CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers wide receiver Curtis Samuel was explaining what it meant to have Cam Newton throw publicly for the first time since undergoing shoulder surgery in January when the 2015 NFL MVP's voice almost drowned him out from about 30 yards away.
"You hear him?" Samuel said Tuesday as the Panthers began a three-day mandatory minicamp. "Everywhere you go, you hear Cam. That energy, it spreads on all of us. It's great having him out here all the time working.
"A lot of people don't trust in what he can do and think he fell off.