfl on cbs [Music] with our producer bob monsbach our director suzanne smith greg gumbel trent greene jamie erdahl and the rest of our crew here in charlotte on a day that began with nba mvp seth steph curry pounding the drum getting the honorary [Applause] honors his honors are honorary carolina with a 17-10 lead as we start the fourth [Applause] so you know i'm going to think about honorary honors all the way home that's good ryan mallett has completed eight straight passes work to do as we begin the fourth [Applause] they all break that screen second and ten polk out of the backfield well and under pressure mala didn't have time to hang onto that ball and see how the play developed he had to get rid of the ball quickly he was trying to anticipate had to release it early and really didn't have much chance from that point [Music] [Applause] so ted jr is deep and he will fair catch this one at the 17-yard line [Music] so that's where carolina will start and going back to steph curry reigning nba mvp group playing high school ball nearby charlotte christian won three conference titles earned all-state honors and returned to the area with his nba championship trophy this week stopping by davidson college on thursday and charlotte christian on friday i bet you that trophy gets you a lot of access he uh he's a heck of a player heck of a person too he uh tremendous for the community and really happy for him the success that he's had it's kind of good [Applause] a doubt that's for sure i just can't get over how quick it is it may interest you to know i have an equally quick release but the [Music] that's perfect timing catching him flossing as he's watching the game but good hygiene is never out of style i guess welcome to television second and eighth focus newton over the middle olson the intended receiver it'll be third and eight well that ball was tipped that was something we we saw a lot of in the first quarter when there was plenty of pressure applied to cam newton and his arm was either being hit or balls were being tipped at the line of scrimmage that time having olson down the middle of the field but because of that tip not allowed to get to him from the start of this game to now trent it feels like the running game has just been an afterthought yeah cam king said it had some effective runs but it's it's been in big chunks and uh just not a real consistent steady running game from either time speaking of newton up the middle diving for the first down and got it out to the 27-yard line [Applause] [Music] when you have to remember when a quarterback is running if he goes head first he's just like a regular runner that it's where it's where he's touched is where the ball is down if you go feet first and you slide then it's where the ball is when your feet begin to slide so by going head first he's able to pick up the first down cam newton with 77 rushing yards compared to 61 for the entire texas team and newton to throw on first down had it batted at the line and debbie and clowney getting credit for that one genevieve playing playing once again only 27 miles from his hometown coming off the edge he's able to get a hand on this ball [Music] he talked about the number of family and friends that were going to be in attendance and he always plays inspired football but he had a little something extra today being in front of the hometown people jonathan stewart to the outside that was the thirtieth snap played today by jedevian clowney he played 30 last week bill o'brien indicated that he would get more this week [Music] well he was very clear when we had a chance to talk to him he wants to play as many snaps as they'll give him he uh it's the texans that are that are monitoring things as you see his family here there's his mom [Applause] guys from the south carolina area groups of 25 and 30 and 35 people visiting today newton under pressure trying to spin away escapes once a helmet goes rolling out and he's down inside the 15-yard line any pleasant quinton demps [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] see they bring seven men in seven men with the rush can't block everybody and pleasant's the first one to get after him helmet comes flying off before demps comes and cleans it up i'm telling you something about those texans helmets they just don't want to stay on this is mumford trying to turn the corner back to about the 45 yard line 11 46 to play here in the fourth quarter superstars on both sides of the ball and right now cam newton his guys with a one touchdown lead looking to win their first of the season carolina looking to go 2-0 [Music] [Applause] under center and a straight drop and throw it and he under threw it intended for season shorts a reminder coming up the subway post game show jb in the gang back in new york with all the latest nfl scores and highlights coming up on the subway post game show [Music] see the texans take advantage of this good field position [Applause] chris polk in the backfield [Applause] on second and ten far side of the field and overthrowing everybody intended for hopkins covered closely by josh norman [Applause] i think i've noticed about josh norman today greg is he has the tendency to look back at the quarterback he talked about trying to focus on the quarterback and even that time as the play is going down the sideline he faces back squares up and tries to jump that's the second or third time today we've seen him do that so [Applause] third and ten mallet over the middle and a bullet in and out of the arms is at a completion if it's a completion it's a fumble josh norman covering [Applause] they're going to talk about it when you have to remember the rule here not only it is rule to catch and a fumble you have to have both feet down you have to have the ball secure and you have to be making a football move [Music] there's the catch one two thomas davis with the hit forcing the