Any divorce between a franchise quarterback and his team is bound to be awkward. The way the Carolina Panthers have handled the release of Cam Newton has only made things worse, though.
Yesterday, the team shared a poll on Twitter asking fans to pick their “goat” in franchise history. The three options they provided were Julius Peppers, Steve Smith and Luke Kuechly.
All three were outstanding players and deserve to be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
However, the decision to exclude the only league MVP in franchise history was baffling, even if he was cut a few months ago. Countless fans on social media have been letting them know how they feel about it.
ESPN summed up some of those feelings on Get Up today.
This was always going to be a weird transition into a new era, but pretending that Newton doesn’t exist isn’t going to help.
