Former Panthers star Cam Newton refuses to back down from 'locker room of losers' comments

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Cam Newton, who spent the majority of his 11-year NFL career with the Carolina Panthers, is not backing down from his recent criticism of his former teammates.

Newton was the first overall selection in the 2011 NFL Draft and said when he arrived in Carolina he entered a locker room of "losers." 

The 2015 NFL MVP acknowledged his remarks were "aggressive," but he remained steadfast in his position that they were "true."

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Cam Newton at Michael Rubin's Fanatics Super Bowl party at Marquee Dayclub Las Vegas at The Cosmopolitan Feb. 10, 2024, in Las Vegas.  (Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images)

"When did we become so sensitive," the former NFL star said this week during the "4th&1 with Cam Newton" podcast. "When did we become so sensitive to really speaking what the reality is? A locker room full of losers? Aggressive, but it’s true."

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The three-time Pro Bowl quarterback made the initial comments during an interview with Colorado football star Travis Hunter.

Newton told Hunter he has "no way of impacting the game the way a quarterback does." 

"I went into a locker room of losers," Newton said. "Just honest. Guys didn’t know how to win, guys didn’t know how to prepare. They didn’t take themselves serious to realize we was 2-14. There was a lot of 2-14 in the mentality of those guys."

Hunter, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, is projected to be one of the first players selected in April's draft. Newton was offering Hunter some insight into the pressure the two-way player could face if he becomes this year's