In only five practices the Panthers have drawn 59,733 fans to Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina for training camp.
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Its nearly August, NFL training camps have begun, what better time to look ahead and make incredibly bold predictions about the upcoming season?
Cam Newton has the best year of his career in 2015, leading the Panthers to a 17-2 record and an appearance in Super Bowl 50.
Newton led his Panthers seemingly from nowhere to one of the NFL’s most successful seasons, picking up his first MVP award in the process. Eight caught a touchdown pass from the league MVP.
“I know he’s excited, emotional, a lot of things going through his head right now”, Newton said, “but just to see him get the confidence and him to get back in the groove of things”. I know for a fact this has been a time I’ve looked forward to. Just the excruciating offseason with traveling and being here, being there, making family time, doing something I’ve never done with the TV show, from the partnerships that are things that you already have to do contractually. The two-time NFL Coach of the Year reminded players that the last team to return to a Super Bowl after losing it the previous season was the 1993 to 94 Buffalo Bills. “I’ve been counting the days just to get back with the guys”.
Since the Super Bowl on February 7, Newton has been busy with off-the-field projects.
With Gettleman preaching the virtues of finding players who seamlessly fit into the Carolina organization from both skill-set and personality, Coleman wanted to believe from the get-go this was the place for him.
“I don’t want to say he was in top form, but he was in pretty doggone good form”, Rivera said. “That’s something that’s very powerful”.
Carolina Panthers wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin signs autographs during the NFL football team’s training camp in Spartanburg, S.C., Saturday, July 30, 2016. In preparation for the four NFL Preseason games, Benjamin focused on strengthening his thighs and glutes.
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton (1) runs a drill during the NFL football team’s training camp in Spartanburg, S.C., Thursday, July 28, 2016. “I always ask for brutal honesty from the superior forces that’s in my life, from coach Rivera to Mr. Richardson, even to Mr. (Dave) Gettleman (Carolina’s general manager), and from my father, for that fact”.
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“You hear it often you can throw the comebacks and digs, but what about the check downs and the slants and getting back to the small nuances of the game that make big differences”, Newton said.
