Panthers quarterback Cam Newton’s response to losing Super Bowl 50 has been the subject of much discussion in the last couple of days and Newton addressed it while players cleared out their lockers in Charlotte on Tuesday.
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“Cam couldn’t have been nicer to me”, Manning said.
PantherNation was out in force Monday night to welcome the team home from Super Bowl 50. Its eyes stared down and its lips didn’t want to move.
Newton said he believes the situation is being overblown by the media, and added he doesn’t plan to change how he reacts to losing just to appease his critics. I don’t have to conform to anybody’s wants for me.
“I’ve been on the record saying that I’m a sore loser”, Newton told reporters at the team’s practice facility in Charlotte on Tuesday.
Rivera also said that he had “no problem” with Newton not diving for his late fumble that set up C.J. “I think that is what happens”.
Ron Rivera also spoke to media and said he wished Cam handled it differently, but added that losing is hard and Cam is who he is.
“He’ll be back in that game I can promise you”.
“That is a beauty of a guy like that – he wants to win and his teammates know it. That is what it is about”.
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Every year, the National Football League championship game creates a gambling frenzy in Nevada that is considered by some to be a bellwether for the broader United States economy. “I take pride in that”. Quite honestly if he is going to take it hard, as a public service, we should avoid having him talk right away. “Time is probably the best thing”. I am happy to say that. “I am my own person”. “The truth of the matter is that I still don’t want to talk to the media”.
