Quarterbacks, controversies and everything NFL Week Five covered in the first ever iteration of Five Hot Takes.
- What was Cam Newton thinking?
Cam Newton started this season on a tear, playing his best football since his 2015 MVP season and had his Carolina Panthers sitting atop the NFC South at 4-1 through five weeks.
If you take away his zero touchdown and three interception performance in Week Three, Newton has thrown eight touchdowns to just two interceptions in four Carolina wins. He was beginning to quiet many of the doubters, showing that his down-year last season was just a fluke.