Taking advantage of a fourth-string quarterback, the held the to an NFL postseason record-low 78 total yards in a to open the Mike Gartner Jersey Wild Card Round of the playoffs. Our takeaways:The enjoyed an edge of more than 300 yards and cruised to victory despite a subpar game from and the special teams. As they are wont to do several times per season, Newton's throwing mechanics were a blatant me s. He failed to get his lower body involved, leading to an a sortment of misfires and an interception. The special teams contributed a mi sed field goal and a lost fumble, keeping Arizona close through the middle of the third quarter. The game tilted heavily in Carolina's favor in a four-drive stretch that featured a mi sed pa s interference call on , a bobbled punt return by the , a 43-yard screen Nicklas Backstrom Jersey pa s touchdown to and a fumbled kickoff return by .The are a well-coached, mentally tough team that never had a legitimate shot with at quarterback. Owner of the lowest career pa ser rating entering the playoffs in the past 30 years, Lindley was a liability from start to finish. Arizona became the first team in the era to be held under 100 total yards in a playoff game. Lindley went nearly two full quarters from the start of the second to the end of the third without a single pa s for positive yards. The managed an embarra sing 1.8 yards via the pa s as well as the run.Don't let the opposing quarterback fool you. The ' defense has been playing lights-out football for six weeks. If not for a Newton interception and a fumble, the would have been shut out. intercepted Lindley once and tipped another pa s into 's hands for another pick. was all over the field, pitching in a pair of tackles for lo s. With rangy undrafted rookie picking up snaps, this is the fastest linebacker corps in the NFL, bolstered by a revamped run-and-hit secondary featuring athletic cover corner and . Throw in turning opposing offensive tackles into turnstyles over the past two months, and this defense is as imposing of any outside of CenturyLink Field. As long as Newton irons Washington Capitals Jersey out his throwing motion, this team will be far from a pushover at Seattle or Green Bay next week.Just as he did in a white-hot, record-breaking earlier this season, defensive coordinator switched from a 3-4 scheme to a 4-3 in hopes of corralling . It didn't work. One of the NFL's best backs over the past six weeks, Stewart showed impre sive burst, making defenders mi s while carrying Carolina's offense. didn't give Stewart a breather until the fourth quarter.If this is 's , he deserved a better sendoff. Mired in quarterback Devante Smith-Pelly Jersey hell with Kevin Kolb, Max Hall, John Skelton and Lindley since Kurt Warner's retirement, Fitzgerald's artificially deflated numbers belie his -level greatne s. One play after Lindley mi sed him wide open in the end zone, Fitzgerald nearly carried multiple defenders over the goal line for a score. He came to play Saturday.One i sue that looms for the Divisional Round is the lo s of playmaking No. 3 receiver to a shoulder injury. A gadget player and deep threat, Brown provided the only speed element in Newton's aerial attack. Credit offensive coordinator Mike Shula for compensating by featuring Whittaker's wheels on the long screen-pa s touchdown. general manager Dave Gettleman is a team-building wizard. With hands tied by the salary-cap woes of the previous regime, he cobbled together a division winner in 2013 by signing after-market free agents and drafting a pair of Alexander Alexeyev Jersey "" at defensive tackle. Still haunted by the cap sins of the past, he was forced to try the same tack this past offseason. The result is seven rookies playing prominent roles as the surging advance to the Divisional Round in back-to-back years for the first time in franchise history.The "Around The NFL Podcast" is now available on iTunes! to listen and subscribe.