Watch Cam Newton and Josh Norman get into scuffle at Panthers camp
You don’t tug on Superman’s cape. Unless you’re Josh Norman.
The Carolina Panthers’ brash young cornerback intercepted quarterback Cam Newton, but that was just the start of it. Here’s what followed:
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It appears things had been escalating between Newton and Norman, who has the reputation of being a feisty practice player and a young man who doesn’t back down from a challenge.
Added the Charlotte Observer, Newton said, “Hit me like that again. I know something,” and had to be pulled away by Panthers running back Jonathan Stewart and fullback Mike Tolbert. Here’s a second view of the fight, via the Observer.
Want another angle? You got it, via Bill Voth of Black & Blue Review:
Camp fights are nothing new, and they usually are much ado about nothing. But quarterbacks wearing red jerseys are seldom caught in the middle — even those nicknamed Superman.
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