Sitting on the sofa (or within the press field) and believing that you are able to do, or be higher at, what skilled athletes accomplish day by day is outrageous. However pondering you may beat up a person who’s arguably probably the most bodily imposing quarterback the NFL has ever seen isn’t simply laughable, it’s proof of why you deserved to get your ass whooped.
Cam Newton stands 6’5” and weighs someplace round 245 kilos, give or take. Working up on him is dumb.
He’s a game-changer. Not a sport supervisor.
On Sunday, social media was in a frenzy after footage confirmed Newton “knuck’n” as a result of a gaggle of males had been “buck’n” at a 7-on-7 youth soccer match in Atlanta — Newton’s hometown.
It’s nonetheless unclear what triggered the lads to assault Newton, as he fended off the lads with ease. Ultimately, we’ll know extra and all of the questions can be answered, as Newton doesn’t shrink back from issues on his podcast or by way of social media. However this isn’t about why the scuffle occurred, who was concerned and what it means. That is concerning the one factor sensible folks have at all times recognized, which is that attempting to struggle a professional athlete is silly.
Nearly all of them are real-life motion figures. It gained’t work out effectively for you. It’s why Newton’s hat didn’t transfer an inch whereas a gaggle of males had been attempting their hardest to inflict ache on a person who in all probability felt nothing after these males gave their every part. “Newton, the No. 1 pick in the 2011 NFL draft out of Auburn, does not appear to throw any punches in the video and seems to be fending off three other people. There is one punch thrown in Newton’s direction, but it is unclear if it landed on the former quarterback,” read the report from ESPN on the incident.
It’s as if the group of males forgot who Newton was, or had been in some way unaware of his resume. That is the person who was part of those infamous Florida teams during Urban Meyer’s run with the Gators earlier than he left this system allegedly as a consequence of a stolen laptop computer, during which he was potentially facing a felony. Newton then went to Blinn School, a spot that the sports activities world had by no means heard of, and gained a junior school nationwide championship in his lone season. He did the identical factor the next season, as he gained the Heisman and a nationwide championship at Auburn. He then turned the No. 1 decide within the 2011 NFL Draft and produced one of many best rookie seasons we’ve seen from a quarterback. 4 years later, he turned the primary Black quarterback to ever win MVP, outright. He additionally took the Carolina Panthers to the Tremendous Bowl that season.
There are tons of causes to make enjoyable of Newton and suppose he’s a joke. He says stupid things — a lot. He wears bizarre outfits and hats and appears extra like a comic book ebook villain than a former NFL quarterback along with his resume. And his views on women are terrible.
However regardless of all that, he can whoop the asses of 99.9 % of individuals on this Earth. His center identify is Jerrell, which is similar to Joe-El — Superman’s dad. That’s not a person you wish to play video games with.
In all seriousness, it was unlucky that Newton was even put in a state of affairs during which he needed to defend himself, at a spot the place children had been enjoying, particularly since he’s been an lively chief in youth soccer in Atlanta for years. And given the present local weather of America, and what came about on the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs’ parade, it’s even sadder that now we have to be grateful that weapons weren’t concerned on this incident, because it was over just a few seconds after it began. Hopefully, cooler heads will proceed to prevail.
However in the long run, Sunday was a reminder that pondering you may interact in fisticuffs with professional athletes who play a sport during which ridiculously robust males routinely seize, deal with, push, pull, and hit one another is de facto dumb. It’s like Bomani Jones pointed out on Twitter/X, Cam Newton and Pacman Jones each went to Westlake Excessive College in Atlanta. “Leave those Westlake dudes alone, man. Just leave ‘em be.”
