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Charlotte Observer: Cam Newton gets Charlotte talking

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I read in Pro Football Weekly about what a bad guy Auburn quarterback Cam Newton is and how even his smile is fake. But I only believe everything I read in newspapers.

I know a guy who knows Newton a little, and he likes him. But I don't know Newton. I spent time around him at Auburn's pro day and was exposed to his smile inside a little room at Jordan-Hare Stadium. I couldn't tell if it was fake.

Perhaps the Carolina Panthers can. They've dined with Newton and with his parents, have watched him work out publicly and privately. They feel as if they know him. They'll know him better after they fly him to Charlotte on Tuesday. Perhaps Carolina's welcome committee will include a dentist.

Because of the labor impasse, the April 28-30 draft will be the sole source of NFL activity. So a nation hung up on an absent sport turns its lonely eyes to the Panthers, who have the first pick. We also turn our eyes to Newton, the most intriguing player in the draft and, even though he doesn't live in Charlotte, the most talked about athlete in our city.

I wrote that Carolina will invest the No. 1 pick on Newton, or would like the NFL to think it will.

Read more: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/04/02/2192253/newton-will-bring-smiles-with.html#ixzz1IPt8sw57

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If the Panthers are half as sure about Cam as the Observer appears to be, we'd already have a contract ready for him if not for the CBA.

You know what amuses me about that?

If Newton is picked and looks bad, Sorenson will probably be one of the first guys to criticize the choice :lol:

(that's the freedom you have being a columnist)

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I know, but it'd be nice to know one was in place. My biggest fear with a high draft choice rookie is a holdout.

Rookie salary cap will be in place, drafted players will be signed AFTER the new CBA is in place. Unless the current CBA is resumed.

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