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Ron Rivera upset about noise surrounding Cam Newton benching

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera constantly reminds his players not to pay attention to the outside noise.

But the outside noise surrounding Cam Newton being benched for the opening series of Sunday’s game because the quarterback violated a team travel policy by not wearing a tie on the flight to Seattle was so loud on Wednesday that Rivera felt he had to address it.

So he did with a rather terse opening statement:

•“Apparently, doing what you’re supposed to do doesn’t seem to explain the situation, set of circumstances. So I’m going to address this one last time.