– A lot went through Cam Newton’s mind on Sunday as he stood on the Carolina Panthers’ logo at Bank of America Stadium, pretending to spread his No.
Newton took a different “L’’ on Sunday, a 27-21 loss to the Washington Football Team and former Carolina coach Ron Rivera.
Newton, 32, bounced back from that to win a junior college national championship at Binn and national championship at Auburn.
They are in a large group of teams with five wins vying for the seventh playoff spot in the NFC.
“Coach brought that up, mentioning early in the week that it was going to come down to early success on first down, third-down conversions and staying on the field offensively, and defensively getting them off the field,’’ Newton said.
“My life could be who knows where right now if the judge didn’t rule the way he did,’’ said Newton, who had his 2008 charges dropped.