Cam Newton said it himself when asked about what he was as a quarterback.
“How do you want to attack defenses?” the Panthers quarterback said this week. “I feel as if I bring a unique way in some ways.”
It’s fair to call Newton unique, at 6-foot-5 and 245 pounds. He can batter defenses as a runner, and he has improved so much as a passer that he’s the expected MVP after accounting for 45 touchdowns himself – 35 passing, and 10 rushing.
That’s what the Cardinals must first wrestle with when trying to defend the Panthers in Sunday’s NFC Championship.