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LANDOVER Will Grier Jersey , Md. (AP) — teammate, Josh Norman wanted to shut off his phone because the noise was getting so loud.Then, he silenced it all.Norman bounced back from one of the worst games of his career by intercepting Cam Newton and forcing a fumble in the Washington Redskins‘ 23-17 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.Longtime Redskins safety DeAngelo Hall said Norman had gone “Hollywood,” speculation swirled about his value to the Redskins and the flashy cornerback was on the defensive even when he wasn’t on the field.“It was like I was playing cornerback against everybody,” said Norman, who had two game-altering plays and four tackles to put an embarrassing showing at New Orleans behind him. “I played within the defense and played within myself.”Defensive teammates mobbed Norman after each of his forced turnovers. After a defensive unit dinner earlier in the week, Norman led the way for a group that made a crucial stop at its 16-yard line to hold on for the victory.“He came out and performed as he should,” safety D.J. Swearinger said. “We needed that from him. He needed that for himself. And we needed to see that as a group.”Norman ended his 19-game interception drought by catching a jump ball thrown by Newton on a third-and-long play early in the second quarter, his first pick since Dec. 24, 2016. Norman also popped the ball out of Panthers rookie receiver D.J. Moore’s hands in a showcase performance against the team that abruptly cut ties with him after his All-Pro 2015 season.“It’s fitting that we break that little streak against them,” a smiling Norman said. “I guess we got a flair for the dramatic somehow.”Newton threw for 275 yards and two touchdowns on 27 of 40 passing and rushed for 43 yards in a turnover-marred loss. He engineered a late drive that got the Panthers into the red zone before stalling out.Carolina (3-2) was long before that doomed by turnovers http://www.pantherscheapshop.com/cheap-authentic-christian-miller-jersey , including Moore’s on a punt return that set up Alex Smith’s 22-yard TD pass to Vernon Davis.“We kind of dug ourselves in a hole early,” Newton said. “We still found a way to put ourselves in a winning position, but we didn’t. We’ll get better from it.”Adrian Peterson rushed for 97 yards on 17 carries and Smith connected on touchdown passes to Davis and Paul Richardson for the Redskins (3-2), who looked like an entirely different team than the one that got stomped 43-19 by New Orleans on Monday night — when coach Jay Gruden benched Norman in the second half.BIG-GUY CATCHESOffensive linemen saved their quarterbacks with some heads-up, sure-handed plays.When the ball popped out of Newton’s hands late in the first quarter, Panthers left guard Greg Van Roten caught it and made up some ground — but got only a 7-yard loss as credit for his efforts.Redskins left tackle Trent Williams caught the ball when Smith fumbled early in the fourth and rushed for 8 yards to help set up a field goal by Dustin Hopkins.“When I caught it, I just tried to go north and get a couple yards,” Williams said. “Definitely didn’t want to fumble it.”KICK OUT OF ITAfter hitting a 63-yard winner last week, Carolina’s Graham Gano missed his first kick of any kind this season when he was wide left on the extra-point attempt following Newton’s TD pass to Devin Funchess. Gano, who played for the Redskins from 2009-11, entered 7 of 7 on field goals and 11 of 11 on extra points.Hopkins connected on a 56-yard field goal that made it 20-6 Jordan Scarlett Jersey , the longest of his NFL career.INJURIESPanthers: DT Kyle Love was slow to get up after being injured midway through the fourth quarter. … TE Greg Olsen returned after missing three games with a broken right foot. … WR Damiere Byrd was out with an ankle injury, forcing Moore into return duties.Redskins: RG Brandon Scherff tweaked his knee on a fourth-down play in the third quarter, but returned on the next drive. … RB Chris Thompson missed the game with rib and knee injuries, while WR Jamison Crowder sat out with an ankle injury.UP NEXTPanthers: Visit the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.Redskins: Host the NFC East rival Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Todd Bowles simply couldn’t believe his eyes.The yellow flags kept flying all game, and his New York Jets were being called for penalties at crucial moments against the Packers. There were a whopping 16 in all for a team-record 172 yards, according to ESPN Stats & Info, during Green Bay’s 44-38 overtime victory Sunday.