Just last month, Carolina Panthers quarterback and 2011 No. 1 overall pick Cam Newton signed a jaw-dropping new contract that could pay him $103.8 million over five years and guarantees him $31 million for 2015 alone.
In terms of average annual salary, the deal makes Newton the third-highest-paid player in the NFL. But what's truly astonishing about that sort of vote of confidence from the Panthers is that Newton has yet to truly prove himself to be an elite NFL quarterback.
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