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DENVER -- Cam Newton will get a few extra days to recover from his latest beating by Von Miller and crew. At least he wont have to seethe for seven months.Denvers dominant defense came up big against Newton again and the Broncos escaped with a 21-20 victory over the Carolina Panthers Thursday night when Graham Gano missed a 50-yard field goal with 4 seconds remaining.The Broncos collected three sacks and hit Newton eight more times, not counting the abuse he took on his 11 runs.We wanted to make sure we got to him, safety T.J. Ward said. Every time he ran we tried to put helmet and shoulder pads on him. If youre not going to slide were going to put something on you. We saw him limping throughout the game so that running stuff, you cant do that all game.Three of the hits were of the helmet-to-helmet variety but none resulted in any penalty yardage.Miller hit him high when DeMarcus Ware was taking him down, linebacker Brandon Marshall hit him in the face just as he released a pass and safety Darian Stewart leveled him in the final minute, but because Newton was whistled for intentional grounding on the play, the penalties were offsetting.Its not my job to question the officials, Newton said after finally emerging from the trainers room. I really like this officiating crew, so it wasnt something I know they did intentionally. But its not fun getting hit in the head.A wobbled Newton appeared to have done just enough to get a measure of revenge for that bludgeoning in Super Bowl 50, when Miller stripped the ball and the Lombardi Trophy from his grasp.Newton put the Panthers on the cusp of victory with a 16-yard pass to Kelvin Benjamin at the Denver 37 in the closing seconds, and another short pass to Ted Ginn Jr. put Gano well within his range.Gano, whose practice kick hugged the right upright after Denver had called timeout, missed wide left moments later.I was going to drill it, no doubt in my mind, Gano said. But this happens. Its not going to define my season.Newton, the NFLs reigning MVP, was 18 of 33 for 194 yards, with one TD and one interception.Just as he did over and over in the Super Bowl, Miller made a big play late, sweeping past right tackle Mike Remmers and sacking Newton at the 2-minute warning. A penalty on fourth-and-21, however, kept the Carolina drive alive until Newton retreated to the sideline when Gano came in for the potential game-winner.His miss only piled on the pain for Newton, who stayed on one knee in disbelief as the stadium rocked and Trevor Siemian trotted out for one victory formation snap and a win in his first NFL start.Weve got a heck of a team, a resilient team, I think you saw that tonight, said Peyton Mannings successor, who finished 18 of 26 for 178 yards with one TD, two interceptions and two sacks.The Panthers took a 17-7 led into the fourth quarter of the first Super Bowl rematch to start a season since 1970, but Siemian hit running back C.J. Anderson for a 25-yard touchdown on the next snap.Newtons next pass was intercepted by Harris at the Carolina 23. Ten plays later, Anderson bulled his way in from the 1 to give Denver its first lead at 21-17 with 9:26 remaining.After Ganos 36-yard field goal brought the Panthers to 21-20, Carolina forced a three-and-out and got the ball back at its 40 with 3:06 remaining.TAKE A KNEE: Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall, a college teammate of Colin Kaepernick, kneeled during the playing of the national anthem. Kaepernick refused to stand for the anthem during San Franciscos preseason games, explaining it was to protest racial oppression and police brutality in the United States. Im not against the military, Im not against America, Marshall said. Im against social injustice.OLD TIMES: Manning made his first appearance at Mile High as a retiree, walking through the tunnel with the Lombardi Trophy. Manning said he spoke with Siemian on the eve of the game and told him he was in his corner.POACHING PANTHERS: Carolina led the league with 39 takeaways last season and had three in the opener, including two on Denvers first two drives. Shaq Thompson recovered rookie Devontae Bookers fumble at the Carolina 29 and Bene Benwikere intercepted Siemians pass at the Panthers 10.FIELD FLIP: Punter Andy Lee, who surrendered a Super Bowl-record 61-yard punt return to Jordan Norwood in February, pinned the Broncos back with a franchise-record 76-yard punt in the third quarter. 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Colangelo will be allowed to maintain employment while also retaining the right to vacate MLSE for a shot at running a different organization should the opportunity present itself. Colangelo established many ties within MLSE during his seven-year stint with the Raptors and no doubt those ties came to his defence over the last few weeks as Colangelos fate was being decided behind closed doors. Even still, for a basketball lifer like Colangelo, it must be a bittersweet victory to be allowed to stay within the organization only to watch somebody else restructure and reshape the team he spoke so glowingly of at the end of this season. Still, the NBA is a results-based business and the higher-ups at MLSE, including Leiweke, clearly felt that the net result of Colangelos seven years of service did not entitle him to another shot at running the Toronto Raptors. Yahoo!s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Saturday that the Raptors have now targeted Denver Nuggets general manager Masai Ujiri to replace Colangelo, and are preparing a "serious financial and organizational commitment" to lure him back to Toronto (Ujiri spent three years under Colangelo, including two as his assistant GM). Ujiris contract is up in Denver and while the organization has insisted that they want to retain his services after winning this years Executive of the Year award, Denver has a reputation for front office frugality and MLSE has very deep pockets and a willingness to spend. There is no doubt that Leiweke and Co. will tender an offer that is exceedingly difficult to refuse if Ujiri is, in fact, the man that they have targeted to run their basketball club, and it will be up to Ujiri to decide whether the money is enough to turn his back oon the club that gave him his first shot at running a basketball team.dddddddddddd Regardless of who is tapped to replace Colangelo as GM, however, one must acknowledge the seismic shift Colangelos reassignment will have on the Raptors organization. Doors that were thought to be closed under his stewardship (trading DeMar DeRozan, amnestying Andrea Bargnani) are now potentially reopened with his removal. Players like Rudy Gay and Kyle Lowry are no longer tied to the man that acquired them - the new GM will feel no pressure to justify their acquisitions because he wont have been the man that acquired them. Even Dwane Casey, whos already had his contract option for next year picked up, might be out the door if the new man in charge wants a top-down restructuring of Torontos basketball operations. So much of what one thinks and expects from the Raptors has been shaped through Colangelos lens it can be hard to grasp how different things will be with him gone. The on-court ideology, the trade market activity, the penchant for wild spending and the attachment to certain players will no longer necessarily define the club. Certain expectations are simply no longer apt when it comes to considering the Raptors. Colangelo had a hand in designing every corner of the organization and it will be very interesting to see how a new eye will take to his handiwork. Needless to say things are going to change, but how extensively the question going forward. It will be very interesting to see how history will remember the Colangelo era with the Raptors. While he earned no shortage of detractors, he also never sat on his hands or allowed the team to stumble unattended. He was a passionate executive and a fierce defender of the viability of the city of Toronto as a destination in the NBA. He made several miscalculations when it came to building his rosters (which is why hes no longer running the club), but he never gave up on trying to make the team better. He made several moves that I, personally, didnt agree with, but even I cannot argue with conviction that he had that every move he made brought the organization one step closer to where he wanted it. In a results-based business that doesnt count for a lot, but that doesnt mean it has to count for nothing, either. ' ' '