Bad take, Cam

[GetNjigbaWithIt]

Cam Newton Says He Wouldn't Trade His NFL MVP Award for Super Bowl Victory

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[Rat]

He worked hard for that MVP and is just accepting things for what they are. People are overblowing these comments.

Always nice to hear athletes not give the canned answers to things anyway.

 

[Aircrew]

And that's why he's not a champion.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

He cares about one thing. Himself.

 

[IndyHawk]

He showed what he is by not going for his fumble in the only SB
he made it to.

 

[Cyrus12]

He showed what he is by not going for his fumble in the only SB
he made it to.

Exactly

 

[SoulfishHawk]

"the way my leg was"

pos

 

[pmedic920]

He worked hard for that MVP and is just accepting things for what they are. People are overblowing these comments.

Always nice to hear athletes not give the canned answers to things anyway.

Not overblowing anything.

Football is a team sport and all the “great ones” give credit to those that helped them get the accolades they receive.

Valuing an individual award over winning a World Championship as a team member speaks volumes about the individual.

I lost any respect I had for him as an athlete when I saw him coward away from trying to recover that fumble.

Go play tennis or golf if you don’t want to be part of a team is my opinion.

 

[RiverDog]

Not overblowing anything.

Football is a team sport and all the “great ones” give credit to those that helped them get the accolades they receive.

Valuing an individual award over winning a World Championship as a team member speaks volumes about the individual.

I lost any respect I had for him as an athlete when I saw him coward away from trying to recover that fumble.

Go play tennis or golf if you don’t want to be part of a team is my opinion.

Well said. I agree completely.

 

[Ostatehawk]

But would he trade it for one of his ridiculous hats??

 

[Rat]

Not overblowing anything.

Football is a team sport and all the “great ones” give credit to those that helped them get the accolades they receive.

Valuing an individual award over winning a World Championship as a team member speaks volumes about the individual.

I lost any respect I had for him as an athlete when I saw him coward away from trying to recover that fumble.

Go play tennis or golf if you don’t want to be part of a team is my opinion.

I think there's a big difference between asking someone something like this years after they've retired though. I'll bet if he had been asked while he was still playing and had time to add to his legacy, he probably gives the canned answer you always hear "yeah, the MVP was great, but I'm here to win championships" or something like that. Now, Cam's career has been over for some time and nothing he can do will change what happened. Often, you see people in that position reflect and rationalize. Maybe he didn't accomplish everything he wanted to, but all he can do now is accept it, tell himself he did the best he could, and try to be happy with what he did and what he still has. I can't tell you how many times I've heard someone go through awful things, even if they were at fault for those things, and say "That sucked, but because of that... blah blah blah, and I wouldn't trade it for anything". Is it rationalizing? Yes, but I don't think it makes someone inherently selfish.

I don't know what happened with the whole fumble thing. What I can say though, is that Cam was the antithesis of a QB who shyed away from contact. His style of play opened up his body to more punishment than any quarterback I can remember. I have a hard time believing that a guy who had been a winner in every step of his playing life chose THAT time and place, on the biggest stage, to finally decide he didn't want to take a hit. I think he just froze up for whatever reason. I don't know. These things happen fast and you only get one shot.

I don't think the people commenting in this thread actually watched the video. He makes some decent points. Basically what he's saying that it's a team game and everyone has to do their part of the team is going to win. Being named MVP gives him validation that he did his part for the entire season. That speaks to the constant pressure he's under. He has always been the guy asked to carry the team, and never the Dilfer type who just had to not screw up.

It's not anywhere near as black and white as the headline suggests.

 

[pmedic920]

I think there's a big difference between asking someone something like this years after they've retired though. I'll bet if he had been asked while he was still playing and had time to add to his legacy, he probably gives the canned answer you always hear "yeah, the MVP was great, but I'm here to win championships" or something like that. Now, Cam's career has been over for some time and nothing he can do will change what happened. Often, you see people in that position reflect and rationalize. Maybe he didn't accomplish everything he wanted to, but all he can do now is accept it, tell himself he did the best he could, and try to be happy with what he did and what he still has. I can't tell you how many times I've heard someone go through awful things, even if they were at fault for those things, and say "That sucked, but because of that... blah blah blah, and I wouldn't trade it for anything". Is it rationalizing? Yes, but I don't think it makes someone inherently selfish.

I don't know what happened with the whole fumble thing. What I can say though, is that Cam was the antithesis of a QB who shyed away from contact. His style of play opened up his body to more punishment than any quarterback I can remember. I have a hard time believing that a guy who had been a winner in every step of his playing life chose THAT time and place, on the biggest stage, to finally decide he didn't want to take a hit. I think he just froze up for whatever reason. I don't know. These things happen fast and you only get one shot.

