Posted on 05/06/2023 6:46:32 AM PDT by Libloather
Cam Newton is not his 2015 MVP self anymore, but the three-time Pro Bowler says there's another reason why he's still a free agent.
Over the years, Newton has grown out his hair for dreadlocks, and he suggests that's a reason why he remained unsigned throughout the 2022 season and is still looking for a job.
"It’s been hindered. And I’m not changin’," he said on Josina Anderson's "Undefined" podcast.
"People have hinted towards to say like, ‘Cam, we want you to go back to the 2015 clean-cut Cam. But that was a different me. Right now, where I’m at, it’s about embracing who I am."
The New England Patriots signed him during his dreadlocks phase, and he started 15 games for them in 2020. He returned to the Carolina Panthers in 2021 and played in eight games.
But before rejoining the team that selected him with the first pick in 2011, he said teams were insinuating he should have gotten a haircut.
"There was hints toward it," he said, via Bleacher Report. "And I gained a lot of great counsel from a lot of people. And the thing that is always mentioned is, 'Yo, Cam, you scarin' people the way you look.'
"And I would say, 'Yo, like I'm not gonna name names, but there's other quarterbacks that's in the league that don't look like me, but they got long hair. They don't scare them, do they?' So, we can go tit for tat, tat for tit with it. But I would just turn and nod to that and say, 'That's not the reason why I'm not in the NFL.'"
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Good gosh. Raaaaayyyyycism.
“Cam Newton says his dreadlocks are a reason he is not on an NFL roster,”
Dude, how are you going to get a helmet on over that giant tarantula on your head?
Sounds like excuse making and deflection of accountability for his game play. He acts like no NFL player has dreadlocks. Come on now Cam.
The Ravens just guaranteed Lamar Jackson somewhere around $230 million. Lamar’s dreadlocks far exceed Cam’s.
Next excuse?
That’s some spider
Not only am I bald but I’m fat and out of shape. That’s why I’m not on a team
That makes him look like a clown, or maybe that guy who wants to kill Bart.
Bill Russel, who briefly served as coach of the Boston Celtics, said of black players, you could play two at home, three on the road, and four when behind.
Nobody cares about your dreads, Cam.
You’re just washed up and making excuses.
DeAndre Hopkins, for just one example, has dreadlocks and he’s doing fine.
“And I would say, ‘Yo, like I’m not gonna name names, but there’s other quarterbacks that’s in the league that don’t look like me, but they got long hair.
So he’s sayingthey all look alike?
Sounds like:
‘Dreadlocks’ or ‘$million dollar contract’
Decisions Decisions
[Ridiculous]
Well, yes-and-no. His head was already too big; now the dreads make it so any helmet they might have tailor-made would render him precariously top-heavy on the field.
Brings to mind the old Tank McNamara comic strip which came out shortly after Joe Namath advertised panty hose ...
Tank's agent got him a contract advertising lipstick, and Tank was supposed to be shown applying the lipstick to his lips. He kept trying to do so, but just couldn't go through it, stating the doing so was an assault on his manhood. Then the advertising executive approached him and asked, "Would another $50,000 help to reinforce your manhood?" To which Tank responded, as he applied the lipstick, "Like a rock."
Jon - Regarding post #8 - Please tell me that is a doctored picture.
Clickbait headline. That’s a hard pass for me, so to speak...
Let’s say that is true. What Cam is admitting to is his dreadlocks are more important to him than playing in the NFL. Ok.
It’s real
All that extra weight is slowing Rapunzel down.
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