CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A season that began with the Carolina Panthers planning to use quarterback Cam Newton less in the running game for his long-term health ended with him setting career records in rushes, designed rushes and rushing yards.
Newton doesn't plan to stop running anytime soon.
"That's my edge,'' Newton said on Wednesday as he prepared for Sunday's NFC wild card playoff game at New Orleans. "I wouldn't expect you or anybody else to take it away. And when I say you, I mean the media as a whole.
"I'm comfortable running the football, I feel like I help the team when I'm running the football, and as long as I'm playing this game, I'm going to run the football.