fumble [Music] welcome back clete blakeman about ready to make his announcements question is if cecil shorts the third made a football move with the ball after review the play the receiver did not maintain control of the ball therefore his incomplete pass brings up fourth down the previous spot please put 11 minutes 31 seconds 11 31 on the game clock let's go to mike carey in new york mike hey greg this year is a little different than last year a receiver has had control check two feet down check but then have the ball long enough to become a runner to be able to ward off an opponent or avoid contact there were no more steps after that second step the ball stripped out incomplete all right mike thank you very much and the punt is going to be down just inside the 20-yard line so with 11 22 to play cam newton and the carolina offense backed onto the field and a reminder next sunday the nfl on cbs brings you double ahead of action trent and jamie and i will be in st louis for the steelers and the rams chargers will take on the bike means that in game two the bears and seahawks take center stage all begins with the team that'll take you all the way to super bowl 50 jb in the guys on the nfl today [Applause] this is jonathan stewart left side balloons yardage back at the 17-yard line vince wilford and whitney merciless with the hit well you have to give carolina credit for attempting to stick with the run you mentioned earlier great that cam newton is leading them and rushing with 77 yards but jonathan stewart now has 13 carries for only 50 yards as the texans defense tries to keep them one dimensional vince wilfork on that last play it's strange to see vince in anything but a new england uniform isn't it yeah there's certain players you just uh you recognize as as one type of uniform and vince was the anchor of that new england defense for so long and for many world championships but he has a great relationship with romeo cornell and when he became a free agent mike frable was a teammate of his you see right there up in new england it was easy to recruit him down here one of the delightful guys in the national football game and on the slant trying to break on the football intended for devin funchess was kevin johnson the rookie cornerback from wake forest saw it coming you see right here on the outside johnson reads that all the way [Music] punches the big six four receiver out of michigan but johnson planted that foot drove on it before functions even did and was in position to get the interception fourth time today carolina's gone three and out keith mumphrey back at his own 22-yard line [Applause] just across the 30 to about the 32 yard line 9 52 to play in the fourth neither quarterback going to be writing home about their performances here so far today [Applause] and hit right off the bat by beneathery just a reminder your weekend begins here with thursday night football on cbs and nfl network washington visits eli manning and the new york giants here on your home super bowl 50 cbs sports [Music] so there's the total yardage story here in the fourth quarter minus two for houston and one for carolina [Applause] the official came up and was talking to derrick newton [Applause] the left guard [Applause] [Music] number 72 has been identified as having medical issues he's got to go out for one play and that is absolutely required by a rule greg mance [Applause] aj klein and klein returns it close to the 35-yard line he started in the middle today for luke keatley and comes up with the pick the coaches were raving about aj klein just what type of player he was what type of pro he was knowing that he could play multiple positions they had no worry at all about him filling in for luke geekly [Applause] welcome back 902 to play in the fourth quarter cam newton play fake with time going for it all to the end zone touchdown billy brown [Applause] billy brown is one on one with jonathan joseph on the outside cam newton comes off with a hard play fake gets the safeties to bite up here's the combination gives a little nod to the outside to get joseph's hips turn then takes it inside to the post that is just like they drew it up [Applause] and we have a let's see [Applause] they're calling for some sideline help for one of the officials [Applause] [Music] [Applause] is that line judge paul johnson walking to the near sideline [Applause] [Music] he needs a little hydration [Applause] meanwhile the extra point attempt is good and with 8 53 to play in the fourth quarter carolina stretches its lead to 24 to 10. on the hard play fake you're gonna see demps come up in formation he's gonna bite on that fake but you're gonna see the route just a nod to the outside with a deep post so as cam newton comes off of this hard play pick he sees the safety drop sees brown with that outside nod so here's the route here the safety's way behind he has no help over the top [Applause] cam newt puts it in a place and philly brown jumps up catches that at its highest point so it doesn't allow jonathan joseph to come up and make a play and as we've learned over the last couple of seasons you have to finish the catch to the ground billy brown does finish the [Music] [Applause] catch know you really have to do some jumping if you're going to high-five cam newton i like the uh the excitement that he brings at the field he definitely uh enjoys playing football you can get that from aj klein's interception set it up and this ball will sail through the end zone for the touch back one more look at another touchdown pass for cam newton today and this one right on the money [Music] and then for the fans it's football giveaway day here in charlotte [Music] man you see the smile on his face up by two touchdowns their fourth quarter they'll make you smile like that greg [Applause] so malek can we get a penalty marker on the near side of the field is there is no foul on the play