Sore loser: Panthers quarterback Cam Newton defends his Super Bowl sulk

After the game, Ware said he wishes he “could cut” up the MVP award and share it with his teammates with Ware being at the top of that wish list.

As the Carolina Panthers cleaned out their lockers, Cam Newton responded defiantly to criticism of his Super Bowl postgame behavior. Who likes to lose?

“I’ve been on record to say I’m a sore loser”, the Panthers QB said Tuesday, via the Charlotte Observer.

Rivera suggested in the future Newton may need more time before addressing the media to get his emotions in check.

“I don’t have no more tears to cry”. At the end of the day, when you invest so much time and sacrifice so much… and things don’t go as planned… I think he still has a little bit left in him. He wasn’t gonna to relax until that final second ticked off. I’ve had a great chance to celebrate with Eli. “And I am my own person, and I take pride in that”. I said, ‘Why are you guys acting like this?

“I don’t think it has anything to do with [Newton lacking] humility”, Marshall said.

“I was just focused on whether they were going for two, and knew the defense had to step up and make some stops.”

If he doesn’t want to partake in the press conference, then I don’t care about that. He said if he offended anyone, “that’s cool”, and that he would not change his persona to appease anyone.

“You can say what you want”. But as Newton has made clear since he reported to training camp this summer, he’s not going to be who we expect. “That’s why I’m happy for Von”. I’m here to win football games for this organization, for Mr. Richardson, for my teammates and my fans. I fumbled, that’s fine.

We’ve seen a ton of quarterbacks handle a loss the right way, answering questions, praising the opponent and sitting through question after question about a loss that was tough to handle emotionally. “I never proclaimed that I was flawless, but at the end of the day, people pick and do things of that sort”, Newton added.

We should hope more athletes stop pretending to please us and react how they want to in a loss, even if that means showing a side we don’t regularly see – one many criticize because it’s not a norm we foolishly haven’t deemed acceptable.