[Chiefspants]

I re-watched the Super Bowl 50 highlights with Cam after watching him dominate the 2015 season. Has one game had more of a negative impact on a player's career than Super Bowl 50 had on Cam Newton?

It is incredible how the Denver defense made him completely unravel. With the fossil of Peyton Manning playing on the other side, the only way Carolina loses that game is if they beat themselves, and damn if Denver's defense didn't make them do just that. Denver deserves credit, Cam was never the same after Von Miller sent him to the moon on that early sack - but the amount of unforced errors Carolina made from that point was just astounding to watch. Whoever was playcalling for Carolina in that game deserves more blame than Cam - seriously. Seven step drops against Denver's D that year was just not going to work. Funnily enough, Alex Smith was pretty much Denver's kryptonite that year. Screens, short drops, misdirection, and limiting mistakes was the way to beat them. Even the Patriots beat themselves against Denver that year. They had two critical failures on fourth down in the 4th quarter against Denver in the Championship game, if they just take the points, they beat Denver comfortably at Mile High. Andy really had Denver down (like he does all divisional foes) by the end of that season - for whatever reason no one bothered to peek at his playbook when it was playoff time.

Cam has never been looked at the same way after that game. The performance was one thing, but how he froze on that last fumble (giving Denver the game) and stormed out of the postgame just left a mark on him that he hasn't been able to shake. People forget how he was two games away from leading Carolina to an undefeated season before that game - he truly took over the league that year and it was all forgotten after that game.

I'd be curious to see a competent offensive mind work with him - seriously. He was a blast to watch when he was on.