CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cam Newton was struck by something most people probably didn't notice on Monday night as he watched New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees break the NFL record for career passing yards.
It had nothing to do with the milestone.
It was the number of words in a playcall, which the Carolina Panthers quarterback shared with offensive coordinator Norv Turner.
"I'm not the best playcaller," Newton said. "Calling a play shouldn't be a paragraph. [Brees] called a play and I was like, 'Nah.' Then I told Norv we're going to have to call a one-liner .