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HOUSTON (AP) — Kyle Allen’s mistakes could have doomed the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.Instead the rest of the team stepped up to make up for those miscues and help the Panthers to a 16-10 win over the Houston Texans.Allen threw for 232 yards and the team overcame his three fumbles with help from a big defensive play late to get the victory.Article continues below ...“I thought the guys were very resilient Dontari Poe Color Rush Jersey ,” coach Ron Rivera said. “One thing we talked about was having each other’s backs because there’s been times we didn’t do the things we needed to (on defense) and the offense stepped up.”The Panthers (2-2) took a 13-10 lead with a 55-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter. The Texans (2-2) were driving with about four minutes left when Deshaun Watson was sacked by Vernon Butler, who caused a fumble that was recovered by Eric Reid at the Houston 33.Carolina pushed the lead to 16-10 when Joey Slye added a 26-yard field goal with 28 seconds left. Houston had a chance for the win, but Deshaun Watson’s desperation throw as time expired was knocked down in the end zone by Reid.Allen was making his third career start and second this season in place of Cam Newton, who is out with a foot injury. Allen lost the ball three times on sacks, but the Texans were only able to get points out of the last one to allow the Panthers to keep it close until their defense came through with the big play late.“You saw a lot of ups and downs and sloppy play, especially by me,” Allen said. “Ball security obviously was unacceptable today by me. I put our team in some bad positions, but I think you saw us fight and respond on the defensive side.”Allen had four touchdown passes last week to help the Panthers to their first win against Arizona. On Sunday Jarius Wright Jersey , he didn’t have a touchdown and relied heavily on running back Christian McCaffrey, who had 93 yards rushing and a touchdown and led the team with 86 yards receiving.McCaffrey was impressed with how Allen responded after his struggles on Sunday.“Even when bad things happen, the thing I love about Kyle is he’s very poised and under control,” McCaffrey said. “We have to limit some of those, but … that gives us a lot of confidence when your quarterback … is able to continue to move the ball down the field even when bad things happen.”Watson threw for 160 yards on a day the Texans had trouble sustaining drives even when given a short field after turnovers.Coach Bill O’Brien was blunt when asked about his team’s offensive performance.“It was terrible,” he said. “We’ve got to do better … I don’t really have any answers. I’ve got to go back and watch the film. I have to start like right now.”After failing to get any points out of the first two fumbles by Allen, the Texans got to him again early in the third quarter. Houston trailed 10-3 when J.J. Watt swatted the ball out of Allen’s hand and pounced on it to give the Texans the ball on the 18-yard line. They tied it when Watson dashed into the end zone for a 1-yard touchdown with about 8½ minutes left in quarter.Brennan Scarlett had a strip sack of Allen on Carolina’s first possession and it was recovered by Bernardrick McKinney. But the Texans couldn’t do much on the ensuing drive, which included two sacks https://www.carolinapanthersfanshop.com/Da_Norris-Searcy-Jersey , and had to punt it away.The Panthers took a 3-0 lead on a 48-yard field goal with about 2½ minutes left in the first quarter.Houston got its running game going on the next drive with a 25-yard run by Carlos Hyde followed by a 40-yard gain by Duke Johnson on the next play. The drive stalled after that and the Texans settled for a 37-yard field goal to tie it with about eight minutes left in the second quarter.The Texans forced another fumble by Allen later in the second quarter on a sack by Whitney Mercilus which was recovered by Carlos Watkins. Houston was unable to capitalize on that mistake when DeAndre Hopkins threw an interception on a trick play.The Panthers took advantage of that mistake five plays later when McCaffrey ran 3 yards for a touchdown to make it 10-3 with about a minute left in the first half.INJURIESHouston WR Kenny Stills injured his hamstring on the last play of the first quarter and didn’t return. … Carolina TE Chris Manhertz sustained a concussion early in the second half.THEY SAID ITWatson on Houston’s inability to take advantage of the turnovers: “It’s very frustrating. Any loss is frustrating but especially when we had the opportunities. The defense created turnovers and we didn’t capitalize on most of them.”RUGGED REIDReid injured his left ankle in the second quarter but returned to make two big plays in the second half. He was wearing a walking boot after the game and said he twisted his ankle.“Eric Reid is a tremendous young man who plays tough and plays for his team,” Rivera said. “It could have been easy not to come back. I know he’s going to be really sore the next couple days.”UP NEXTPanthers: Host Jaguars next Sunday.Texans: Host Falcons next Sunday. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers coach Ron Rivera hasn't ruled out shutting down quarterback Cam Newton for the season because of a sore right throwing shoulder.Rivera said Tuesday he plans to meet with Newton later in the week and figure out where he is "in terms of his physical state and mental state" before deciding if he will start Sunday against Atlanta."It's a tough situation right now," Rivera added. "Until I get a chance to visit with him I'm not going to speculate." "I'm not looking forward to that conversation," Newton said after Carolina's 12-9 loss to the Saints on Monday night.The eighth-year quarterback was noticeably frustrated talking about his lingering shoulder injury. The chiseled 6-foot-5, 245-pounder was a mere shell of his former self, struggling to throw the ball more than 10 yards down the field.Newton's frustration stems from not knowing exactly what the issue is with his shoulder."I think the thing, when you talk to different people who can help you with it Greg Van Roten Color Rush Jersey , is that there's not any magical surgery or whatever. It's just time," Newton said. "I've tried and done everything."He's been taking anti-inflammatories, getting massages and trying acupuncture. He said there hasn't been a night that's gone by without having some type of work done on his shoulder.Newton has been on a "pitch count" in practice for the better part of the season, often not throwing at all on Wednesdays and Thursdays during the week so he can rest.Nothing seems to work.He said the shoulder is not getting worse, but it's not getting better either.However, the missed time in practice is affecting his timing with his receivers and he doesn't have the same zip on the ball as he did when he led the Panthers to the Super Bowl in the 2015 season, throwing for 35 touchdowns."I've been eager to go to (head trainer Ryan Vermillion's) office, weeks and weeks and weeks and kind of find out what it is. ‘Did you find something? What am I supposed to do? What do we have to do?'" Newton said. "… It is what it was https://www.carolinapanthersfanshop.com , just a lot of soreness and tension in the joints."Without a diagnosis that demands he sits out, Newton has continued to play through the pain — and the frustration.He doesn't even know if he will need another surgery after the season.Rivera doesn't seem to know exactly what's wrong with Newton either, referring all injury-related questions to the team's medical staff. The Associated Press requested to talk to Vermillion through the team's PR department, but he was not made available for comment.The Panthers (6-8) still have a very slim chance of making the playoffs — less than one percent, according to the website fivethirtyeight.com —but have lost six straight and morale is low.But that still could be enough to convince Rivera to stick with Newton another week."Believe it or not, there's a slim glimmer, so we'll see," Rivera said of the decision to start Newton on Sunday.Center Ryan Kalil said "nobody is more frustrated than Cam.""I've played a long time with the guy and he takes it personal. It's been a frustrating season Carolina Panthers Customized Jerseys , needless to say," Kalil said.He called Newton one of the toughest players he's ever played with."I've seen the guy take hits and get his body up, game after game, season after season," Kalil said. "Hits that I have seen him take other guys wouldn't get up from. He fights through a lot of stuff."Newton's stats were miserable against the Saints — 16 of 29 for 131 yards for a season-low 52.5 passer rating, by far the worst of the season. He was sacked four times.If Rivera decides to sit Newton, Taylor Heinicke would get his first start.When asked what good it does to play an injured Newton with little to gain, Rivera said Tuesday Carolina Panthers T-Shirts , "in all intents and purposes, we play to win."