Panthers’ Ron Rivera on Cam Newton: ‘An awful lot of room to grow’

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cam Newton wasn’t among the top 101 players ranked by Pro Football Focus after the 2014 season.

Now he’s No. 8.

That makes the reigning NFL MVP the highest ranked quarterback from 2015.

And according to coach Ron Rivera, who was interviewed on Wednesday afternoon on ESPN 730 AM, Newton is just “scratching the surface’’ of what he can be.

“He’s got an awful lot of room to grow,’’ Rivera told the radio station. “He can really transcend this game in many different ways because of the way the game is played today.

“The game is played at an up tempo, it’s played from a spread offense, it’s played from the shotgun . . . the quarterbacks makes the opportunity to whether run, …

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