Thanks to Cam Newton ‘dabbin’ mania is sweeping the globe as more and more people are sharing videos of the dab dance popularized by the Super Bowl QB.
Brandon Marshall of the NY Jets has weighed-in with an opinion on Cam Newton’s fun approach to the game. Marshall made an appearance on The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore and shared his thoughts on Newton:
“I don’t want my quarterback dancing. I want my quarterback to get in the huddle and lead us. This is the new generation. This is what they’re doing next: they’re disruptive, they’re disrespectful and they don’t give a damn about anyone. And I kind of like it! I kind of like it!”
“Well you gotta look at it. Odell Beckham, Jr., and then you have Cam Newton who I think is leading the way. Go back to when he was a rookie and he said I want to be an icon — if you want to be an icon you can’t stay in the box, you’ve got to get out of a box and be disruptive.”
“But when you look at it, it’s a generational thing and I just stick to that. I don’t think it’s racial. I just think there’s a box we put our quarterbacks in and we say this is how you’re supposed to be. This is how Peyton Manning did it, this is how Joe Montana did it, Tom Brady, so you do it the same way.”
Marshall made some more comments about Cam’s business sense:
“You know what? First of all I want to say this — I commend him because back in the day our athletes and entertainers used to be civil rights leaders. They used to speak up. But now the business has taken over. “You have these brands — Under Armour, Nike, Beats by Dre and that yogurt he endorsed. They come in and say, ‘Be a good boy, shut your mouth and collect your check.”
Throughout the conversation Marshall goes back and forth with criticism and praise, so it’s hard to tell if he’s throwing shade or giving props to Cam Newton. His comments have an air or salty, but he also commends Cam Newton on several occasions. What do you think, did Brandon Marshall cross the line here?