After Tom Brady and the Patriots did what Tom Brady and the Patriots do, prepared the Panthers for what they had to do in response.
Newton and the Carolina offense had clicked all day in a way it hadn't the first three weeks and in a way it rarely has since the special season of 2015, but Brady countered. After the Panthers forged a 30-16 lead on the home field of the reigning Super Bowl champions, Brady directed the Patriots on a pair of touchdown drives to tie the score with three minutes left.
Reminiscent of a memorable game late in 2015 when the 13-0 Panthers saw a 35-7 lead to two-time Super Bowl winner Eli Manning dissolve, Newton confidently pumped up his teammates on the sideline after the Patriots tied it.