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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Still feeling disrespected despite bringing home the Lombardi Trophy, members of Denvers nasty defense pledged to keep serving as the Broncos vicious vanguard in 2016.They certainly delivered in the opener.Only, instead of championship rings, their latest clubbing of Cam Newton will surely come with some hefty fines.Newton was repeatedly hit in the head in Denvers 21-20 win over Carolina in Thursday nights beguiling but brutal NFL kickoff that left fans cringing along with the leagues reigning MVP.The biggest hit on Newton was delivered by safety Darian Stewart on Carolinas final possession, leaving the QB motionless on the ground for several seconds. But his roughing flag was negated by Newtons intentional grounding infraction a split second before he was hit. Newton stayed in and led the Panthers into field goal range, although Graham Gano missed a 50-yard attempt that would have given Carolina the lead with 4 seconds remaining.Stewart said after the game he felt like he led with his shoulder, not his head.There were a couple of helmet-to-helmet hits on Newton by last years Super Bowl MVP Von Miller and Brandon Marshall that went un-flagged by Gene Stetatores crew, prompting Newton to declare, I dont like getting hit in the head, but he added he didnt think the Broncos were head-hunting.Asked if he thought hed be penalized for his big hit, either through a fine or a suspension, Stewart said, I hope not. Im definitely going to appeal. I didnt think it was that type of play. I didnt think I hit him in the head. Im just glad it was offsetting penalties.Newton was hit while throwing or rushing 17 times Thursday night, the second-worst beating hes ever taken and the only one where he was hit more came in an overtime game.Weve got to treat Cam like a quarterback, Panthers tight end Greg Olsen said. I know hes the biggest guy on the field, but hes still a quarterback.Except when hes not, said Marshall.Newtons running ability puts him in harms way a lot more often than a pure drop-back passer.The guy is a big ... tight end, defensive end playing quarterback. What are we supposed to do? said Marshall. When hes running the ball -- theyve got quarterback-designed runs, quarterback keeps, quarterback powers, draws, everything -- were going to treat him like a running back.The Broncos walloped several of the games elite QBs on the way to their title last season, holding Aaron Rodgers to the worst performance of his career and putting the hurt on Ben Roethlisberger, Tom Brady and Newton in the playoffs.Kubiak said leading up to the game that he wanted his players to play with emotion.I think we have the most fun when were just being ourselves and thats what coach lets us do on game day, and its our responsibility to stay within the rules and the boundaries, safety T.J. Ward said earlier this week. And sometimes we cross them but thats part of the game. If you want a team of personalities attacking, sometimes youve got to take the good with the bad.Marshall said he knows he could get fined next week by the NFL.On my hit, he starts scrambling and theres a big open field, Marshall said. Yeah, I have Jonathan Stewart on me, but Im like, `Cams running the ball.Hit him! hollered Shane Ray in the locker next to Marshalls.Yeah, exactly, as Shane said, you have to hit him, Marshall continued. And its tough, man. I think I heard Ray Lewis say you have guys of all sizes and theyre falling to the ground, if Cams moving, you never know, these angles, its hard to tell these angles. And then sometimes youre going to hit him in the head. I mean, it is what it is, but I think he should be treated more like a running back most of the time because he runs the ball a lot.And Newton, at 6-foot-5 and 245 pounds, is a super-sized running back much of the time, ducking his head just like any other running back slicing his way through the line.Hey man, look, I tackled him three times yesterday and I realized how heavy he was, Marshall said. Im like, this is a heavy dude. 