Carolina Panthers 23, New Orleans Saints 20
Here are the top-graded players and biggest takeaways from Carolina’s 23-20 win over New Orleans:
Quarterback grade: Cam Newton, 83.7
Newton leads Panthers to win
Cam Newton was pressured on nearly half of his 35 dropbacks in the game. He completed just five of 15 passes when under pressure, but that doesn’t tell the whole story. Four passes were either thrown away or he was hit as throwing. Out of his five completions, four went for either a first down with at least 10 yards to go or a touchdown, including the pinpoint TD pass to Ted Ginn in the back of the end zone at the end of the first half.