UPDATE! Rick Reilly is a lying dingleberry clinging to his hatred of Cam Newton

[fieryprophet]

dang man..calm down..why you yellin' at me...I like Cam..I'm not one of the haters..

I talk loud, this is my speaking voice. Wait, you can hear me from wherever you are? Damn. . .

[jarhead]

dang man..calm down..why you yellin' at me...I like Cam..I'm not one of the haters..I'm just reiterating what I was told..

I think he is having a moment

[Sloth]

My coworkers neighbor is Jordan Gross's doctor..Supposedly Gross told the Dr. that Cam doesn't speak to anyone but a select few..that he's the ultimate diva

Don't know how accurate that is..but if it's true it makes me sad..it's one thing to be a diva to the media..but to your own team? inexcusable IMHO

I can only say I have heard the same thing from a player. Good bad or indifferent is up to each individual.

Two things to be thankful for are the rookie cap and new GM. IF Newton turns out to be a team killing shithead or doesn't continue to progress, the new GM doesn't have the same ties to players and the cap makes it easy to say "fug it" and move on if necessary.

Hopefully it's not true (or misconstrued), Cam continues to develop and he's that franchise guy for us.

[Chaos]

So, who here is going to be the first to post on Twitter that Rick Reilly is a self-absorbed know-nothing arrogant prick?

Make sure you let us know if you post it first.

[teeray]

I was at the Tampa game and during a TV timeout he spoke to nearly everybody on the offense and was slapping five with everyone. This was when we were down 10-0 in the first half. So maybe the entire offense is part of the select few?

[teeray]

When you are losing you are a diva. When you are winning your are eccentric.

[PhillyB]

i have a hard time believing jordan gross would spout off to his doctor about sensitive lockerroom bits

[Gabeking]

They're probably just jealous because he's making big $ has job security etc. I mean that could be the case

You serious?? Wow..

[Sloth]

I was at the Tampa game and during a TV timeout he spoke to nearly everybody on the offense and was slapping five with everyone. This was when we were down 10-0 in the first half. So maybe the entire offense is part of the select few?

There's also this.

Lately he's been a lot less detached (or seemed to be) and they've shown him quite a few times interacting with/prepping/congratulating teammates.

He's also getting more public backing from players recently (Gross and Olsen).

Maybe the "only talks to a select few" thing is outdated?

[Doc Holiday]

I'm sure someone might have already mentioned this but because of cam's performance last night it really made Colin Cowherd look like an idiot.

Colin's been on this Newton is a bust shtick all season and he just threw for 300yds and scored 4tds in prime time on his network.

[Panthers Nation]

Well if we are telling stories about Cam,I will share that Ryan Kalil's dentists said that Cam is a great teammate and he buys his offensive lineman dinner after every game.He also said that he even put his teammates Jstew/Murphy and other lineman's in his new phone commercial.He even told me that Cam brought Thanksgiving dinner for over 300 people in Charlotte.

Yeah Cam definitely sounds like a bad teammate.lol

[fieryprophet]

I heard from Steve Smith's podiatrist that Cam's right big toe is longer than his left, and that Jonathan Stewart thinks "it's gross, man. It's all I can think about when he hands me the ball, is that his biggies are all weird and stuff."

[jarhead]

Jimmy Clausens Urologist says Jimmy does not have the balls to play in the NFL

[panthers04100]

That probably is annoying for the other players if they have to sit on the bus waiting just for cam.