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Game 4: Carolina @ Atlanta

Posted on February 3, 2014 at 11:40 PM.

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Atlanta had found a way to shut down Carolina's rushing game and held them to no first quarter points. Atlanta, however, was rushing through Carolina's defense with ease in the first half with quarterback Robert Griffin making Carolina linebackers nervous with his rushing ability. He had a 9 yard touchdown run to open up scoring. Russell Wilson had answer with a touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall to equalize the game before half. During the second half Carolina still struggled to stop the Atlanta rushing game and Robert Griffin scored another touchdown run. With Jamaal Charles' inability to produce solid runs, Carolina were forced to drop the running game and air it out the remainder of the game. A touchdown pass to Early Doucet tied up the game again only for Robert Griffin to run for a third touchdown. Carolina now had only 1:34 left on the clock. It was time for Russell Wilson to earn the money and he did. He drove the team down the field and found Ed Dickson open on a slant route and he ran it in for the score. The only problem was that Carolina left 42 seconds left, and the way the Falcons had played so far, the atmosphere in the Georgia Dome was very anxious and they were hoping RGIII could lead a late drive. Carolina came up big and on a Hail Mary to end the game Darius Butler intercepted it in the end zone. The game went into overtime and Falcons started out with the ball, Brooks Reed came up big with a sack and a tackle for loss and RGIII finished the drive with an incomplete pass(originally called a catch for 21 yards, but was reversed after review). Russell Wilson didn't do any better. Two incomplete passes and a sack later, Carolina called on Chas Henry to punt the ball. With the ball back in RGIII's hands, he ran for 18 yards, then threw for 11. The game looked as if Atlanta had surely won the game. On the next play, Atlanta needed just 15 yards to be in field goal range. Jason Witten had escaped coverage from LaDarius Webb, but Javier Arenas moved in and intercepted the ball. On the next drive, Wilson got Ed Dickson on a deep ball. Then Brandon Marshall for 15 yards and Eric Decker for 6 more to put Carolina on the Atlanta 28 yard line. Shaun Suisham sealed the win with a field goal.

MVP: Russell Wilson 16/25 for 283 yards 3 touchdowns and no interceptions

Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
Carolina Panthers (3-0)	0	7	0	14	3	24
Atlanta Falcons (1-2)	0	7	7	7	0	21

Team Stats Comparison
	CAR	ATL
Total Offense	279	264
Rushing Yards	1	134
Passing Yards	278	130
First Downs	11	11
Punt Return Yards	2	0
Kick Return Yards	102	51
Total Yards	383	315
Turnovers	0	2
3rd Down Converstion	5-7	6-8
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	2/1	2/0
Penalties	1-15	0-0
Posession Time	10:48	14:17