Cam Newton bashes MVP front-runners: 'These are game managers'

Despite repeated attempts at staging an NFL comeback, there’s a reason why former Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton remains unemployed.

Newton, who stated in March there weren’t 32 starting QBs better than him during a workout at Auburn’s pro day — a statement that proved to be untrue after receiving zero offers to play in 2023 despite injuries to several starting QBs — has resurfaced on social media recently with a hot take proving he still knows next to nothing about the landscape of playing quarterback in today’s NFL.

The 34-year-old Newton called out some of the top signal-callers in the league — three of whom are in the conversation for NFL MVP — insinuating none of the success of their respective teams is because of them.

“Brock Purdy, [the 49ers are] not winning because of him,” Newton said. “He’s managing the game. And if we were to put that in its own right as game managers, Brock Purdy, Tua Tagovailoa, Jared Goff, and really, Dak Prescott — these are game managers, they’re not difference-makers. … If we’re really going to call a spade a space, then a game manager is different than a game-changer.”

Newton's claims riled up several media pundits, who pushed back on his jaded claims.