Cam Newton threw for 254 yards and four touchdowns, rookie Christian McCaffrey scored touchdowns rushing and receiving, and the Panthers crushed the Dolphins, 45-21, on Monday night in Carolina for their third straight victory.

Jonathan Stewart ran for a season-high 110 yards and Newton added 95, including a 69-yard jaunt on a read option, as the Panthers amassed 294 yards on the ground.

Carolina set a franchise record with 548 yards from scrimmage.

Devin Funchess caught five passes for 92 yards and two touchdowns as the Panthers (7-3) remained a half-game behind the NFC South division-leading Saints.

The Dolphins (4-5) have lost three straight.

The game turned with 41 seconds left in the first half when Luke Kuechly intercepted Jay Cutler with Carolina leading 10-7. Four plays later, Newton connected with former Raven Ed Dickson on a 7-yard touchdown pass, the first of five straight Carolina touchdown drives.

Giants keeping McAdoo around: Ben McAdoo is staying as coach of the Giants, at least until the end of the season.

Giants co-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch issued a statement Monday saying that while they are frustrated and disappointed with the Giants’ 1-8 record, they won’t evaluate the team and make any moves until the end of the season.

McAdoo’s future has become a major topic the past two weeks. The Giants suffered a 34-point home defeat to the Rams a little more than a week ago and then Sunday became the first team this season to lose to the 49ers.

The owners said McAdoo, who led the Giants to their first playoff berth since 2011 in his first season last year, has their support. The Giants have not fired a coach in the middle of the season since 1976.

Chiefs waive DT Miller: The Chiefs waived defensive tackle Roy Miller two days after he was arrested in Florida and accused of assaulting his wife during an argument at their home.

According to the police report, Miller left Nicole Miller at the Jacksonville Zoo after going there for a date Friday night. When she got home, Miller was gone, and an argument began when he returned. The 6-foot-1, 300-pound lineman grabbed his wife by the hair and pushed her around, and the police report details several minor injuries.

According to the report, Miller also threw her phone in a toilet and tried to keep her from calling police before barricading himself in a bedroom with one of her sons.

Fine only for Burfict: Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict won’t be suspended for the contact with an official that got him ejected from a 24-20 loss in Tennessee.

A league spokesman said Burfict, who pushed an official’s arm out of the way on the sideline in the second quarter after quarterback Marcus Mariota ran out of bounds, faces only a fine. Two plays earlier, Burfict drew an unnecessary-roughness penalty for hitting Mariota out of bounds.

Kaepernick named GQ magazine’s citizen of the year: Free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been named GQ’s magazine’s “Citizen of the Year” for his activism.

Kaepernick began kneeling instead of standing during the national anthem last season to protest racial inequality and police brutality. The demonstration sparked a wave of NFL protests by players during the anthem that repeatedly have been denounced by President Donald Trump. Kaepernick parted ways with the San Francisco 49ers in March and hasn’t been signed by another team.

Kaepernick says on Twitter he’s “honored” by the recognition.

Extra points: Broncos coach Vance Joseph said that QB Brock Osweiler will start against the Bengals next weekend. ... Chargers QB Philip Rivers is in the NFL’s concussion protocol after reporting symptoms of a possible head injury. Rivers told the Chargers about the symptoms after they returned from a 20-17 overtime loss at Jacksonville. ... Browns LB Jamie Collins is done for the season with a torn medial collateral ligament in his right knee suffered in the first quarter Sunday against the Lions. ... Saints RB Daniel Lasco needs surgery for a bulging disc in his spine, which will end his season but “won’t be career-threatening,” according to coach Sean Payton.