POSITIVE CAM-PAIGN

He's done it all on and off the field for the Carolina Panthers. For 11 weeks the pundits and haters disguised as NFL analyst have been waiting on Cam Newton to falter; cost his team a game with his reckless play, errant throws and bad leadership decisions but they're still waiting...waiting...waiting.

Cam Newton has emerged as the right quarterback for the Carolina Panthers football in team and a special thanks goes to Head Coach Ron Rivera for remembering how the Super Bowl Chicago Bears won the title. Not with a throwing Dan Marino, a scrambling Randall Cunningham or a gun slinging Jim Kelly. No they won with a tough as nails, eccentric, make the big plays when they count Jim McMahon. I have no doubt he saw a lot of those same qualities and fearless components in Cam Newton.

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Cam is big, physical, brash, tough and more important a winner. He is also a leader who shoulders the losses and shares the wins. Cam loves the rhythm he's in, the clothes he wears and the life he leads. But so many others don't; I won't waste much time on the ill advised letter a parent sent regarding her nine year old daughter being disappointed by Cam Newton all the while probably turning the volume up on her iPod playing Taylor Swift. Never mind Swift's appeared in leather outfits requiring explanations from Moms, without one complaint to the super star for her fashion influence of inappropriate taste for her daughter. I call it "head in the sand couture."

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Cam Newton off the field feeds families, works with kids and so much more that many will never hear of because it doesn't feed into the negative and unkind attacks on his persona so I will lead the Positive Cam-Paign for Cam Newton. First and foremost the only stat that really matters in the NFL or any team sport is the number of wins and losses. Cam and Tom Brady are atop the mountain all by themselves. Cam is no distraction in the locker room or off the field thus making him an asset not a liability to the management. The only place Cam is a distraction is in the studios where former players and so called experts are unwillingly to give him his due. Some are finally on-board as their last ditch hope, Dallas on Thanksgiving proved to be less than formidable for Cam and yes the Carolina Defense. So regardless of where this season ends up for Carolina record wise Cam has to be in the MVP conversation. He's earned it with his play and skills and yes his dancing too. He's earned it with his philanthropic efforts and he's earned it by doing all the things during the week that help him play well on game day.

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Cam Newton is legit and so too are the people who are unbiased in evaluating him. I wonder which category you fit in? If you read this from start to finish you know where I stand. I hope that today and for the rest of the year, we not only give thanks but we also give credit where it's due. Giving Cam his due is a good place to start.

That's the way I see it sitting in The Box Seat. I'm Wayne Box Miller