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Panthers great Cam Newton throws the winning TD in celebrity Super Bowl game

Panthers legend Cam Newton won (at) the Super Bowl!

Cam Newton just won (at) the Super Bowl!

The Carolina Panthers legend participated in Saturday’s celebrity flag football game from New Orleans, hosted by the NFL’s official YouTube channel. Newton played quarterback (of course) for Team Speed, captained by popular online streamer IShowSpeed, against Team Kai, captained by (another) popular online streamer Kai Cenat.

And, as he often does, the former Most Valuable Player showed up in style . . .

He also, as he often did in Carolina, became a hero.

Watch Newton, down by five points with just nine seconds remaining, hit rapper and fellow Georgian Quavo for what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown:

How’s that for a little Super Bowl redemption?

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Cam Newton wouldn’t trade his MVP award for a Super Bowl ring

Cam Newton said he wouldn’t trade his NFL MVP award for a Super Bowl ring, noting that Brad Johnson, Trent Dilfer and Nick Foles won titles.

Former Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton had a brilliant season in 2015, totaling 4,473 yards from scrimmage and scoring 45 touchdowns. He took home NFL MVP honors following that impressive campaign.

In the Super Bowl, though, Newton and the Panthers were dominated by Von Miller and the Denver Broncos, who won 24-10. During a recent interview with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith on First Take, Newton said he would not trade his MVP award for a Super Bowl ring.

“Let me remind you — Brad Johnson won a Super Bowl,” Newton said. “Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl. Respectfully, Nick Foles won a Super Bowl. So, yes, when you look at those guys and you say, ‘What’s more important? Would you have preferred to win a Super Bowl?’ I think that’s a humble approach.”

Newton went completed 18-of-41 passes for 265 yards with one interception and two fumbles in Carolina’s loss to Denver in Super Bowl 50 following the 2015 season. He’d rather have that result than give up his MVP award, which is an interesting choice.

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Cam Newton causes stir with bold take on MVP vs. Super Bowl ring debate

As expected, Cam Newton’s opinion on taking his MVP award over a Super Bowl ring stirred up some folks on social media.

Death, taxes and Cam Newton making people . . . well . . . you know the rest, Carolina Panthers fans.

The franchise’s all-time leading passer made quite a stir on Thursday morning, after stating on ESPN’s First Take that he wouldn’t trade his Most Valuable Player award for a Super Bowl ring.

But instead of just hearing him out and moving on with their days, quite a few folks had to add their own two cents into Newton’s point of view. (And we can’t say we didn’t expect it.)

Here are some of the most interesting reactions (both positive and negative) to Cam’s take:

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Panthers great Cam Newton says he wouldn’t trade his MVP award for Super Bowl title

Panthers legend Cam Newton on if he’d trade his MVP award for a Super Bowl ring: “Nope.”

Well, Cam Newton has never claimed to be like most folks.

On Thursday’s episode of ESPN’s First Take, host Stephen A. Smith posed a simple question to the Carolina Panthers legend—asking Newton if he’d be willing to trade his Most Valuable Player award for a Super Bowl title.

And Newton, as he often does, brought a different kind of perspective to the table.

“Nope,” he replied. “What’s more important—impact or championships? You look at a guy like Allen Iverson. Everybody’s not gonna be a Michael Jordan. Everybody’s not gonna be Patrick Mahomes. Everybody’s not gonna be these individuals who have the luxury of saying, ‘Hey, I not only dominated this sport, but I also have championships to back it.

“Let me remind you—Brad Johnson won a Super Bowl. Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl. Respectfully, Nick Foles won a Super Bowl. So, yes, when you look at those guys and you say, ‘What’s more important? Would you have preferred to win a Super Bowl?’ I think that’s a humble approach.

“But if we’re being honest, the impact of you holding yourself accountable to say, ‘Everybody has a responsibility to do.’ And you can say, as an MVP award winner, or All-American, you’ve held yourself or you’ve held the bargain down.”

Newton held up that particular bargain in 2015 by recording 4,473 total yards and 45 total touchdowns en route to a near-unanimous MVP win. His all-time campaign helped lead the Panthers to a franchise-best 15-1 record in the regular season.

But the bargain stopped short in Super Bowl 50, where Newton and the Panthers were stopped by the Denver Broncos in a deflating 24-10 loss. Newton, in his one and only Super Bowl appearance, completed 18 of his 41 throws for 265 yards and an interception while coughing up a pair of fumbles.

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Former Panthers CB recalls play that could’ve ‘changed’ Super Bowl 50

Sorry, Carolina Panthers, but there appears to be another play to add to the “What could have been” file of Super Bowl 50.

Sorry, Carolina Panthers, but there appears to be another play to add to the “What could have been” folder of Super Bowl 50.

Former cornerback Robert McClain joined his old Panthers teammates Charles Tillman and Roman Harper on a recent episode of the NFL Players Second Act podcast. All three (now-retired) defensive backs were members of Carolina’s NFC championship-winning team in 2015—so, naturally, the topic of Super Bowl 50 came up.

And if you’re still, almost a decade later, sick over the painful defeat to the Denver Broncos, then you may want to have a vomit bag handy for what McClain told Tillman and Harper . . .

McClain, a seventh-round pick of the Panthers from the 2010 draft, didn’t join that year’s squad until mid-December. He’d quickly take over starting duties across from Josh Norman following the season-ending injury to Tillman, who tore his ACL just before the playoffs began.

Those duties, of course, spanned into Super Bowl 50—where he could’ve etched his name into franchise lore on that gimme from Hall of Fame quarterback Peyton Manning. But unfortunately, that play can just get filed away somewhere next to Jerricho Cotchery’s non-catch and Cam Newton’s non-recovery.

