Panthers open 地位，任命する-Benjamin 時代 vs NFC South 競争相手 Falcons
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) - The Panthers never 知らせるd quarterback （機の）カム Newton of their 意向s to 貿易（する） away his No. 1 receiver and closest friend on the team before making the move.
Newton discovered Kelvin Benjamin was sent packing to Buffalo the same time most people did - after it happened.
The 2015 league 最高殊勲選手 didn't 正確に／まさに appear overjoyed by the 貿易（する） at his news 会議／協議会 this week. But he didn't 非難する the move, either. Instead he tried turning the attention toward the 未来, 説 the Panthers now have to "move on," beginning Sunday when they host the Atlanta Falcons.
FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2017, とじ込み／提出する photo, Carolina P anthers' Curtis Samuel (10) runs after a catch against the Philadelphia Eagles in the first half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C. The Panthers 貿易（する）d Kelvin Benjamin to the Buffalo 法案s. The Panthers said they made the move so they could get more 速度(を上げる） on the field. (AP Photo/（頭が）ひょいと動く Leverone, とじ込み／提出する)
"Think Atlanta cares about that? Know what I'm 説?" Newton said of 貿易（する）. "My feelings aren't 関連した. We got one 職業 to do and that's 勝利，勝つ football games. And I'm up to that 仕事."
The Panthers had better hope Newton doesn't let any sour feelings ぐずぐず残る.
The Saints (5-2), Panthers (5-3) and Falcons (4-3) are bunched together in the NFC South standings. Every game is important, 特に 分割 ones, from here on out.
Either 新人 Curtis Samuel or Russell Shepard is 推定する／予想するd to start opposite Devin Funchess, coach Ron Rivera said. Kaelin Clay will also see 活動／戦闘. It will be at least two more games before プロの／賛成の Bowl tight Greg Olsen returns from 負傷させるd reserve and is ready to play, so the Panthers have to を取り引きする what they have for now.
新人 running 支援する Christian McCaffrey 現在／一般に leads the Panthers in 歓迎会s.
"They'll probably give (Samuel) more touches and probably use McCaffrey more 同様に in the pass game," Falcons cornerback Desmond Trufant said. "Whatever they do, we'll be ready, we'll be 用意が出来ている."
FALCONS NOT SCORING: There have been many questions about an Atlanta 罪／違反 which was held below 20 points in three straight losses before 回復するing in last week's 25-20 勝利，勝つ at the Jets.
The Falcons 階級 in the middle of the league with their 21.6 points per game, a big 減少（する） from their league-主要な 33.8 普通の／平均（する） last season.
The numbers 示唆する the Falcons are having more success moving the ball than 得点する／非難する／２０ing. They are 普通の／平均（する）ing 6.18 yards per play, which 階級s second in the NFL. Their 4.79 yards per 急ぐ 階級s fourth in the league.
But Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly isn't taking the Falcons lightly.
" They are good everywhere on 罪／違反 ...," Kuechly said. "They're scary, and they can hang 40 on you if you blink."
NO LOOKING BACK: At 4-3, the Falcons have the same 記録，記録的な／記録する through seven games as they did last season when they 前進するd to the 最高の Bowl. Falcons coach Dan Quinn said he's not using that as 動機づけ for his team.
"For us, our 転換ing the page has turned to 2017, to see how good we can get," Quinn said. "Our best is 肉親，親類d of just staying in the 現在の moment and trying to 勝利，勝つ this week, this 一連の会議、交渉／完成する."
DIVISION GAMES: The Falcons are nearly halfway through their schedule and just now playing their first divisional game, something 防御の 取り組む Grady Jarrett said feels "a little weird."
"Hard to believe it's November and we're just getting started on our 分割 play," 追加するd Falcons coach Dan Quinn. "But we are lit up about that in a good way. We have talked from the very beginning about how strong we think this 分割 is and how 戦う／戦いd-実験（する）d it makes the teams in it."
The Panthers have already played two divisional games, losing to New Orleans earlier in the season and （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Tampa Bay last week.
JULIO, GET THE STRETCH: Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones has had a very 静かな year by his own 基準s with only one 100-yard game and one touchdown. But 直面するing the Panthers could be the cure to those 問題／発行するs. Jones has 25 歓迎会s for 538 yards and two TDs in his last three 会合s with Carolina.
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AP Sports Writer Charles Odum from Atlanta 与える／捧げるd to this 報告（する）／憶測.
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FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2016, とじ込み／提出する photo, Atlanta Falcons' Julio Jones (11) 押し進めるs away Carolina Panthers' Kurt Coleman (20) after a catch in the second half of an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C. Jones has had a very 静かな year by his own 基準s with only one 100-yard game and one touchdown this season. But 直面するing the Panthers on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017, could be the cure to those 問題／発行するs. Jones has 25 歓迎会s for 538 yards and two TDs in his last three 会合s with Carolina. (AP Photo/マイク McCarn)
FILE - In this July 28, 2017, とじ込み／提出する photo, Atlanta Falcons 長，率いる coach Dan Quinn gestures during an NFL football practice in Flowery 支店, Ga. "Hard to believe it's November and we're just getting started on our 分割 play," Falcons coach Dan Quinn said. "But we are lit up about that in a good way. We have talked from the very beginning about how strong we think this 分割 is and how 戦う／戦いd-実験（する）d it makes the teams in it." The Falcons play at the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, Nov. 5. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, とじ込み／提出する)
FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2017, とじ込み／提出する photo, Carolina Panthers' （機の）カム Newton (1) 会談 with Kelvin Benjamin (13) during practice at the NFL team's football training （軍の）野営地，陣営 at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C. The Panthers never 知らせるd quarterback （機の）カム Newton they planned to 貿易（する） away his No. 1 receiver and closest friend on the team before making the move. Newton 設立する out about the Kelvin Benjamin 貿易（する） about the same time people did _ on social マスコミ. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, とじ込み／提出する)