I don't think the people commenting in this thread actually watched the video. He makes some decent points. Basically what he's saying that it's a team game and everyone has to do their part of the team is going to win. Being named MVP gives him validation that he did his part for the entire season. That speaks to the constant pressure he's under. He has always been the guy asked to carry the team, and never the Dilfer type who just had to not screw up.

It's not anywhere near as black and white as the headline suggests.

Fair enough, we’re both entitled to our opinions.

 

[hgwellz12]

I think there's a big difference between asking someone something like this years after they've retired though. I'll bet if he had been asked while he was still playing and had time to add to his legacy, he probably gives the canned answer you always hear "yeah, the MVP was great, but I'm here to win championships" or something like that. Now, Cam's career has been over for some time and nothing he can do will change what happened. Often, you see people in that position reflect and rationalize. Maybe he didn't accomplish everything he wanted to, but all he can do now is accept it, tell himself he did the best he could, and try to be happy with what he did and what he still has. I can't tell you how many times I've heard someone go through awful things, even if they were at fault for those things, and say "That sucked, but because of that... blah blah blah, and I wouldn't trade it for anything". Is it rationalizing? Yes, but I don't think it makes someone inherently selfish.

I don't know what happened with the whole fumble thing. What I can say though, is that Cam was the antithesis of a QB who shyed away from contact. His style of play opened up his body to more punishment than any quarterback I can remember. I have a hard time believing that a guy who had been a winner in every step of his playing life chose THAT time and place, on the biggest stage, to finally decide he didn't want to take a hit. I think he just froze up for whatever reason. I don't know. These things happen fast and you only get one shot.

I don't think the people commenting in this thread actually watched the video. He makes some decent points. Basically what he's saying that it's a team game and everyone has to do their part of the team is going to win. Being named MVP gives him validation that he did his part for the entire season. That speaks to the constant pressure he's under. He has always been the guy asked to carry the team, and never the Dilfer type who just had to not screw up.

It's not anywhere near as black and white as the headline suggests.

Excellently stated.

 

[Cyrus12]

I dont know what kind of teammate he was but he came across as a big cry baby who didn't appear to be much of a leader on the field. Not jumping on that ball was very telling...I can see why he would rather have individual accolades.

 

[Fernie Hawks Fan]

Cam who?

 

[Maulbert]

I guarantee the other 52 guys would in heartbeat.

Selfish player.

 

[GetNjigbaWithIt]

Cam decided he wasn't done showing off his horrible, immature mentality. Here's an excerpt from an interview he did with Travis Hunter.

"Newton, in an appearance on Colorado wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter's podcast, "The Travis Hunter Show," last week leading up to the Super Bowl, spoke about the pressures Hunter might face if he's selected as the top pick in the 2025 NFL draft.

"You could potentially be the first pick, but, bro, you have no way of impacting the game the way a quarterback does," Newton said on the podcast. "You can lock down the No. 1 receiver. You can make impact plays on offense all you want but it's still not like a quarterback. My issue is that, when I was the first pick, I went into a locker room of losers. Just honest. Guys didn't know how to win; guys didn't know how to prepare. They didn't take themselves serious to realize we was 2-14. There was a lot of 2-14 in the mentality of those guys."

Smith blasts Newton for calling Panthers 'losers'

Former Carolina star wide receiver Steve Smith Sr. took exception to comments made by ex-teammate Cam Newton, who called the Panthers "losers" before he arrived in 2011 as the franchise's No. 1 overall pick.

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I only feel bad for his teammates not getting a ring, but I'm sure glad this buffoon with his loser mentality doesn't have one.

 

[flv2]

The 2010 Panthers that finished with the #1 overall pick were probably the best 'worst NFL team of the year' that i've seen. They had an excellent running game and they were good against the run. Unfortunately their passing offense was abysmal and they had no pass rush of any description. I'm not surprised Steve Smith Sr. was upset by Newton's comments.

 

[Rat]

The 2010 Panthers that finished with the #1 overall pick were probably the best 'worst NFL team of the year' that i've seen. They had an excellent running game and they were good against the run. Unfortunately their passing offense was abysmal and they had no pass rush of any description. I'm not surprised Steve Smith Sr. was upset by Newton's comments.

"Abysmal" is being nice about their passing offense. It was a straight crime against football, if not humanity.

That team averaged 12.3 points per game, while giving up 25.5. The 182 yards passing they had in a game against Tampa was their second most of the entire season. They had four games with fewer than 100 yards passing. Jimmy Clausen, who I actually wanted us to draft pretty badly, had three touchdown passes on the season, despite playing 13 games (10 starts). Statistically, their run game was pretty mediocre too, but it couldn't have been easy given opposing defenses barely had to put anyone in coverage.

They did surprisingly well against the NFC West though. Their two wins that season were at home against the Niners (score ten points in the final two minutes to win, their 308 passing yards was the only one where they even broke the 200 barrier), and at home against the Cards (the Cards' top two RBs combined for 27 yards on 14 carries). They even held a 14-3 halftime lead on us before Marshawn had three second-half TDs.