DENVER -- Cam Newton took a vicious shot to the head in the final minute Thursday night, a hit that left him face-down in the grass. It was the kind of hit the NFL swears it wants to eliminate from the sport. Newton did not get taken out of the game. He did not get checked for a concussion. In fact, he did not even gain a single penalty yard as a reward for his pain.
Instead the officials ruled that Darian Stewart's flying helmet-to-helmet hit was nullified by Newton's hurried throw on the run.