for a defensive hole the pass was in the air at the time the foul occurred plays called legitimate it's second down meanwhile carl johnson coming back onto the field after being treated on the sideline a little heat exhaustion good man carl [Applause] second and one [Applause] mallet lops it up has a man open and he hits him 30 inside the 25 as nate washington lost his footing thought he had six and couldn't maintain the balance [Applause] ryan mallett has time nate washington here at the top of your screen [Music] mallet just laying it up over the top [Music] [Applause] so all the way down to the 23 yard line 48-yard pickup and here are the texas knocking on the door mallet over the middle inside the 15-yard line to deandre hopkins being down by two scorers the defense knows what the texans are going to do so for this depleted offensive line kind of a patchwork offensive line that they've put together here giving mallet time to throw especially these last two completions alex stephanie not throwing incomplete intended for cecil shorts the third 7 26 on the clock that time carolina showing like they were going to bring pressure and dropping out into the cover 2 and dropping back in zone forcing males to try and hit the underneath throw [Music] [Applause] right [Applause] on second and ten the best like the same play from just a moment ago inside the 10 to the eight yard line to cecil shorts the third being down two touchdowns you definitely think this is four down territory here so you have two downs to pick up the first down they need to get it to looks like just around the three yard line so look for a little bit more of the same little bill o'brien was in four down territory back in the first quarter he was third and fourth [Applause] now lobbing for polk out of the backfield [Applause] and it'll be fourth and fourth that's just recognizing that the defensive end was peeling off on your running back so he just tried lobbing it out there hoping that poke could run underneath it so what's been working for ryan mallett well i think carolina's going to show pressure but then ultimately drop out into coverage so they've got to find find those inside windows that they were on the previous part of this drive and we are going to get a timeout time out with 6 38 remaining carolina uses its second here in the second half and a reminder coming up the subway post game show jb and the guys will have latest scores and highlights coming up on the subway postgame show just a reminder texans can get a first down at the 3 yard line [Music] [Applause] so based on what they've been doing this drive look for something inside again i'm gonna spread things out with moving poke out into the formation sprinting him out wide with the three wide receiver look we've got graham in there garrett graham is the tight end to stand up tight into the left right now all this shifting and movement and talking that's going on is just to find a declaration and find out if they're a man-to-man or zone where he wants to go with this ball quickly pulls it down gonna run for it gonna get there for the touchdown mallett escaped the rush and looked up and had a wide open field [Applause] [Music] a couple of times in this game we've seen one team score and the other team answer well that and that's the one thing you can get caught up in when you're facing ryan mallet you're thinking okay he's not the mobile guy brian hoyer is the mobile guy so let's go man-to-man and let's tie everybody up but you don't assign anybody to the quarterback because you're not thinking mallet's going to be the mobile guy to run around and nobody assigned to ryan mallett there he sees everybody covered and has a window to get it into the end zone mallet engineers an 80-yard drive in just two minutes and 22 seconds and houston back to within a touchdown again at 24-17 with six and a half to play but what's the combination of receivers so you have three including the tight end gram here and you have poke out here with deandre hopkins and what happens is with them dropping into their routes you watch everybody lock in you got three on two up here you've got four on three down here but this entire part of the middle of the field is wide open as ryan mallett steps up and is looking for it that's why no one's open you have three on two and four on three but nobody's assigned mallet recognizes that has a window or lane to get it into the end zone [Music] seven plays 80 yards and still plenty of time plenty of time timeout situation houston has two remaining carolina has one carlos thompson with tackle those of you just joining us number one has had himself a heck of a day trent well here's the touchdown pass early on to ted again he's on a double move on the outside then cam newton with superman gets flipped into the end zone and follows it up with a touchdown pass to philly brown on their last possession that's how carolina got to their 24 points a look at the numbers on the day so far meanwhile for houston it's been a little bit slower going as ryan malek the new starting quarterback has worked his way into a rhythm here in the second half jonathan stewart pulls his way close to the 35-yard line well it's important to point out you talk about ryan mallett in that first half the houston texans had 93 yards of offense at halftime in the second half they have 178 yards of offense so you mentioned malek getting into a little bit of a rhythm and obviously they're getting some points on the board feeling much more comfortable as they've been able to move this ball in the second half and we talked about at the beginning of the day how unusual it is that a head coach would change quarterbacks just one game into the season and not because of injury well then coach o'brien was able to tell us he said you know what ryan valley got into that fourth quarter against kansas city gave us a spark and i want to