CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The images of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton four years ago with a towel over his head and the ones of him now dancing on the sideline are starkly different.
Newton, by the way, still wears a towel over his head from time to time.
So what has changed?
“I think a lot of it has to do with winning," Newton said on Wednesday. “I can tell you that. If I was doing a lot of things I’m doing right now and we weren’t winning, I’d get ate up and spit back out -- especially with the dancing that some people approve of, some people don’t.