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Tomorrow is the Carolina Panthers 2019 season opener Wes Horton Color Rush Jersey , so that means today’s countdown piece is devoted to the one and only No. 1 on the roster — quarterback Cameron Jerrell Newton.Cam Newton, QuarterbackBioHeight: 6’5”Weight: 245 lbsAge: 30 yearsCollege: AuburnNFL experience: 9 yearsIt’s a hell of a thing to think that this will be the ninth season that Cam Newton has been dazzling Panthers fans from under center. The tempestuous rookie has evolved into a more quiet, yet still highly energized, leader. He’s done that while making his own share of mistakes and weathering the baseless criticism for a thousand more.Right now he is facing questions similar to ones that have been predicted since the dawn of his career. Can his body hold up to the strain of playing in the NFL? He’s a linebacker sized man giving and taking an extraordinary number of linebacker sized hits while playing quarterback. But it’s not his knees or his back or anything else that is threatening his career at this turning point—I could even dare to call it a midpoint. It is his thowing shoulder, the most purely quarterback part of his body Stephen Curry Jersey , that threatens him. It’s the one issue that he can modify his game around to play longer. Tomorrow we start the season long process of answering the question of Newton’s shoulder. Tomorrow we get to see if he can still run and cut and heave the football at the age of 30 the way he promised us when he first stepped onto the field against the Arizona Cardinals on September 11th, 2011 and broke Peyton Manning’s rookie debut passing record.We’ve waiting long enough, and we haven’t waited half as long as Cam has (not if we give time the emotional gravity that it deserves) to see what this season brings.Y’all know what has happened. Y’all know who Newton has to line up across from tomorrow. We all know what is at stake. Now we get to sit back and see what kind of show Cam Newton has in store for us next. Tom Brady and Peyton Manning recently reunited, more than three years after Manning won the last installment of their rivalry. Since then, we’ve been waiting for another rivalry of that type to emerge.It hasn’t. And perhaps it never will.The planets lined up perfectly for Brady and Manning to develop a relationship that resulted in 17 contests in the 15 years that their careers overlapped. Both played for teams that dominated their divisions Shaq Thompson Color Rush Jersey , ensuring that they’d play each other virtually every season. By making it to the playoffs so consistently, they also increased the chances of crossing paths in the postseason.Other quarterbacks will have a hard time doing that. It’s a given that they need to be roughly the same age. If they’re in the same division, however, the quarterback rivalry easily will take a back seat to the broader rivalry between the teams. Also, they become less likely to meet in the postseason Kawann Short Jersey , where quarterbacks rivalries take on greater significance.But whether it’s Russell Wilson vs. Cam Newton (which briefly seemed like it could become the new Brady-Manning a few years ago) or Patrick Mahomes vs. Baker Mayfield or Mahomes vs. Deshaun Watson or Watson vs. Mayfield, their teams need to dominate in their divisions the way that Brady’s Patriots and Manning’s Colts/Broncos did.Currently, that’s going to be hard to do. There are simply too many good teams in both conferences, and Brady continues to be the only guy with a clear chance to continue to win his division every year. And it’s clear that, with Manning gone Vernon Butler Color Rush Jersey , Brady has no real rival.