Fans often forget that a negotiation, particularly through free agency, is a two-street way. Not only must a team want to sign a player, but that player must also want to sign with that team.
And that, as we move into April, remains the case between the Carolina Panthers and quarterback Cam Newton.
In a revealing one-on-one interview between himself and Jonathan M. Alexander of The Charlotte Observer, general manager Scott Fitterer expanded a bit more on a possible return for the franchise’s all-time leading passer. When asked by Alexander if the Panthers had a contingency plan in free agency after the Deshaun Watson pursuit fell through, Fitterer—perhaps surprisingly so—brought up Newton’s name himself.
