CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Cam Newton still believes he's one of the 32 best quarterbacks in the NFL and that the current perception people have of him comes from putting himself in a "f----- up'' situation with the Carolina Panthers last season.
"I signed on Thursday. I played on Sunday,'' the 2015 NFL MVP said on "The Pivot Podcast'' hosted by ESPN's Ryan Clark and fellow former NFL players Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor. "At what point did you think did you think you was going to be successful? The next week, I started. That's still under 10 days of you being on the team.