“I thought we were playing two teams,” a noticeably angry Bowles said. “I thought we were playing the Packers — and the striped shirts.”That would be the officials, who received some rare criticism from the normally reserved Jets coach.“I can explain some of them,” Bowles said of the penalties. “I can’t explain them all. That’s a question you have to ask them.”When a reporter pointed out that that it was uncharacteristic of him to question the officials Jonah Williams Jersey , Bowles said simply: “That’s how bad it was.”On the Packers’ winning drive — and the only possession of overtime — Green Bay faced a third-and-10 from its 40 when Aaron Rodgers‘ pass to Marquez Valdes-Scantling hung in the air and fell incomplete — but Trumaine Johnson was called for pass interference, putting the ball at the Jets 27.“I felt it was a bad call, as I did quite a few other calls,” Bowles said. “It was one of those games. I haven’t seen one like that in my 18 or 19 years in the league.”Two plays later, the Jets were called for having too many men on the field, offsetting a call on the Packers for an illegal shift. Bowles and his defense were seeing yellow again moments later when a pass interference call on Buster Skrine gave the Packers the ball at the 6.Rodgers ran it in, but right tackle Bryan Bulaga was called for holding. On the next play, Rodgers found Davante Adams in the back of the end zone for the victory.A clearly irritated Johnson left the locker room after the game without speaking to reporters. Fellow cornerback Morris Claiborne used an expletive when describing the officiating.The 16 penalties were six more than the Packers were called for, and Bowles was asked to point out the ones he thought were most egregious.“I’m sure I’m getting fined already, so I care not to say anymore,” he said. “But something has to be done about that. That’s ridiculous.”In what was likely Bowles’ final home game as coach with the expectation being that he’ll be fired after next Sunday’s game at New England http://www.bengalscheapshop.com/cheap-authentic-drew-sample-jersey , the penalties weren’t the only thing that did in the Jets.New York blew a 15-point fourth-quarter lead and gave up 540 total yards to Rodgers and the Packers, the most since they allowed 557 yards to San Francisco 20 years ago. Green Bay also had eight plays of 20 yards or longer against the Jets, including four plays of 23 or more in the fourth quarter.“They pay us to go out there and stop offenses,” safety Jamal Adams said. “So, we’ve got to go out there and execute it.”It also was the most points the Jets have scored in a home loss.“It’s frustrating not being able to put them away,” Bowles said. “We had our chances to put them away. Taking no credit from them, but we can’t play two teams.”The Jets nearly had an impressive goal-line stand in the closing moments of regulation, when Rodgers had a 23-yard run to get down to the 1.After two incompletions, Jamaal Williams was met up the middle by Frankie Luvu for no gain. On fourth-and-goal, Rodgers went over a pile and reached past the goal line for a go-ahead touchdown that Green Bay its first lead of the game with 1:13 left.“It’s a game of inches,” Adams said. “I believe he had the inch on us Germaine Pratt Jersey , so, good call.”Rodgers’ initial 2-point conversion try was intercepted by Darryl Roberts — but Roberts was called for defensive holding. Rodgers then ran it in to make it 38-35.New York was without defensive end Leonard Williams for a big chunk of the game after he was ejected for throwing a punch at Bulaga late in the first half. The two were pushing and shoving during a pass play and Williams lost his cool.“I fully regret it,” Williams said. “I wish I could’ve been there for my teammates, especially in this good game — it was a close game. … There’s no excuses for what I did. I just overreacted.”The Jets finished their home schedule 2-6, and need a win next week against the Patriots to even match their 5-11 overall mark of the last two seasons. That’ll be a tall task, considering New England could clinch a first-round playoff bye with a victory.“I feel bad for everybody in here because I know how hard these guys work,” Claiborne said. “I work with them and I know how hard it is for them, and I know how hard it is for me because we put so much into it and it doesn’t go your way and you don’t know what the hell to do.“But we just have to keep working and see our way through the storm.”