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Cameron Jordan’s favorite quarterback to sack may surprise you

Cameron Jordan tells Julian Edelman how Matt Ryan, Cam Newton and Tom Brady all react differently to getting sacked.

There’s no quarterback Cameron Jordan has sacked more than former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan. Actually no quarterback in NFL history has been sacked by a single player more than Ryan has been sacked by Jordan.

So, it may surprise you to know Ryan isn’t Jordan’s favorite quarterback to sack. That honor, instead, goes to former Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.

To complete the divisional rotation, Jordan also described how Tom Brady, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback, reacts when he’s sacked. Though Ryan has been his most frequent victim. Jordan sees the aftermath as boring.

“Matt is a consummate pro, he doesn’t show you emotion.” Jordan said, detailing Ryan as being “frustrated then he goes about his business.”

Newton is the complete opposite. Jordan said, “He’s complaining, he’s doing the most. Once he puts the little Gatorade towel on his head, stick a fork in him. He’s done.”

The instant gratification of Newton complaining was one thing, but seeing the lingering effect told Jordan everything he needed to know.

Jordan didn’t spend as much time in the division with Brady as the other two, but Jordan noticed a similar tell with Brady: “Tom will get frustrated and start talking a little bit. That’s how you know you won.”

It wasn’t a defeated demeanor, but Jordan knew he got the upper hand. Three different quarterbacks with three different reactions and Jordan peeled back the curtains.

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Panthers great Cam Newton obliterates Olympic gold medalist in bloody reality show fight

Panthers legend Cam Newton was matched up against Olympic swimmer Nathan Adrian in hand-to-hand combat. The bout did not go well for the latter.

If there’s one lesson we’ve learned about Carolina Panthers great Cam Newton over the past calendar year, it’s that he’s probably best left untested.

The latest episode of FOX’s Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test pitted its celebrity contestants against one another for a “controlled aggression” challenge—where the “recruits” squared off in hand-to-hand combat. Newton was matched up in a heavyweight bout with competitive swimmer and five-time Olympic gold medalist Nathan Adrian.

Here was the result . . .

Newton made headlines last February when he was involved in a brawl during a 7-on-7 football event in Atlanta, Ga. His challengers in that fight experienced the same fate as Adrian did . . .

Oh, and lest we forget Newton’s famous training-camp tussle with cornerback Josh Norman in 2015 . . .

Anyway, Newton—who impressively jumped into a helicopter from a moving boat on the show’s season premiere—has successfully made it through the first four episodes of the competition.

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Panthers great Cam Newton takes flight (literally) in wild helicopter extraction challenge

Superman took flight.

Superman took flight.

Carolina Panthers legend Cam Newton showed off his hops and upper-body strength on this past week’s season premiere of Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test. The quarterback-turned-special forces agent (at least for the purposes of this FOX reality television series) was tasked with completing a helicopter extraction challenge—one he most definitely aced . . .

That effort should be a familiar sight for Panthers fans, who watched the former Most Valuable Player leap and power his way through defenders for nearly a decade. Despite some strong pushes of late from Buffalo’s Josh Allen and Philadelphia’s Jalen Hurts, Newton still holds the NFL record for most career rushing touchdowns (75) by a quarterback.

In case you couldn’t figure it out from that impressive helicopter extraction, Newton successfully passed his way through the first episode of the season.

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Panthers great Cam Newton praises Bryce Young for career day: ‘thát īš ÑħT¥ wrk’

Bryce Young’s career day got him a stamp of approval from his head coach, his owner and the greatest QB in Panthers history.

Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young has gotten a stamp of approval from his head coach, from his owner and now, from the greatest player in his organization’s history.

Cam Newton, the franchise’s all-time leading passer, was apparently keeping tabs on his former team in Week 18. And if he kept tabs throughout the entirety of Sunday’s regular-season finale, he saw Young amass 275 total yards and five touchdowns in a resilient 44-38 overtime win over the Atlanta Falcons.

But whether or not he actually watched every play from Young’s career day, the former Most Valuable Player made sure to give props to his fellow No. 1 overall pick . . .

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Young became the first quarterback in franchise history to record three touchdown passes and two touchdown runs in a single game. So, yeah, even Newton—the NFL’s all-time leader in career rushing touchdowns by a quarterback—never accomplished that feat over his decade in Carolina.

Oh, and Newton also showed love to the Panthers . . .

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Panthers QB Bryce Young makes franchise history in Week 18 win

Not even Cam Newton accomplished what Bryce Young did with his arm and his feet on Sunday.

Not even Cam Newton, in his dually-decorated decade for the Carolina Panthers, accomplished what Bryce Young did with his arm and his feet on Sunday.

The Panthers got a career day out of Young in Week 18’s 44-38 overtime win over the Atlanta Falcons, as the second-year passer scored five total touchdowns. Three of those scores came through the air and two came on the ground, making him the first quarterback in franchise history to record three touchdown passes and two touchdown runs in a single game.

Young, in the work leading up to those end-zone visits, completed 25 of his 35 throws for 251 yards—his second-highest mark of the season. He also added 24 rushing yards on five attempts.

Head coach Dave Canales spoke about his quarterback’s memorable day following the triumph.

“And how about Bryce?” Canales said to reporters at the beginning of his post-game press conference. “Being able to call whatever I wanted to call on the call sheet knowing that he was going to find a positive outcome. He was gonna find a throwaway, a big play, a scramble for a touchdown. Just the different things and how freeing that is just to be able to call whatever fits that area and not have to second-guess the calls—he gave us the ability to do that today.”

The former No. 1 overall pick finishes his second campaign with 15 passing touchdowns and six rushing touchdowns.

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