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Cam Newton: 'I'm an African American QB that Scares People'
The Atlanta Journal Constitution/Associated Press ^ | January 27, 2016

Posted on 01/27/2016 2:41:27 PM PST by Cecily

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Panthers quarterback Cam Newton suggested for the first time Wednesday that race may play a factor in why he's become a lightning rod for public criticism.

"I'm an African-American quarterback that scares people because they haven't seen nothing that they can compare me to," said the 6-foot-5, 245-pound Newton.

The No. 1 pick in the 2011 NFL draft out of Auburn, Newton has his share of detractors who either don't like how he plays, his celebrations or his abundance of self-confidence.

(Excerpt) Read more at ajc.com ...


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To: Cecily

He ought remember this is the NFL, where on any given Sunday, odds or not , bad juju can happen..

Ask the Bills and VIKES.

Field conditions could be a factor if El Neenyer delivers a big one prime time..


61 posted on 01/27/2016 3:01:47 PM PST by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: Cecily

BS. I remember Randall Cunningham, and Cam Newton is no Randall Cunningham.

Moreover, if all goes well, in a few years Jameis Winston will be outplaying Cam, and it won’t be because he’s black either.


62 posted on 01/27/2016 3:02:10 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Cecily

Cam, it's been done already, by a guy with lots more class and humility than you.

63 posted on 01/27/2016 3:02:13 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Cecily
What really terrifies people:

Coldplay doing the half-time show.

64 posted on 01/27/2016 3:02:23 PM PST by x
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To: ladyjane

Not anymore if they can scamper


65 posted on 01/27/2016 3:02:27 PM PST by wardaddy (Trump or Cruz.......its win win folks......so take a John Riggins pill .......lie on the carpet)
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To: Cecily

Newton thinks he is the Michael Jordan of football.

Newton thinks he is the Bath House of football.

Newton’s behavior is nothing but graceless, low-rent braggadocio.


66 posted on 01/27/2016 3:03:08 PM PST by bkopto
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To: Bender2

That HGH sure made his wife lovelier than ever, ayy?

Play ball now,, litigate later I always say. ;-l


67 posted on 01/27/2016 3:03:42 PM PST by NormsRevenge (SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
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To: Sasparilla
I think OJ used to say something similar.

It would be ironic if Cam Newton ends up getting beaten by a Slow White Bronco...

68 posted on 01/27/2016 3:04:12 PM PST by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
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To: Cecily

SUPERBOWL 50....THE RACE BOWL!!


69 posted on 01/27/2016 3:04:37 PM PST by BridgeOutAhead (Obama.....dabit deus his quoque finem)
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To: Cecily

It’s the new jungle fever

Black quarterbacks

All the white owners want to see what they are like


70 posted on 01/27/2016 3:04:58 PM PST by wardaddy (Trump or Cruz.......its win win folks......so take a John Riggins pill .......lie on the carpet)
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To: Cecily

No butty can hurt this face. Am beautiful. Fload lak a buddefly sting lacka bee.


71 posted on 01/27/2016 3:07:24 PM PST by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: Cecily

Shut up and marry your girlfriend and maybe I’ll root for you; however, being so arrogant is the reason I stopped rooting for you and switched to Peyton Manning, even though I am a Bengals fan and Patriots fan and once lived in NC.


72 posted on 01/27/2016 3:07:43 PM PST by CincyRichieRich (Liberalism = mental disorder)
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Doug Williams, the Bayou Bullet. I never saw anyone who could throw a tighter rope.

Can't imagine how he would have done if the Bucs had ever put an offensive line to protect him.

73 posted on 01/27/2016 3:07:58 PM PST by stboz
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To: Cecily

My first thought was that he looks like the Persian King in the movie 300.


74 posted on 01/27/2016 3:11:51 PM PST by jetson
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To: Snickering Hound

So I take it you’ve got nothing from when you were 19 or 20 that you would be embarrassed for the world to know?


75 posted on 01/27/2016 3:13:24 PM PST by Axeslinger (Trump: the Kaitlyn Jenner of conservatism. One's not a woman, one's not a conservative.)
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To: Cecily

Because no one has ever second guessed or hurled nasty criticism at a quarterback before. It must be because he’s black.


76 posted on 01/27/2016 3:13:40 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Cecily

There are plenty of egomaniacs to be compared to.


77 posted on 01/27/2016 3:15:19 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Bernard

..I think OJ used to say something similar...

It would be ironic if Cam Newton ends up getting beaten by a Slow White Bronco...

Here we are near the end of January, and what could be post of the year is here already.


78 posted on 01/27/2016 3:15:49 PM PST by Sasparilla
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To: Macrinus

All i can say is Roll Tide.


79 posted on 01/27/2016 3:16:15 PM PST by chasio649 (The GOPe can never seem to remember who brought them to the dance)
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To: newfreep

Yep!


80 posted on 01/27/2016 3:19:44 PM PST by US_MilitaryRules (The last suit you wear has no pockets!)
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