Cam Newton says he wouldn’t trade NFL MVP for Super Bowl -Sejr: ‘I did my job’

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It is beyond a cliché for an athlete to say to win a super bowl is more important than an individual price, to the point that any top nfl -quarterback that was asked will almost go out of his way of disregarding MVP -The prize. Josh Allen Do it. Lamar Jackson Do it.

However, Cam Newton doesn’t.

Former Carolina Panthers Quarterback now works as a professional opinion gardener on ESPN’s “First Take,” Conventional Wisdom Sent Thursday when asked by Stephen A. Smith if he would exchange his MVP award for a super bowl victory.

Clearly expected Newton to prefer the Super Bowl he never won to MVP, Smith was visibly shocked when Newton responded with a stump “No.”

Skewering Smith’s question like a “journalistic point of view” asked Newton whether influence or championships are more important before putting his full thoughts, which included the name control of three non-elite quarterbacks that won a super bowl:

“Everyone will not be Michael Jordan. Everyone will not be Patrick Mahomes. Everyone will not be these people who have the luxury of saying, ‘Hi, I not only dominated this sport, but I also have championships to support it.’

“Let me remind you, Brad Johnson won a Super Bowl. Trent Dilfer won a Super Bowl. Respectfully, Nick Foldes won a Super Bowl. So yes, when you look at these guys and you say, ‘OK, what’s more important? Would you have preferred to win a Super Bowl? ‘I think this is the humble approach, but if we are honest, the effect of keeping yourself responsible for saying that everyone has a responsibility to do and you can say as a MVP prize winner or An allamerican, you have kept your end of the negotiation down. That’s what it really comes to me.

“I know it’s not the popular choice I try not to be popularized! My roof is I take individual success because I did my job. Football is not about a guy trying to do 11 jobs it’s 11 guys doing a job.

The exchange was elevated both by Newton’s enormous hat and the expression of his co-panelist, Jason McCourty, who won the Super Bowl Liii with New England Patriots.

Jason McCourty listens to Cam Newton. (ESPN)Jason McCourty listens to Cam Newton. (ESPN)

Jason McCourty listens to Cam Newton. (ESPN)

Newton played 11 seasons in the NFL and reached the Super Bowl once, which also happened to be his MVP season. He led Panthers 2015 to a 15-1 season record and Super Bowl 50, which they lost 24-10 to Peyton Manning and Denver Broncos.

Outside of one season, Newton’s Panthers team was missing especially in the kind of talent team that has to win the Super Bowl. Obviously, Newton did not think he was part of the problem, although his decline after this season, partially brought by injuries, was noticeable.