CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Shouts of “MVP! MVP! MVP!" reverberated through Bank of America Stadium on Friday night as Cam Newton ran from one end of the East end zone to the other.
They were the same shouts you hear every day at training camp in Spartanburg, South Carolina, when the Carolina Panthers quarterback makes a big play.
But this was different.
Newton wasn’t throwing laser passes to wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin or tight end Greg Olsen. He wasn’t running past defenders out of the read-option.
He was playing cheerleader.