“I’m an African-American quarterback and that might scare a lot of people because they haven’t seen nothing that they could compare me to”, Newton said after the Panthers won the NFC Championship.
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“I’m not going to be the one who says what my thinking is, because sometimes it don’t matter what I think”.
Newton enjoyed a regular season for the ages, with 3,837 passing yards, 636 rushing yards, 45 total touchdowns and 10 interceptions to go along with a 15-1 record.
The stage is set, as new champions will be crowned in the National Football League (NFL) on February 7, when Levi’s Stadium becomes a battleground for the clash of the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos. Newton is many things. “If I answer it truthfully it’s going to be ‘Aw, he’s this or that.’ But I will say it anyway”. “I think that is what drives him, to be able to transcend those boundaries, which I think is great”. “All he’s done when he came in his rookie year…he had a dynamic rookie year”, Rivera said.
McCloughan said the Redskins want to keep Cousins (Michigan State), who can leave via free agency.
Cam Newton is one of the NFL’s most electrifying quarterbacks and has led his Carolina Panthers to Super Bowl 50. He refereed Green Bay-Arizona in the divisional round, when he had to redo the coin toss for overtime when the coin didn’t flip. “I don’t think he wants to be known as an African-American quarterback; he wants to be known as a quarterback”. He insists that Newton the person remains the same. “Coach has a saying ‘you don’t have to be prepared to play today or tomorrow, but be prepared to play on Sunday.’ The process hopefully carries over to this game”.
While Newton appears to be popular with his teammates, some opponents aren’t quite as thrilled about his act. “He has created his own category for winning”. Adjectives like humble get used and eventually somebody mentions Tim Tebow because, well, that is an athlete who “gets it”.
“In sports, people want to root against people, whether it’s LeBron (James), Kobe (Bryant) or (Michael) Jordan”, Edwards said. Other people don’t agree with Newton and his girlfriend (who we wrote about here) recently having a baby out of wedlock.
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“Whether you win, lose or draw, people are going to talk”, he said.
