SEATTLE -- A dress code violation.
Just when you thought things couldn’t get worse or stranger or sillier for the Carolina Panthers, reigning league MVP Cam Newton was benched for the first play of Sunday night’s 40-7 loss to Seattle for a violating a team style code.
Yes, the player known for his sequined shoes and designer pants a year ago, his designer hats and feathers this season, was penalized for a fashion blunder.
It didn’t lose the game, mind you.
But it set the tone.
With Newton standing on the sideline in his colorful “cause cleats,” backup quarterback Derek Anderson threw an interception on the first play and everything unraveled from there.