NFL quarterbacks are supposed to be restrained. It is one of those unwritten rules, like fashion models are supposed to be beautiful or NBA players are supposed to be tall.
With today’s complicated offenses, an ideal quarterback is some detached hybrid of a play-crunching computer and cool-under-pressure leader. Let the wide receivers and running backs have their elaborate touchdown celebrations. An NFL quarterback’s head is supposed to be too filled with logistics and the big picture to get overly involved in the moment.
Apparently, someone forgot to send Cam Newton this memo. Because not only is he challenging for the league’s MVP with his 13-0 Panthers, but he also is challenging our perceptions of how an elite NFL quarterback is supposed to carry himself.