CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- There was a time when Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton might have found something to whine about following an embarrassing loss like Thursday's 52-21 setback in Pittsburgh.
Instead, in his first news conference since the prime-time debacle at Heinz Field, Newton talked about wine.
"Just tried to relax, man," Newton said on Wednesday when asked what he did during the weekend break before the Panthers (6-3) began preparing for Sunday's 1 p.m. ET game in Detroit (3-6). "A lot of cigar smoking, wine drinking, milk feeding. It was cool.