Kelvin Benjamin's Informative Essay: The Carolina Panthers

It is a popular adage that there are only two certain things in life-death and taxes. But for the last decade or so in the National Football League, there has been another sure thing-as soon as he was eligible in 1993, Walter Payton was destined to be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. That is exactly what happened in January, 1993. All that remains was the exclamation point on his spectacular career-enshrinement day on July 31, 1993, when Payton and four other members of the Class of 1993 received pro football's highest honor.

The NFL has become the most popular sport in the United States. It is watched my millions every weekend. The NFL is only growing in popularity. With new fans joining the fun every day. The NFL has faced its share of problems too. With concussions scaring away many future players, the NFL is hoping to lower the possibility of concussions in the future. Each NFL team plays a total of 16 games over a span of 17 weeks. There are two conferences in the NFL, the AFC and the NFC. There are four divisions in each conference, each with 4 teams. The playoff teams are decided by the division rankings. The winner of each division makes the playoffs, with the two best 2nd place teams making it in as a wild card.

Tomorrow is promised to no one” - Walter Payton. Walter Payton lived by this quote his whole life not just on the football field playing for the Jackson State Tigers collegitaly or for the Chicago Bears professionally. He lived by that quote at a young age especially when his father died. Or when he was diagnosed with PSC a rare liver disease. He showed us how to live life before it's gone.

The Carolina Panthers had to come out of the locker room after the first half needing to get something going if they were going to come back and beat the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50. The first half was dominated by the defense. Whose defense would be able to hold out for the rest of the game would determine who would win the Super Bowl.

Cameron Jerrell Newton is an American football player who is the quarterback for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. He is a two-time Pro Bowl selection. Newton led the Tigers to a national championship and led the nation with 50 total touchdowns. he was sacked six times in the super bowl.

gets better and better. Next, Cam and the Panthers Have only one loss and are probably going to win the superbowl. Last, every time Cam gets a touchdown he gives the football to a little kid. Those are the reason fans love Cam Newton.

With summer camps starting up, Ayers was back on the field this summer. The Giants have great expectations for him during the 2015 season. He did not make it out of the first practice without having to be carted off the field, however, having gone down during a play with a potentially injured ankle or

The Panthers drafted Funchess 41nd overall in this years draft he was a standout at Michigan! The Panthers are making it very clear that they want tall targets for cam Newton to throw to. A good thing because when Newton is off he tends to throw high and now with the size of our receivers they might be able to snag more of those high throws. Funchess is 6’4 225 paired with Benjamin is going to be a matchup nightmare in the red zone because all Cam Newton has to do is throw a jump ball and our guys will have a great chance to catch it!

We have explored several corner prospects over the past few weeks. Each would be a tremendous upgrade to what is already on the Steelers roster.

The Carolina Panthers selected Cam newton as #1 draft pick in 2011. He quickly became the best player in the NFL in 2011 with throwing more than 21 touchdowns and over 4000 yards to earn the Offensive player of the year honors. Ever since he was drafted, he has been one of the league's stars. He also became one of the most dynamic players in NFL history. In 2015, Newton had a career record of 35 touchdowns and only 10 interceptions, and rushed for 10 more touchdowns. He also received the NFL MVP award. He led the panthers to a 15-1 record and made it to the Super Bowl. But then lost in Super Bowl 50 against Payton Manning and the Bronco's.

Having been called a thug, a menace, and a showboat all season by many, Newton can now add “crybaby” to the list. After the game Newton made headlines not for the Panther’s loss, but for his postgame interview, where after a very brief question and answer conference, he walked out of the press conference. His behavior set off a flood of criticisms on his unsportsmanlike conduct:

Which brings us to Big Ben Roethlisberger who has been in the public spotlight throughout his career for good and bad. Let’s start with the good. In his rookie year, Big Ben ended up playing fifteen games in total with two of those game in the postseason starting his second game of the season taking over for Tommy Maddox and finishing the season with 2621 yards passing, with seventeen touchdowns and eleven

In his presser to the media on Friday the day after the game, Head Coach Mike McCoy spoke about the likeness of Herndon's work ethic.

The NFL like all other sports went through an expansion draft in 1995 allowing the Carolina Panthers to become an NFL franchise. Thus allowing the growth of one of the more underrated fan bases to be born. Although, I wasn't born early enough to see this franchise from the beginning I've been around long enough to learn the Queen city loves their Panthers no matter what! This franchise has been through it all the magical Super Bowl run with the cardiac cats 2003 and a few forgettable years most recently a 2-14 showing in 2010. It wasn't all lost because we were able to draft our franchise quarterback Cam Newton and bring optimism to the Queen City once again! Through all that this fan base has stayed loyal and are beginning to see consistent

American football is one of the most popular games played and followed in United States. Many believe it to be No. 1 sport in North America and take it as religion than sports. It is dream of majority of youngster to pursue their careers in American football, as it is source of wealth and glory. To attain a successful career one has to play this game before he is 14. He has to be part of High School League, College League, and eventually National Football League (NFL).