Auburn legend ‘absolutely right’ in harsh assessment of former team
Auburn football legend Cam Newton was “absolutely right on all fronts” regarding his blunt assessment of the Carolina Panthers — whom he recently called out for not having Bryce Young better prepared under center during his rookie season — according to Cat Crave’s Dean Jones.
“Newton is absolutely right on all fronts,” Jones prefaced before saying, “If (Scott) Fitterer had laid out something similar, perhaps there wouldn’t be the increasing scrutiny he’s currently experiencing.”
Newton accused Carolina of presenting Young a roster around him “not set up to be successful” during an appearance on KJ ALL DAY with KJ Wright.
“From top to bottom, for him, it’s not set up for him to be successful – especially not his rookie year, in my honest opinion,” Newton prefaced before saying, “And, like I said, everything that Carolina is building – will they get to that point? Yes. In throwing him into the wolves and expecting instant success, that’s not the quarterback position, unfortunately. What I will say – it’s gonna take a season for him to kinda see the preparation, seein’ the tempo of the game, seein’ just in-game adjustments at its finest. We all know any time you’re the first pick, that means you’re goin’ to a s–tty team. I went through it. Peyton Manning went through it. All the No. 1 picks went through it. And in this day and age, it’s about who and what you can do right now. But I think when you’re dealin’ with a talent like Bryce Young, it’s the long tenure rather than right-now success.”
Auburn football legend Cam Newton unable to complete NFL comeback in 2023
It was not to be for Newton to make it back to the NFL ahead of and, so far, during the 2023 season. After throwing at the 2023 Auburn football Pro Day within the friendly confines of the Woltosz Football Performance Center, Newton received no offers to be a franchise’s backup.
The New York Jets seemed like a potential option given their catastrophic season-ending injury to Aaron Rodgers but have instead rolled with Zach Wilson as their starting signal-caller. There are no obvious openings right now for Newton, and there may never be one again.
Stay tuned to see if AU’s last Heisman winner will play another NFL game or if his return to the Panthers in 2021 was a swan song to the BCS National Champion QB.