see what he can do i'm not going to be a quick trigger with him i want to see him ride it out so uh when things were struggling there in the first half we knew that he was going to stick out uh stick it out with mallet for the second half and things have turned around for him he was bombarded all week with that question wasn't he and he was very he was very nice about it he knew we were going to ask it he knew it would eventually come around but he was prepared for it and had the answer that definitely backed it up third and two now for newton [Applause] newton throws it back and wide open as greg olsen also midfield 40 35 yard line in the first down 27 yard pickup [Applause] [Music] what the carolina panthers are going to do they're going to overload and put an extra offensive lineman to one side and put olson olson's going to be on the short spot here lined up as a tackle but he's eligible and he's going to sneak out the back cam newton's going to roll out this way you get the defense to draw across you bite them in you feed them in and then olson sneaks his way over to that back side and you hit the throwback for the big game olsen had just one catch last week he has six for 70 yards today this is stewart [Music] and for those of you just who have just joined us jj watt has not been the disrupting force that one would normally expect he's he's had some plays but he hasn't been the the consistent force carolina has done a nice job mainly double teaming him you'll see him with guards and tackles sometimes tackles with a tight end very rarely do you see a running back on him but they're putting a lot of big bodies on him and trying to wear him down especially in the second half you look at time of possession it's it's been a case where they're trying to wear them out 3 45 to play in the fourth [Applause] this is tolbert holbert back to the line of scrimmage and no more brian cushing whitney merciless combined for the tackle the texans because of the score because of the situation and the time left they're putting a lot of guys down in the box putting a lot of defenders near that line of scrimmage see jj watts day seventh straight game with a sack three minutes to play third and nine and a big down for the houston defense [Applause] newton pumps once throwing incomplete inside the 10-yard line intended for olson and covered well down there by quentin demps and by raheem moore that's a prime example of the protection in the time that cam newton has had most of this afternoon really nowhere for him to put that ball try trying to put it high and on the back shoulder and see if olson can't can't get it as the uh the panthers didn't know enough to try 53-yarder over his last three from 50 or more yards going back to last year this one on his way and not even close this one was blocked at the line of scrimmage [Applause] so look at the field position now that the houston texans get with 2 44 to play and two timeouts it appears that uh jared crick right here number 93 it appears he's the one that's going to get a hand on it you'll see the push he's lined up right next in between will fork and watt [Music] [Applause] knew he got a hand on it and now because of that attempt this gives the texans good field position with 244 to go [Applause] bounces off of the shoulders of chris polk out of the back field it'll be second and ten well now and this will be interesting to see what caroline decides to do defensively do they keep with their four and their three-man pressures and try and drop into coverage and keep everything in front of them or do you continue with the pressure bring those linebackers go with some man-to-man if you go with what they've been doing they're just going to rush the four try and drop guys in coverage and see if malek can make those accurate throws up the field this is polk hulk shakes the tackler in the backfield 45 works his way to the sideline klopp continues to move as he'll be marked down at the 47-yard line thomas davis with the tackle 225 to play that time caroline decided to bring pressure brought pressure from the strong side mallet recognizing it checking to the run away from that pressure now on third downs they kind of trying to get the crowd noise into this third and six got man-to-man down here hopkins and norman with a bullet and deandre hopkins wasn't looking going to get a roughing the quarterback it looks like personal foul roughing the passer defense number 94. late hit on the quarterback that means 15 yards to their pretty good spot first down houston defensive and coney ely [Applause] they had a perfect design here eely's the one coming off the edge he's going to get the penalty here [Music] but they had a disguise of pressure so mala thinks he has man-to-man you can see ely takes a couple extra steps as he hits mallet makes no sense you've got him off the field bringing up a key fourth down all of a sudden you give him first down [Applause] holt to the 35 and that takes us under two minutes 156 to play here in charlotte houston looking for the tying touchdown [Music] along with trent green and jamie erdog greg gumble back in charlotte a game that started sluggishly has turned into a heck of a tussle 24-17 carolina a minute 56 to play houston looking for the tying score mallet needs the 28-yard line for a first down [Applause] allen under pressure and under throws and chris polk was covered out here by aj klein it'll be third and seven third and seven malik still has to remember with a minute 51 left in this game he still has plenty of area in the middle of the field he can't just look to the outside it's not like he's down on his own 20-yard line he's in good field position here so utilize the space utilize the the open parts of the middle of the field as you approach this third down and down seven there is no thought of a field goal here third and seven [Applause] nate washington and washington