Since the weekend their have been rumblings that the Carolina Panthers and Cam Newton were close to signing a deal that would keep their starting quarterback in Carolina for a long time. Tuesday afternoon the Panthers wrote a nice check to make Newton of the richest players ever in NFL history. Newton signed a five year $103.8 million extension with $60 million guaranteed and $67.6 million due in the first three years. Newton will get $31 million (total with signing bonus, salary and roster bonus) during the 2015 season.
The quarterback is heading into his fifth year, last season he led the Panthers to a NFC South title and a playoff victory. The Panthers finished 7-9, but that wasn’t Newton’s fault, cast some blame to the general manager (Dave Gettleman) for not getting him the proper weapons on offense.
Me and Ron personally thought the Panthers were setting Cam up so they didn’t have to pay him in the future, but we were proved wrong on the pay part, but they still were setting him up. Now even more eyes will be on Newton and with his new payday I’m pretty sure he won’t mind the extra scrutiny.
Cam feel free to loan the homies over at The Front Office News a few dollars if you need a tax write off we are here for you (lol).
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