Kelvin Benjamin, Cam Newton attempt to squash beef prior to preseason game, appear to fail miserably

Earlier this week, former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Kelvin Benjamin, now a member of the Buffalo Bills, made some headlines when his comments about his former quarterback Cam Newton came to light in an interview with The Athletic. Despite enjoying a breakout year in his rookie season that saw him catch 73 balls for 1,008 yards and nine TDs, Benjamin called his time in Carolina “a bad fit from the get-go,” going on to say:
“If you would’ve put me with any other quarterback, let’s be real, you know what I’m saying? Any other accurate quarterback like [Aaron] Rodgers or Eli Manning or Big Ben — anybody! — quarterbacks with knowledge, that know how to place a ball and give you a better chance to catch the ball. It just felt like I wasn’t in that position.”
These were some interesting statements from a guy who seemed to thrive with Newton his first year, but perhaps the frustration of an injury in 2015, a subsequent down year in 2016 (he still had 941 yards and 7 TDs) and a trade to B..

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