let's see where it's forward progress is mark very close to a first down i cannot tell you how difficult of a catch that is by nate washington that is a fastball behind him as he's running inside he has to reach behind him and make this catch they stop it for a measurement washington's going to be at the top of the screen and he comes inside incredible catch reaching back to get it here is the first down line here's where the receiver is washington trying to get to the ball it appears on that replay a little bit short so fourth in inches but on the replay it looks like a good spot so i don't you know even though it's under two minutes from a spot standpoint i think that was a good location that they marked that ball [Applause] fourth down you have a patchwork offensive line greg you got three three different three different guys up front because of injuries guys sliding to new positions the success now we're going to have a timeout taken by houston that is their second so each team down to one timeout to one minute 27 seconds 127. so with the success so with the success that mallet has had throwing the football do you throw it or do you run it here for the first down one fourth and short i guess they're taking another look at this to see if the spot is good he's clearly short of the line actually i think he's even further away from the line than what they ultimately spotted it it's only going to be a few inches away so where they've had success running the football is by spreading people out and then trying to get the run inside so i think you do that again i think you spread everybody out the carolina decides to to bring that pressure to put all those guys in there then you do one of your rubber outs on the outside if they decide to keep everybody expanded and the texans are doing opposite they brought in big bodies trying to run the ball this is polk poke fighting for first down yardage and he gets it to the 26 yard line a minute 16 a minute 15 to play carolina 1-0 houston and one looking for win number one on the season just looking for a tie game here right now malik a bullet to the 20-yard line complete to cecil shorts the third you still have time 50 seconds here left in the half you still have one timeout mallet needs to understand you can utilize the middle of the field like he did on that last completion second and four [Applause] throwing it far side through it away stops the clock with 32 seconds to play and it'll be a third and fourth smart decision stopping the clock throwing the ball away realizing there's pressure coming up the pocket on third down now with 30 seconds you need to continue to put the ball in the air so you can still utilize the middle of the field so because you're close to the end zone you utilize the middle of the field you can get everybody up and spike the ball you don't have to burn the timeout if he's in bounds it's different than having the full field where you have to stretch because everybody's condensed and close together you can still get a ball inbounds get the first down and spike it and save that timeout [Applause] and we get a timeout call by carolina carolina takes third and final timeout this is a 30-second timeout so carolina is out of timeouts now [Music] would you feel good running the football here i wouldn't i would i would continue to throw it i think you spread them out again you see what they're going to do what what carolina has shown is they bring their safeties down or one of the two safeties to act like they're going to bring pressure and then they bail them out so that they have help over the top don't give up the big plays they're trying to disguise some things i think you continue to work the middle of the field you only need four yards to get the first down so go up get the inside receivers to clear out in the middle get your outside guys to come rubbing underneath you pick up the first down get down you can spike the ball that'll give you around 20 seconds with the timeout left and a first down around the 12 yard line third and four [Applause] now going for the end zone overthrows everybody and we have a flag on the far side of the field it was ely that was offsides he got leaning on that snap count and if mallet would realize that you could just throw a jump ball in the end zone because it doesn't matter you've got a free play if it is on carolina then it's first down for houston offside defense number 94 player was in the neutral zone at the snap five yard penalty yardage is enough for a first down [Applause] ely once again making the mistake he had the roughing the passer earlier to keep this drive going now getting caught with the heart count giving him the first down just inside the 15 yard line 27 seconds on the clock [Applause] mallet throwing for the end zone incomplete he had a man running free at the goal line that was nate washington you know greg you did have a man running free but he didn't have time there was there's a defender got free on the inside even though washington came free up the middle you'll see washington he gets free up the middle but mallet's going to get pressure coming up the middle he doesn't have time to sit there and wait to see which direction washington's gonna go had to get the ball of his hands a smart decision on his part save the yard and save the timeout second and ten [Applause] going down trying to throw it away says it's an incomplete pass what do the officials say [Applause] clock continues to move and now stopped with nine seconds to play well here's the problem if even if it is an incomplete pass it's going to be intentional grounding so that's that's the mistake that mallot makes on this is i know he doesn't want to go down with the ball but go down with the ball use the timeout and then it gives yourself some time [Applause] the texans want an incompletion [Applause] the panthers want an intentional grounding [Applause] that's the first indicator that it might be intentional grounding as he goes over to talk to bill o'brien [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so bill o'brien talking about the clock clock continued to move even while the players were on the ground [Applause] but you know it's a different situation trent if they throw the flag the clock stops then but if you wait to throw the flag there's a delay and a loss of time on the clock one you have to remember the new rule now is you can go to replay to check the end of half and end of games you can check the clock with the replay system [Applause] here's cleve okay here's the situation the ruling on the field is an intentional grounding an offense by the quarterback that's a 10-yard penalty from the previous spot plus a loss of down which will bring up third down also this situation requires a 10-second run off however the texans were left to take a timeout in order to save the ten seconds at the time the pass was incomplete there were 12 seconds on the game clock so please put 12 seconds on the game clock so that time out that houston had come in comes in very handy [Music] mallet throwing the ball away and watch the game clock on the left side so here's the game clock here's mallet about to go down so they want the game clock reset they could even reset it at 15. it looks like 15 right so now cleats coming over to take a look at the [Music] the replay system remember that's a new new rule with the replay system this year so you can review the clock at the end of half and end of games end in overtime let's bring in mike carey mike okay greg clete blakeman get that right yes about the clock yes yes so the rule is actually that if the clock runs out they can fix it and replay what happened in this case most likely was all seven officials were on the field are watching the clock one of the officials saw that it was an incomplete pass looked up and saw what the time was at that point he went and communicated that with the referee and then they reset that's my opinion of what happened all right mike and the clock should stop right when the ball hits the ground and somebody must have seen that and it looked to us that that would back the club will talk up to around 15 or 16 seconds remaining it might have but when the official looks up and sees it he sees only what he sees on the clock and in this case it looks like 12 seconds but then that's is that or is that not correctable in review no the only clock situation that's uh reviewable is if the clock ran to zero then they can go back and put time on the clock unless of course there was a reversal on the play okay mike thank you sir meanwhile as this game trudges on can you be your own double-header game you know i understand what mike is saying i understand what the the the letter of the law is in terms of the rule the problem is is when the ball is incomplete the clock is ticking from 17 to 16. so it's 16 when the ball hits the ground so the official that's in charge of that that mike says is part of the crew that when the ball is incomplete that's his job to look up the clock he waits four seconds until he looks up and sees the clock at 12 seconds so there is a four second discrepancy between when the ball hit the ground and when the official is now claiming that the the incompletion took place so it'll be interesting to see what uh here comes cleat away from the replay booth and what was ultimately determined ten penalties on each side today [Applause] [Applause] here's clete after review of the play the ruling on the field stands is called on the field [Applause] in addition the back judges confirmed with me that at the time the pass was incomplete there were 17 seconds on the game clock so please put 17 seconds on the game clock brings up third down [Applause] so here's the play one more time you see the game clock on the left [Music] mallet gets rid of the ball it falls incomplete and 17 seconds on the clock meanwhile mallet is looking at a third and 22 with no timeouts remaining [Applause] houston needs the five yard line for a first down you either have to throw this ball so the receiver can get out of bounds or you have to throw it into the end zone i don't know if you can get two ball snap and the amount of time they have left [Applause] this side and polk out of bounds short of the 20-yard line [Music] 13 on the clock [Applause] well if you get out of bounds you have time for two more plays but it is fourth down so they're gonna have to take a shot into the end zone [Music] fourth and sixteen for houston now loose looking throwing end zone overthrown at the back of the endzone intended for deandre hopkins [Applause] [Music] [Applause] you see carolina only rushing forward dropping seven into coverage and everybody's pretty much at the goal line or behind it mallet on the run comes close to passing the line of scrimmage [Music] cam newton over excited with the incompletion as he goes crazy with the win [Music] [Applause] with that carolina holds on for its second win in two outings 24-17 over houston meanwhile the houston texans fall to owen two and ryan mallett's first start as a texan fall short [Applause] [Music] yeah valiant effort here in the second half you know they came out in the start of the third quarter after halftime and put together a nice 80 80 yard drive it's just cam newton came up with some bigger plays when needed [Applause] carolina panthers have now won six straight regular season games going back to last season let's take a look at that fourth down play one more [Applause] time to remind you the final score 24-17 coming up next the subway post game show for trent and jamie greg gumbel so long from charlotte you've been watching the nfl on cbs the home of super bowl 50. it's the subway post game show you'll see plenty of this [Music]

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