Quarterback Cam Newton was in high spirits on Wednesday afternoon when he joked that one of the reasons he’ll be happiest to have veteran tight end Greg Olsen back is so Olsen can help him call the plays.
At times, he grinned, the Panthers’ play calls are entirely too long. And he calls Olsen the “dictator” in the huddle.
“I don’t know why some of our plays are so long,” Newton cracked. “Calling a play shouldn’t be a paragraph. I was watching (Drew Brees), he called a play and I was like, ‘Nah.’ Then I told Norv (Turner), ‘We’re going to have to call that a one-liner.