Giants Roll Past Panthers, 36-7

Rolle was carted off the field after a collision with camera equipment on the sidelines resulted in a contusion and laceration, head coach Tom Coughlin said in the report. X-rays were negative, however, and Coughlin noted that he didn’t believe the injury was very serious.

Hosley pulled a hamstring muscle in the fourth quarter after getting his jersey yanked during play, Coughlin said.

A slew of injuries to players at skill positions for the New York Giants’ offense actually made the Carolina Panthers favorites before kickoff of Thursday night’s matchup, but a dominating 36-7 performance by the Giants proved that they can win -- regardless of who’s in the lineup.

Ed Valentine of Giants blog Big Blue View focused on journeyman backup running back Andre Brown’s performance in Ahmad Bradshaw’s absence after the game:

Glumness is fine on its own, but the morose “I’m looking for words that aren’t ‘This sucked’” bit here is even more out of character.

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Carolina finally got on the board in the middle of the third quarter when Cam Newton jumped over the pile at the goal line for his second rushing touchdown of the season, and the 16th of his prodigious career.

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The reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year now has 16 career rushing touchdowns.

Newton went 5-for-12 passing for 90 yards and an interception through two quarters, as Carolina as only totaled 122 yards of offense.

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Even without Webster, the Giants continue to bottle up Cam Newton and the Panthers offense. New York leads 17-0 in the second quarter.

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At the goal line, New York lined up in the jumbo formation, with an extra blocker on the strong side of the line. Manning handed off to Brown for the second straight play, and the big man did the rest.

So far, Brown has 88 yards on 11 carries, not quite halfway into the second quarter, for an average of eight yards per carry. Brown has been cut by five different NFL teams before finding a home with the Giants.

The NFL world lost one of its most towering figures this week when NFL Films president Steve Sabol passed away. Sabol and his father shaped the look and feel of the modern game, and the tributes have poured out in the days since. Every fan, every media member, coach, player, front office staffer and many others have been touched by Sabol’s work, even if they never knew who he was.

Sabol passed away after an 18-month battle with brain cancer.

This zone read triple option requires two important decisions from Newton that most NFL quarterbacks don’t have to make, much less on the same play: he’s got to read the defensive end and figure out if he’ll commit, giving him room to gain yardage, and decide whether to keep or pitch the ball when in the open field.

That’s harder in the NFL, with faster and bigger defenders than college teams, but defenses don’t prep often for the triple option. And the Panthers are running this out of the pistol, which adds another wrinkle of complexity.

That’s three touchdowns in three games for Bennett.

New York added Bennett, a former Dallas Cowboy, as a free agent during the offseason.

In Week 2, 14 of 16 home teams won their game, tying an NFL record.

That changes in Week 3.

The NFL Network will have full coverage of the game at 8 p.m. on Thursday.

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