
What I will miss most about Cam Newton carrying the Carolina Panthers through so many dozens of games boils down to one word:Joy.Newton did a lot of things differently. But his joy for the game and for life blanketed all of it through his nine years as a Panther, a tenure that officially ended Tuesday when the team thanked him for his service — and released him.The quarterback would smile in the middle of a huddle, or while playing hide-and-seek between the tackling dummies at practice, or just before he was about to juke a safety.In 2017, Newton made time at the line of scrimmage to tease Gre…
