Cam Newton broke the internet by dropping a video announcing that he will try and get himself an NFL job this year.
Shannon Sharpe had a problem with what he said in his video. Sharpe threw cold water all over the idea of Cam Newton trying out again for the NFL, with the Fox Sports personality passing the ex-QB’s words right back at him.
“Tell me how these randoms keep getting jobs,” Newton said. “Don’t worry about it. I’m going to show you. I can’t wait to show you.”
Sharpe believes he’s now one of those “randoms” at the quarterback position.
“Cam, you haven’t been good in a very long time,” Sharpe said. “It’s 2023, this isn’t 2015 anymore. I hate to break it to you, but you’re now one of those randoms.”
“You’re not a guy that (teams say) ‘if we get Cam Newton, he’s going to alter the trajectory of our franchise.’ That’s not how they perceive you, that’s not how they look at you.”
Newton will throw at Auburn’s Pro Day.
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It’s been a dozen years since the Carolina Panthers selected Newton as the top pick of the NFL draft. His first stop with the Panthers ended after the 2019 season.
He would then head over to New England when Tom Brady signed with Tampa in 2020. He went 7-8 and threw more interceptions than touchdowns.
The Patriots cut him in 2021 and Newton spent much of the season back with the Panthers. He was out of football entirely in 2022.
“I hate to break it to him,” Shannon Sharpe said of Cam Newton. “The last time he won a game was 2020.”
“Cam is basing everything on what he once was,” Sharpe said. “I don’t know if Cam has looked at him from 2020 and 2021, but he wasn’t good. I don’t know who is in his ear. But I’m keeping it 100.”
Shannon Sharpe had more to say about Cam Newton. “Now the question is. … these randoms, these randoms get jobs. Are you willing to be a backup? Aww, I can be a backup, then the first thing he does when he gets there, when things aren’t going his way, “how is this guy starting in front of me?” Teams don’t want that. This is not 2015 when you led a team to the Super Bowl. You were the MVP. I want somebody to tell me that says since 2015, Cam Newton has been really good.
“How long do we get to live on what we’ve done based on what we’re going to do? … Man, we’ve got to stop this notion that he was once good. … Cam was once outstanding. But be honest with yourself. Cam is no longer anymore and he hasn’t been that player for a very long time.”
