CHARLOTTE, N .C. – A lot went through Cam Newton's mind on Sunday as he stood on the Carolina Panthers’ logo at Bank of America Stadium, pretending to spread his No. 1 jersey to reveal the “S’’ on his chest, as he did so many times during his first go-around with Carolina.
There was the exhilaration of the frenzied crowd, not just about the quarterback’s 24-yard touchdown run but about having the Panthers' iconic leader home doing the things that for most of his first nine (2011-2019) NFL seasons made him special.