{"id":9837,"date":"2011-09-12T16:19:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-12T20:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=9837"},"modified":"2011-09-12T16:19:21","modified_gmt":"2011-09-12T20:19:21","slug":"cam-newton-is-disappointed-and-steve-smith-likes-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=9837","title":{"rendered":"Cam Newton Is Disappointed, And Steve Smith Likes That"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cam Newton<\/strong> had one of the greatest debut performances in NFL history on Sunday, but after the Panthers\u2019 28-21 loss to the Cardinals, he was unhappy.<\/p>\n<p>One of the veteran leaders in the Panthers\u2019 locker room is taking that as a good sign from the rookie quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Cam<\/strong> is very disappointed,\u201d wide receiver <strong>Steve Smith<\/strong> said. \u201cI\u2019m encouraged by that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newton<\/strong>, who\u2019s just a year removed from leading Auburn to a perfect season, was dejected about the loss. \u201cThe last time I lost a game was Navarro Junior College,\u201d <strong>Newton<\/strong> said. \u201cWhat do you want me to say, it feels great? It is not a comfortable feeling for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Panthers\u2019 Cam Newton Is Sweet In Defeat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brushing off criticism that he could not succeed as a pro passer, <strong>Newton<\/strong> shredded the Arizona secondary for 422 yards and accounted for all three of the Panthers\u2019 touchdowns. But the Cardinals took advantage of secondary and special teams breakdowns by the Panthers to claim a 28-21 victory and spoil the debut of the No. 1 draft pick.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newton<\/strong> broke the record held by <strong>Peyton Manning<\/strong> (302) for passing yards by a rookie in Week 1 and equaled <strong>Matthew Stafford\u2019s<\/strong> record total for rookies. <strong>Stafford<\/strong>, the No. 1 overall pick of Detroit, threw for 422 yards against Cleveland in Week 10 in 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cam Newton had one of the greatest debut performances in NFL history on Sunday, but after the Panthers\u2019 28-21 loss to the Cardinals, he was unhappy. One of the veteran leaders in the Panthers\u2019 locker room is taking that as a good sign from the rookie quarterback. \u201cCam is very disappointed,\u201d wide receiver Steve Smith [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}