AP Pro32 comments about Panthers

NEW YORK (AP) Comments on the Carolina Panthers by the AP Pro32 panel (ranking in parentheses):

Chris Berman (ESPN, 29) - Back to drawing board.

Clifton Brown (Sporting News, 22) - Cam Newton's performance and attitude need

Cris Collinsworth (NBC Sports, 25) - Comment currently unavailable

Rich Gannon (CBS Sports/SiriusXM NFL Radio, 23) - Things don't get easier for Cam and the Panthers against the red hot Falcons.

Bob Glauber (Newsday, 19) - Steve Smith crashes Cam Newton's pity party and tells his young quarterback to toughen up. Couldn't agree more.

Rick Gosselin (Dallas Morning News, 21) - The Panthers have an average time of possession of barely 25 minutes. That puts too much strain on your defense.

Clark Judge (CBSSports.com, 27) - Maybe what we're seeing is Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation at work.

Ira Kaufman (Tampa Tribune, 25) - Cam Newton's poor body language is giving Jay Cutler a run for his money.

Pat Kirwan (SiriusXM NFL Radio/CBSSports.com, 24) - Cam Newton and the offense have hit some bumps in the road and the defensive front struggles to rush the passer and stop the run.

John Lynch (Fox Sports, 22) - Awful against the Giants and now on the road to face the thus far nearly flawless Falcons.

Alex Marvez (Foxsports.com, 23) - Cam Newton needs to quit his moping. The Panthers will need a much better effort from their second-year quarterback Sunday against Atlanta than it got during a shockingly bad 36-7 home loss to the New York Giants.

Dan Pompei (Chicago Tribune, 23) - Are they coming apart at the seams or just going through some early season growing pains?

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Updated September 25, 2012