The Carolina Panthers were hoping to see the student become the teacher. But there was one big problem with that . . .
As first reported by Joseph Person of The Athletic on Tuesday, the Panthers reached out to Cam Newton about the possibility of a backup role contingent on the acquisition of then Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson. Team beat writer Sheena Quick then backed up the backup plan—tweeting out two hours later that the team did, in fact, offer Newton the job had such a deal been completed.
Now, what we do know is that this scenario went up in smoke, obviously. Watson, of course, eliminated the Panthers from consideration before ultimately okaying a blockbuster move to the Cleveland Browns a week ago.
