you could be right...and it seems like Carolina turned the corner late in what was seeming like a fairly pathetic season...
playing devil`s advocate,what would concern me was their penchant(before their late season run) for getting blown out in games that they fell behind in....I watched newton when they played Baltimore and also saw several other Carolina games and it seemed when they lost,they went big(6 out of 8 losses by 18 points or more).....seemed to me like in certain situations, once things went south,newton looked like he was going through the motions(I could be wrong,it`s just a personal observation)...
of course,the late season run(although accomplished against fairly pedestrian competition) seems to have bolstered their confidence and as we know,teams can get hot at playoff time and do amazing things......also,they weren`t just a successful home team.. they had some decent performances on the road...
i can see why you might want to grab those points...looking at seattle`s schedule,they had more than a few wins in that 10-14(give or take a few points) point range so it could be a bit tight coming down the stretch....late in the season,seems more of seattle`s comfy wins were due to holding the other team`s offense in check than them scoring oodles of points...
i have a hard time getting a read on newton...he can be really good or at times, just mail it in..of late,seems he`s been more good than bad...
g.l. with it.....