Cam Newton will dance Sunday. He will do his Superman gesture. He will almost certainly score in Sunday’s Super Bowl 50. Newton, the quarterback of the Panthers, will be flashy. He’ll be entertaining.
Peyton Manning won’t dance on Sunday, hopefully. He may not score. He definitely won’t be entertaining from a theatrical standpoint, but he’ll play Sunday. He may not be great on Sunday, but his career will be the epitome of it.
They represent two different eras. They represent two different types of quarterbacks. They represent how the quarterback position is meant to be played, although their two styles couldn’t be farther apart.