CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cam Newton has taken a lot of blame over the years for what is wrong with the Carolina Panthers. He’s running too much and throwing off his back foot. He’s making too many mental mistakes and unforced errors to lead the team to a championship.
Newton wasn’t what was wrong with the Panthers in Sunday’s 31-26 loss to New Orleans in an NFC wild-card game.
What was wrong with the Panthers were the players around Newton.
The seventh-year quarterback might have had one of the best games of his career that nobody will remember because it came in a losing effort.