Carolina Panthers Cam Newton: I let fans down after Super Bowl 50
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton now says he let people down at his Super Bowl 50 postgame news conference, according to ESPN’s David Newton.
“The truth is, I represent something way bigger than myself,” Newton told Ebony in the magazine’s latest edition. “I’m doing it for [my fans and family] and I felt like I let them down.”
Newton gave short answers to questions after the 24-10 loss to Denver and then walked out on reporters.
“I just wasn’t ready to talk,” Newton added. “Was I mad? Hell, yeah! But there could have been a better way to control it ...”
This story was originally published April 28, 2016 at 6:30 PM with the headline "Carolina Panthers Cam Newton: I let fans down after Super Bowl 50."