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Cam Newton had a special season in 2015, winning the NFL’s Most
Valuable Player award and emerging as a run-pass threat the
likes of which we’ve never seen in the history of football. And
yet quarterbacks are remembered for what they do in the Super
Bowl, and Newton’s Super Bowl is going to be remembered for one
terrible play above all.

When Newton fumbled in the fourth quarter, with the game on the
line, he oddly appeared to pull back, rather than fall on the
football into the middle of a scrum.

Why didn’t he fight harder for the ball? He didn’t answer that
question after the game, hastily rushing out of his post-game
press conference without saying much of anything.

Broncos linebacker DeMarcus Ware joined PFT Live this morning
and suggested that Newton might simply not have known where the
ball was.

“I tried to dive on it, I seen his feet in front of me but I
don’t know why he didn’t dive on it. Maybe he didn’t see it,”
Ware said.

The reaction from fans toward Newton’s play has been brutal,
with many saying he just isn’t tough enough. But that seems hard
to believe: Newton is the most physical runner of any
quarterback in the NFL, and he has played through injuries many
times. He’s been a tough player throughout his career. Why would
he lose that toughness in the Super Bowl?

Newton is a great player who had a rough game against a great
defense, and neither his season nor his Super Bowl should be
defined by that one play. But in a quarterback’s career, we
remember a few big moments above all others. And that was a very
bad moment for Newton.

Comments:

indymarc says:
Feb 8, 2016 7:57 AM
Cam also fumbled the post game press conference. What an
embarrassment.

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ducknichols50 says:
Feb 8, 2016 7:58 AM
I agree with Ware-He didn’t see it. The dude clearly wants to
win and is tough and its sad that a media circus is going to
turn that into him not being tough enough or competitive enough.
If he’d known where the ball was, then he’d jumped on it.

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noteamforlosangeles says:
Feb 8, 2016 7:58 AM
Well, people are still questioning the pass from the 1-yard line
in last year’s Super Bowl, so what makes this play any different?

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pittsburgh84 says:
Feb 8, 2016 7:58 AM
That was so embarrassing.

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patriottony says:
Feb 8, 2016 7:58 AM
What no superman cape? I guess they will have to pull his yogurt
commercial of him..trying out a new CAPE and superman pose….
Pride cometh before a fall…the bluster and nonsense he throws
up,,was due to come back him

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tinkletinkleonyourstar says:
Feb 8, 2016 7:59 AM
Cam is a sore loser.
I really believe their cake-walk schedule all season long did
not allow them to properly prepare for adversity.

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