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Cam Newton #1 of the Carolina Panthers celebrates after the Carolina Panthers defeat the Arizona Cardinals with a score of 49 to 15 in the NFC Championship Game at Bank of America Stadium on January 24, 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The game was over. The Carolina Panthers had completely destroyed the Arizona Cardinals 49-15 and Terry Bradshaw was trying to do a post-game interview with Cam Newton. The crowd at Bank of America Stadium was still buzzing and yelling, when their 6’5, 260 pound, ‘Super Cam’ as he is sometimes called walked over to the microphone and let out a yell, whipping the crowd into hysterics.
The chants of “MVP,” “MVP” began working their way around the stadium and for the first time in the Panthers season, Super Cam looked more like regular-ole Cam Newton, the kid from Atlanta, Georgia who just loves playing football. He couldn’t find the words. Bradshaw even prodded him, “anything else,” he said.
“Nothing,” Newton answered.
Which about sums it up for the man who wore specially designed cleats during his pre-game warm-up with the names of all of his teammates etched into them. This wasn’t only the Cam show as the entire team dominated the game from start to finish.
But make no mistake about it, Superman, was definitely in the building.
Newton finished the game going 19 of 28 for 335 yards and two passing touchdowns. He also ran for two more including, a third quarter rush that ended with a dive and a flip over two Cardinals before landing on his back in the end zone.
On the cape of the quarterback who fashions himself a modern day superhero, the Panthers will make their first trip to the Super Bowl in more than a decade to face walking legend Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos.
So now all the talk can begin about the flashy quarterback whose postgame wardrobe might be the only storyline bigger then his own the field heroics, going against the aging first ballot hall of famer, Manning. Except to be bombarded in the coming with quarterback comparisons and tons of charts and analytics.
There is time for that. As it stands now, Manning is the one with all the records and Newton is the one chasing the dream. Although, according to Yahoo Sports, if this storybook season continues to play out for the Panthers, Newton could become one of the few elite players to win a college national championship, a Heisman, a Super Bowl and an MVP.
If Newton and the Panthers play the way that they did Sunday night the question won’t be if the young gun has a chance, it will be how many he MVPs and championships they will win before he’s Peyton Manning’s age.
Read more at Yahoo Sports.
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