In fact the committee, which held its first meeting in February1995 at the NFL combine in Indianapolis, was made up almost entirely of NFL insiders. Nearly half the members were team doctors, the same men who had been sending concussed players back on the field for years. There were two trainers, a consulting engineer and an equipment manager.He played first for the Chicago Cardinals, a team so penurious that Pat and his young wife lived in a hotel room for the season and their baby daughter slept in a dresser drawer. A new coach was hired and promised that Pat would be the cornerstone of the team's future. A few weeks later, standing in a Florida post office, Pat opened the newspaper to the sports page and learned he'd been traded to the New York Giants..

This year Newton has had two good games (New Orleans in a win and Atlanta in the loss that will haunt Carolina all season) and three bad ones. Defenses haven totally figured him out, but they certainly have a better idea