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GENEVA -- Sepp Blatter lost his appeal against a six-year ban by FIFA on Monday, and now has more serious legal cases lined up against him.Blatter said in a statement it was difficult to accept the Court of Arbitration for Sports verdict, but that the way the case progressed, no other verdict could be expected.The former FIFA president, who was banned for approving a $2 million payment to Michel Platini in 2011, said he will accept the decision. He could have pursued a further appeal at Switzerlands supreme court.I have experienced much in my 41 years in FIFA. I mostly learned that you can win in sport, but you can also lose, Blatter said. Nevertheless I look back with gratitude to all the years, in which I was able to realize my ideals for football and serve FIFA.The verdict ends Blatters hopes of becoming honorary president of the soccer body he left in disgrace in February. He must also pay FIFA a fine of 50,000 Swiss francs ($49,500).Still, his legal problems are far from over.Blatter faces a separate FIFA ethics investigation into suspected bribery linked to multi-million dollar bonuses in top executives contracts. Swiss prosecutors also opened criminal proceedings against Blatter for the Platini payment, and a sale of World Cup television rights.He is also a stated target of American federal prosecutors in their sprawling investigation of corruption linked to international soccer officials, and an expected witness in a separate Swiss probe of German organizers of the 2006 World Cup.Blatter denies any wrongdoing.The three-member CAS panel was judging whether Blatter was guilty of unethically offering a cash gift and conflict of interest with Platini, who was a FIFA vice president in 2011.Blatter and Platini both said the $2 million was uncontracted salary based on a verbal agreement more than a decade earlier. From 1999 to 2002, the former France great was the newly elected Blatters presidential adviser.The payment amounted to an undue gift as it had no contractual basis, CAS said in a statement.Blatter said Monday it was incomprehensible that his version was not accepted in spite of my testimony to the contrary and the testimony given by other witnesses.However, that explanation of a salary deal has now been doubted by three sets of judges at FIFA and CAS.The FIFA ethics committee investigated after the payment emerged in September 2015 during the wider Swiss federal probe of FIFA.Blatter and Platini -- whose FIFA presidential bid was stalled, then ended, by the case -- were banned from soccer duty for eight years last December. The FIFA appeal committee cut two years from both mens bans as appropriate recognition for their long seervice.dddddddddddd.After a separate CAS appeal hearing, Platinis ban was reduced in May to four years, ensuring he lost the UEFA presidency.When Blatters case came to CAS in August, Platini testified on his behalf during a 14-hour hearing.It might not be the last court room Blatter sees.Blatter is suspected of bribery in a FIFA ethics case that was opened in September. It also implicates former secretary general Jerome Valcke and former finance director Markus Kattner, who were both fired by FIFA this year.The latest ethics investigation relates to alleged self-dealing in FIFA employment contracts that promised Blatter tens of millions of dollars in bonuses for each successful World Cup and completing a four-year mandate.The FIFA ethics committee and CAS have insisted on life bans in previous bribery cases.FIFA has not filed a criminal complaint over the bonus payments, the Zurich-based soccer body said Monday.Switzerlands attorney general has opened criminal proceedings against Blatter for suspected financial mismanagement and embezzlement in the Platini payment, plus FIFA awarding World Cup television rights to the Caribbean in 2005 that seemed undervalued by at least $15 million.Swiss prosecutors have also opened a case against Franz Beckenbauer and other 2006 World Cup organizers over a suspicious payment of 6.7 million euros ($7 million) through FIFAs accounts in 2005. Blatters former right-hand man Urs Linsi was formally made a suspect last month.United States federal investigators have said Blatter is a target in their probe of bribery, wire fraud and money laundering in international soccer.Several former FIFA vice presidents are among more than 40 soccer and marketing officials either indicted or who have made guilty pleas in a case that mostly involves commercial rights to non-FIFA tournaments and World Cup qualifying games in Latin America.However, Blatter could be a significant witness to explain suspected bribe payments totaling $10 million through FIFA accounts in 2008. U.S. prosecutors said the money was to settle bribes for three FIFA voters, including American official Chuck Blazer, who supported South Africas successful bid to host the 2010 World Cup.The cases are expected to develop in the first half of 2017.Blatter has acknowledged being advised by lawyers not to travel from Switzerland, which does not extradite its own citizens.His last known trip abroad was to Russia in July 2015 to join Vladimir Putin on stage for the World Cup qualifying draw at a former royal palace in St. Petersburg. ' ' '