Newton, Manning arrive at Super Bowl

The Carolina Panthers will have not one but two MVPs on the field for Super Bowl 50.

Curry banged the drum earlier this season before the Panthers beat the Houston Texans in Week 2.

Curry won his first career MVP award and championship last season, now it looks as though Cam Newton is on the same trajectory.

“We used to drive down to Clemson to watch them play that first year before (what’s now Bank of America) Stadium was built”, Curry told reporters at practice Friday. Mills died of cancer in 2005 and gave a speech prior to a playoff game advising the team to “keep pounding”. How does someone who lives on the West Coast become a Carolina Panthers fan?

The Panthers tweeted out a picture Sunday afternoon of a locker, sandwiched between spots reserved for linebackers Thomas Davis and Luke Kuechly, that housed Curry’s customized No. 30 Carolina jersey.

Stephen Curry has pounded the drum for the Panthers before.

Curry had better be a good luck charm – he has guaranteed a Super Bowl victory for a while now and the Warriors did their part Saturday night against Oklahoma City.

Mills’ son is now an assistant defensive line coach on this Panthers team.