Cam Newton says he wouldn't trade NFL MVP for Super Bowl win: 'I did my job'

[Starman]

That boy always has and always will be plain stupid

This.

If Cam won the SB but came in second to a worthy competitor for the MVP, he'd still be remembered as "doing his job" AND he'd have the ultimate proof of success in the sport.

 

[T.he I.nformant]

I understand his point. I remember they asked LaDainian if he'd rather have a ring than be a HOFer and he said he'd rather be a HOFer

It's because being a HOFer or MVP is more exclusive than winning a ring. Even team mail room employees and janitors get SB rings.

I get it too. But even still there are levels. I appreciate LaDainian’s position more than Cam’s because being a HoFer takes greatness over a period of time while being MVP just takes one magical season. Maybe it’s because of that SB performance and how has career turned out after that but I question if Cam will make the HoF. I think he might be in that McNair and Boomer Esaison category.

 

[Harry B]

I understand his point. I remember they asked LaDainian if he'd rather have a ring than be a HOFer and he said he'd rather be a HOFer

It's because being a HOFer or MVP is more exclusive than winning a ring. Even team mail room employees and janitors get SB rings.

Seems like the only people saying that are the ones that never won an SB.

I'd like to hear what people who have both or none say.


It's rare to hear that anything regular season >> anything playoffs/bowls in the football.

 

[CM_Burns]

It was still a game when that fumble occured, if they recover they've got a good chance to win

They still had a chance, but with how that game was going they still lose 9 times out of 10 if they get that fumble.

 

[Elim Garak]

This isn't even surprising and is the most Cam Newton answer possible.

 

[murksiderock]

Cam's legacy is as arguably the best player in a franchise's history (only could argue Smith or Peppers vs Cam, but there are people here in Carolina who would take Cam over those guys, he had a hold on people here in a way those guys didnt and don't), and certainly the best QB in that franchise's history, and certainly the biggest cultural star in that franchise's history...

He'll be remembered in a different fashion than if he was, say, Trent Dilfer on a championship team...

Obviously if you could take both being a superstar, and winning a championship, you'd take both. But if the choice is, be a Trent Dilfer QB and win a ring, or be a Cam Newton and never win one, very few people are taking Trent Dilfer. The question was framed as black and white, so on its surface, I appreciate Cam's honesty. Him being an MVP and superstar is gonna keep him employed for a long time...

 

[King Poetic]

I wouldn’t expect anything different from a nikka who got a stripper with a kid pregnant

That one Super Bowl win changes everything for you..

Outside of Miami every year Dan Marino name keep getting loss in terms of great QBs because we keep talking about the championships these QBs have

Lamar and Allen doesn’t win a Super Bowl guaranteed 20,30 years down the line they names will be remember but people will still be talking about whoever the top QBS in 2044 and 2055 compared to Mahomes or say Hurts win it a few times. Lamar and Allen will still be considered greats like marino but they names will start to fade away among the championship greats

 

[mson]

I feel like I live in bizarro world regarding that fumble with how everyone talks about it. Like he just stood there and didn't do a damn thing or made a concious decison to back all the way away. If you watch it in real time (and not that super slomo gif everyone spams) he overshoots the ball so it's right at his feet, at that point his lineman and a Broncos d-line are both diving at the ball which is also right at his legs (neither guy recovers despite diving btw). It was so quick I think he just instinctively jumped back a split second so no one runs into his legs, but he does go after that ball. He's on the ground right after clawing for it, and was actually in good position to recover it until Von Miller batted it back (which could've easily been a penalty)

I just think it's weird how everyone says that play defines who he is as a player when there has never been an instance before or after of him shying away from contact. We're talking about the most physical QB of his generation, maybe ever really. I think it's fair to criticize him for his performance and I'm sure he has regrets about how he went after the ball, but I don't look at that play like he punked out or he was the sole reason they lost. Did not recovering seal the game, sure. But they lost because his O-Line got obliterated by the Broncos D-Line which got him mauled, causing seven sacks and two redzone turnovers

 

[THEREALBRAND]

He'd be more lauded tbh. Brees a god in the Big Easy, I don't know if Cam gets that reverence in Charlotte

This. Cam was crying a couple of weeks ago, because there weren’t any images of him in the Panthers facilities and he felt that the organization didn’t respect his career. That doesn’t happen if he wins a Super Bowl.

 

[Born2BKing]

Plenty of scrubs and bench warmers walking around with super bowl rings, none with MVPS.

 

[IsThatBrothaMouzone?]

I understand his point. I remember they asked LaDainian if he'd rather have a ring than be a HOFer and he said he'd rather be a HOFer

It's because being a HOFer or MVP is more exclusive than winning a ring. Even team mail room employees and janitors get SB rings.

I think HOF >>>> SB ring......

SB ring >>>>>>>>>> MVP

Cam is trying to cope. If you told him that he could exchange the MVP for a SB ring + SB MVP, he would take that shyt in a heartbeat.

If he doesn't, then he really is foolish and never cared about winning.

 

[Rev]

Different sport but sticking with the personal achievement theme, which would you prefer?

 

[Red Money]

Give me 4 mvps >>>> never making the playoff my whole career

Huh? When has a MVP came from a non playoff team in the Superbowl era since OJ Simpson?

Making the playoffs put you in position to win a MVP.

 

[Spliff]

Cam has a hard time coping with his career trajectory.

His MVP year was one for the ages, then it all went to shyt.

 

[Doctor Doom]

bytch ass Panther

@b. woods @NOSaintsFan02 @SubZeroDegrees Kool-Aid runs through the veins of them Carolina boys