Who are we to believe, the polarizing quarterback, or the grizzly old veteran referee.
according to Bill Voth of the Black and Blue Review, Panthers quarterback Cam Newton said Ed Hochuli told him he “wasn’t old enough” to get a roughing the passer call after being hit out-of-bounds against the Saints.
“I was really baffled by what was said to me,” Newton said of Hochuli. “I was rolling out trying to string out the play and create some kind of opportunity to get a completion. The defensive lineman kind of hit me. It was close, right on the cusp, late hit, I don’t know.
“The response I got was: ‘Cam you’re not old enough to get that call.’ . . . I didn’t think you had to have seniority to get a personal foul.”
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There’s an unwritten rule about veterans getting all the calls, but Newton is a $100 million quarterback.
According to a PFT, Hochuli denied telling Newton he “wasn’t old enough” to get a call in today’s win over the Saints.