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Newton-Benjamin relationship tight already

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Nothing that we probably don't know but a nice fluff piece from David Newton. Quoted a few of the good stuff from it. Link below. 

 

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/56193/newton-benjamin-relationship-tight-already

 

 

 

That's the image I got recently as Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton and rookie wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin sat across from each other at lunch. Nobody else was at the table. They were so engaged in conversation it was like nobody else in the noisy room existed. 

It's the same way during practice. They're almost always side by side during stretching. They're often side by side when the second, third and fourth teams are running drills. 


"I've only got one beef with Benji, and he knows it and I'm pretty sure y'all know it," said Newton, referring to Benjamin catching the winning touchdown for Florida State in this past year's BCS National Championship against his beloved Auburn. 

"I'm telling you, we've got that unique relationship that we hold each other to a standard,'' Newton said. "It's funny that when we first started talking, I didn't know Kelvin Benjamin from ... doggone Ronald McDonald." 

As Newton described the conversation, he tried to imitate Benjamin's voice that is a few octaves higher than his. He recalled that Benjamin phoned not only to introduce himself, but to say the NFL was "tripping" because it wouldn't let him have the No. 1 jersey he wore at FSU. 

"I said, 'Well, you've got two problems,'" said Newton, who wears No. 1. "First, you've got the league to worry about to get No. 1 and you've got me to worry about to get No. 1.'" 

"He's my little big brother," Newton said. "And for so many reasons, I'm helping him and he's helping me. I'm trying to tell him, 'Look, I know what you're about to go through. This is the best time in your life. Appreciate it. When you come out on this field, love it .... God has blessed you with having physical specimen-like features, and shame on you if you don't use those to the best of your ability.'" 

 

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Hopefully the off the field closeness will translate to esp on the field and they'll join the great QB/WR duos like Aikman/Irvin, Young/Rice, etc. 

 

"I didn't know Kelvin Benjamin from ... doggone Ronald McDonald."  - Sounds like KB was also clueless about Cam, if he thought he could get #1.

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What a great leader and it shows you that Cam truly "gets it."

 

I'm trying to tell him, 'Look, I know what you're about to go through. This is the best time in your life. Appreciate it. When you come out on this field, love it .... God has blessed you with having physical specimen-like features, and shame on you if you don't use those to the best of your ability.'
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