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Cam Newton: "They gave up on me"

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Free-agent quarterback Cam Newton is now waiting for his next NFL opportunity. In the meantime, he’s working out — and sharing his workouts on social media.

A set of images and videos includes one in which Newton, after a set of pulldowns (great for the arms, I think it is), says this: “All I know is work. All I know is work. That’s all I know. They gave up on me.”

He’s surely talking about the Panthers, who cut Newton earlier this week. And he surely seems to be motivated by the decision to rip up his contract and to make him a free agent.

Although Newton seems to be in tip-top shape, the NFL’s COVID-19 procedures make it impossible for teams to give Newton a proper physical, for now. Given his foot, ankle, and shoulder issues of the past, it’s critical for any interested team to be able to have its doctors closely inspect him.

No reports or rumors have emerged linking Newton to a new team, yet. The Chargers should be interested. Other teams (Dolphins, Patriots, Washington, Raiders) possibly, maybe could become interested. Surely, at some point, someone will give Newton a closer look and decide to do business with one of the best quarterbacks in the business, when healthy.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/03/26/cam-newton-they-gave-up-on-me/

https://youtu.be/tEbnWsQXVHM

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I wonder if Cam wants to pay back the 40 million he received over the past 2 years. Sure he is angry at the team but how long are they supposed to hang on handing him 20 million plus per year to not play. Honestly I hope he recovers but am not angry the Panthers moved on. This is the way it goes in the NFL.

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The Chargers aren't interested.

Nor are the Redskins, Patriots, Dolphins or Raiders.

Ditto the Broncos, Lions, Rams, Bills, Texans, Seahawks, Steelers, Jets, Giants, Falcons, Browns, Bengals, Saints or Bucs.

Same for the 49ers, Packers, Cowboys, Eagles, Vikings,  Raiders, Chiefs, Bears,  Ravens, Titans, Cardinals, Chargers and Colts....

....Panthers not interested either.

Some sort of material change in the QB picture will have to occur with one of those teams in order for Cam to get a look.

Could be a while.

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6 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

I wonder if Cam wants to pay back the 40 million he received over the past 2 years. Sure he is angry at the team but how long are they supposed to hang on handing him 20 million plus per year to not play. Honestly I hope he recovers but am not angry the Panthers moved on. This is the way it goes in the NFL.

He shouldn't give any of that money back, he was hurting playing for the team...now if he was injured outside of football that prevented him from playing, then yes they should get the money back.  

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2 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

I wonder if Cam wants to pay back the 40 million he received over the past 2 years. Sure he is angry at the team but how long are they supposed to hang on handing him 20 million plus per year to not play. Honestly I hope he recovers but am not angry the Panthers moved on. This is the way it goes in the NFL.

I was one that wanted him back in 2020, but I had no illusions he would be in a Panther uniform beyond then.  I expected he was going to be in the role of a abridge to 2021 or get deal before the deadline in 2020, if he proved he was healthy and looked like surviving a season would not be an issue.  The best scenario in that thinking was they extend him a year or two, but I realized that was not likely.

I had also increasingly come to accept my initial wish of him being here for 2020 was probably not going to happen.

Did the Panthers give up on him?  Yes, they did.  I'm not angry they did after the last couple of seasons, and I never thought that possibility was unreasonable.

The irony is that I wanted to see them pursue Bridgewater last year, as a potentially solid backup should Cam not be able to finish the season or his shoulder not have recovered.  Had they done that, I think we would be exactly where we are today.

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The panthers quit on him and kicked him to the curb like yesterday’s garbage. It was extremely unprofessional and a real slap in the face. I am a fan of the Panthers first or foremost, so I won’t dump the Panthers like they did to QB1, but giving up on him will be a decision that haunts the panthers for a very long time. 
 

also, fug Marty Hurney. 

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6 minutes ago, Dunn said:

He shouldn't give any of that money back, he was hurting playing for the team...now if he was injured outside of football that prevented him from playing, then yes they should get the money back.  

The amount of revenue Cam produced for the mediocre franchise, they should pay his next contract while he plays on a different team

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Its a business, Cam had every right to want an extension, the team had every right to not want to give him an extension.

I still think the team would have been ok with him playing the last year on his deal.  My guess is Cam overvalued what he could get elsewhere.

 

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13 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

I wonder if Cam wants to pay back the 40 million he received over the past 2 years. Sure he is angry at the team but how long are they supposed to hang on handing him 20 million plus per year to not play. Honestly I hope he recovers but am not angry the Panthers moved on. This is the way it goes in the NFL.

This. Period.

The Carolina Panthers did not "give up on him." They made a business decision largely based on the fact mentioned above: a $40M investment which yielded zero returns over the past 2 years. 

Put it in terms of the typical Panther fan: you spend $400 on a penny stock with expectations that a return on your investment will be favorable. 2 years later and that stock hasn't performed as expected and it's cost you money (call it "dead cap money"). You going to rethink that particular company and go in a different direction or will you continue to hope for a turnaround?

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