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Practice squad transactions are seldom news http://www.panthersfootballauthentic.com/michael-palardy-jersey-authentic , except when they are a sign of what a team might think about their depth at a particular position. Kyle Allen to their practice squad, and released safety Dezmen Southward.Allen was in camp with the Panthers this offseason, and gives them an extra arm for practice.They seem to need one of those, since Cam Newton didn’t throw in practice last week because of some shoulder discomfort, leaving backup Taylor Heinicke as the only quarterback on the roster. The Panthers eventually removed Newton from the injury report, but he didn’t feel comfortable attempting a Hail Mary last week.Newton’s effectiveness on deep balls has been clearly different since his March 2017 shoulder surgery http://www.panthersfootballauthentic.com/c.j.-anderson-jersey-authentic , but he has been able to stay on the field. He was having an up-and-down start to the season, but has played like an MVP the last five quarters, up to the fourth quarter show he put on against the Eagles and last week’s win against the top-ranked Ravens defense.The fact they saw the need to add another quarterback suggests that Newton’s not going to be a regular in mid-week practices until his shoulder settles down, though he has shown he can play through whatever’s bothering him. Much has been made about the Panthers beating the Giants on Sunday on Graham Gano‘s 63-yard last-second field goal. Little has been made about the fact that Gano’s field goal wasn’t actually “last second.”In reality, there was one second left on the clock after Gano’s field goal, which means the Panthers had to kick off. And the Giants nearly returned that kickoff for a touchdown.It hasn’t been talked about much this week http://www.panthersfootballauthentic.com/wes-horton-jersey-authentic , probably because most people watching the game switched to another game (or had it switched for them by the local affiliate), but the Giants had a real chance at using a multiple-lateral, “Stanford band” type of play and turning it into a touchdown.The kickoff (video here) went deep into the end zone and was initially fielded by Odell Beckham, who brought it out from the back of the end zone and got to about the 20-yard line before he lateraled to Elijhaa Penny. Penny quickly pitched it to Sterling Shepard, who ran it past the 40-yard line before flipping the ball to Jawill Davis. Davis looked like he had quite a bit of room to run along the left sideline, but he couldn’t get a handle on the ball when Shepard pitched it to him Womens Taylor Moton Jersey , and the ball went out of bounds to end the game.The play was unusual in that Gano kicked it deep into the end zone, and that Beckham decided to bring it out of the end zone. Usually in that situation teams prefer squib kicks, and if the ball goes into the end zone the receiving team usually settles for a touchback and tries to score on a multiple-lateral play on offense from the 25-yard line.It didn’t work, but it was a fun play that deserved a little bit of attention. Which it didn’t get on Sunday.