New Orleans put the clamps on Cam Newton, and the Saints beat the Carolina Panthers 12-9 on Monday night to take a big step toward locking up home-field advantage in the NFC playoffs.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — This is what it has come to for the defending NFC champion Carolina Panthers. Either they beat the Saints in the Superdome on Sunday, or they fall into last place in the NFC South by themselves with 10 games to go. “You don’t expect to start this way,” Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly said. “It’s a situation…
NEW ORLEANS (ESPN) — The New Orleans Saints have cut ties with another expensive free-agent miss, releasing running back C.J. Spiller on Monday. Spiller, 29, signed a four-year, $16 million deal with the Saints last year. But they wound up paying him $9 million for a total of 13 games played. Spiller was inactive in Week 1, with Saints coach…
