Jason Whitlock: “Cam Newton, that dude needs to cut his hair… His career ended when Jerry Richardson, the former owner of the Panthers, got run out of the league. Jerry Richardson cared for Cam Newton like a son, and Jerry Richardson in 2011 when he drafted Cam, talked to that guy like he was his son – ‘hey man, no tats, no piercings, love your conservative hairstyle, let’s keep it that way.’ People were like ‘OH MY GOD THAT’S RACIST! HE CAN’T TELL CAM THAT!’ The guy cared about Cam the way a father cares for his son. Cam Newton needs to cut his damn hair before I’m going to take him seriously. I know people think that’s crazy and ‘what does his hair have to do with it?’ but it’s about a mindset, and it’s about being a leader. Cam Newton is not an NBA player, he’s an NFL quarterback. The standards of leadership, and the amount of focus it takes – any energy you're giving to your style of dress, hair, and all that other stuff, is energy you’re not focusing on the detail, and concerns for detail that you need to have at the quarterback position. Cam is sloppy and inconsistent, his mechanics were no good, he got sloppy at the end of that game carrying the ball in a loose fashion, it was knocked out, and he cost his team the game. Cut your damn hair, Cam. Somebody, maybe Robert Kraft, needs to be Jerry Richardson for Cam and get this dude in the right mindset. I think he’s got the wrong personality; it’s a wide receivers’. He has the talent to be a great quarterback, but he doesn’t have the attention to detail or the focus necessary.” (Full Video Above)
Listen to Jason Whitlock explain why he thinks Cam Newton’s career has fallen on hard times ever since his Super Bowl loss in 2016, as Whitlock believes the turning point was when former owner Jerry Richardson, a close mentor of Cam, put the Panthers up for sale a year later in 2017 after controversial allegations against Richardson surfaced.
Newton has the 29th ranked QBR and passer rating in the NFL, and has a morbid 2/7 touchdown-to-interception ratio in 6 games. Newton missed New England's Week 4 game with the Chiefs after testing positive for COVID-19, and hasn't throw a touchdown, or led to the team a victory in the three games since then.
Check out the audio above as Whitlock details why he doesn’t believe Cam has the right mindset to be a quarterback in the NFL anymore, and says the loss of Richardson's guidance has been a huge loss to Newton's maturation.
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