CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A tall, familiar figure with a black towel draped over his head made his way through the Carolina Panthers locker room on Monday as reporters entered for media availability.
He went to his familiar spot in the front corner of the room, swabbed his 6-foot-5, 240-pound frame down in body lotion, as he always does, and then dressed in one of his signature loud outfits.
Then he disappeared through the locker room doors, almost as though though this self-proclaimed "Superman" was walking off into the sunset.
This might have been the last time reporters see quarterback Cam Newton in a room he has commanded for much of the past eight seasons.