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There is actually better angles of the fumble on the internet. He was never regathering it but he should have done better.
Bill Barnwell had a pretty balanced take on that play - and Newtons demeanour afterwards

Why didn't Newton dive for the football, then? It's hard to say. Football's a fast game, and fumbles aren't exactly the easiest things to recover. Maybe he got caught thinking the ball was about to move as DeMarcus Ware dove toward it. That's exactly what happened, which would have rendered a Newton dive worthless, but that's been lost in the discussion. Maybe he froze, in the same way that Bill Belichick might have frozen when he didn't call a timeout before the Malcolm Butler interception in last year's Super Bowl. Maybe Newton was injured and couldn't move the way he wanted to. There's no obvious explanation, but that doesn't justify pushing some lack of intestinal fortitude to the top of the excuse pile because it fits a pithy storyline. It's far more likely to be a football mistake than a sign of emotional weakness.

It didn't help when Newton basically sulked his way through his postgame news conference, giving curt answers to several questions before walking out. It's reasonable to criticize Newton for acting grouchy and not taking the game stoically because that has become the ideal, but it's also a case of perpetually moving the goalposts. How would people have reacted if the famously happy-go-lucky Newton showed up to the news conference smiling and suggesting that the Panthers would come back and return to the Super Bowl next year?
 
A good read on Cam Newton and his actions.
http://myfox8.com/2016/02/08/why-youre-wrong-about-cam-newton-and-the-postgame-press-conference/

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But Cam is simply a football fan playing football. He’s just like you. He lives and dies with every play, every quarter and every game.

As I drafted him in fantasy… I'm liking the idea that he'll have plenty to prove again and show up some haters.. the Broncos re-match game @ Mile High can't come fast enough, you would think.

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And no guarantees of returning to the Big Dance unless he shakes off his denial.
 
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I see you have fallen for the charms of a inspirational mantra/saying/motto, dangerous thing to do. Before this season I was all on board with Chip's "Habits reflect the mission" motto but he got fired and now I awkwardly have a running singlet with that saying on it.
 
I see you have fallen for the charms of a inspirational mantra/saying/motto, dangerous thing to do. Before this season I was all on board with Chip's "Habits reflect the mission" motto but he got fired and now I awkwardly have a running singlet with that saying on it.

There's a little Chip in all of us.
 
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Cotch is a lockeroom guy id love to keep like Tillman i just cant see how we possibly keep him on the roster.

Allen and CJ will both have to go. CJ will probably get some good money somewhere but it wont be with us.

Ryan Delaire, remember him? He deserves his chance, Kony is ready for the big time and if Frank Alexander can get back to what he was doing last training camp before blowing his AT i like our pass rush all of a sudden. Young, but guys who have shown they can do it in an NFL game. Assuming we have Mario Addison still under contract as our third down specialist also.

I think they will re-negotiate CJ and he will stay, otherwise he is gone. Agree with Cotch staying if he accepts an inactives role. I like Remmers and thought he had another year on his contract? Must have missed that. I think Alexander will be cut it's time to move on from him and with KB back I think the Hill experiment will be over too. Could be wrong tho. I like Norwood hopefully he has a good camp
 
Cam should just stop acting like a pechalant child and apologize to his adoring fanbase. He is the guy who needs to face reality and admit he 'screwed up' with a lack of effort on that fatal late game fumble. Don't bother replying if you think it's ok to let this slide.
 
**** man. I've just remembered that stat. Only twice has the SB loser come back to win it the following year. And that was the Cowboys and Dolphins in consecutive years in the early 70s. God we're ******!
Calm it mate we will get a Superbowl with Cam as our QB.
 
I love the black jersey but it needs to be banished at playoff time.

Love the blue just as much now anyway. White or blue only please.

What can go wrong does go wrong in black. :thumbsdown:
 
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Calm it mate we will get a Superbowl with Cam as our QB.
Look. You can think it. But don't say it out loud. We don't know what'll happen.
I love the black jersey but it needs to be banished at playoff time.

Love the blue just as much now anyway. White or blue only please.

What can go wrong does go wrong in black. :thumbsdown:
I'm just saying we shouldn't get all Denver about the jersey colour. If we make it next year, we'll be the designated home team. We can wear the black again, and we should as an act of defiance.

We lost to a team that s hit itself over it's record in SB with a particular coloured jersey. That's weird. It's funny that most of their fans at the stadium were wearing orange.
 
I love the black jersey but it needs to be banished at playoff time.

Love the blue just as much now anyway. White or blue only please.

What can go wrong does go wrong in black. :thumbsdown:
It's bs man. We've gotta win in black because we are good enough to. Superstitions are for pussys.
 
Geez. Can you imagine how the Panthers will be portrayed in the Denver SB doco, especially Newton?

Oh man :(

If they want to carry on like how Cam apparently does when he wins it will only prove they are no better at winning than he is. I really dont care either way if you do or you dont, to the victors go the spoils, i just find the players contradicting themselves amusing.
 
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