It’s gameday! Three things to watch for against the Panthers

I've started many of my articles with a variation of the phrase, ‘football is finally here’. But today, I can finally say, football is here. The Ravens will take on the Panthers tonight at M&T Bank Stadium in the first of four preseason games for the Ravens. Baltimore Beatdown’s Evan Mazza wrote about what players to watch for in this game earlier this week, here we are going to look at what match-ups to watch for.

This is, in my opinion, the biggest matchup to watch. While Newton will likely be on the field for only a possession or two at the most, the new Ravens secondary will be tested. Newton won the MVP with Ted Ginn Jr as his top wide receiver, and now, Newton gets Kelvin Benjamin…