Cam Newton's storybook season
Kendall Graveman Jersey ended abruptly at Super Bowl 50 against a tenacious Broncos defense. The Panthers' quarterback was harried, hurried and hit for most of the evening, and the nadir came when he chose not to dive on a fumble late in the game, leading some media folks to .Then there was that . A sullen Newton lasted two-and-a-half minutes before abruptly leaving, which only added fuel to the hot-take fire that was already raging.But now, four months later, Newton has had time to reflect on a great season that ended terribly."I don't need to see the pre s conference for me to understand the grief or backlash I got from it," Newton told WFNZ's "The Mac Attack
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