Carolina Panthers great Cam Newton offered career advice to Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott

Former NFL MVP and Panthers quarterback Cam Newton discusses the options for the Cowboys and Dak Prescott.

Tim Weaver | Sep 8, 2024

CHARLOTTE, NC - SEPTEMBER 09: Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys greets Cam Newton #1 of the Carolina Panthers after their game at Bank of America Stadium on September 9, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. / (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

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The Carolina Panthers will begin the second season of the Bryce Young era later today when they take on the New Orleans Saints. For now, the Panthers have little choice but to hope that Young breaks out of his rookie season funk and starts delivering on all the potential that made him a number one overall draft pick in the first place.

If Young doesn't step up and deliver, there's a decent chance that the Panthers will decide to go in a different direction at quarterback next offseason - especially considering the history of team owner David Tepper, who's impatient to build a winning record for the first time since he bought the franchise.

If Carolina decides to reset at QB again, the 2025 NFL draft is probably the best place to find Yong's replacement. However, there are a couple of interesting options in the next free agent class, headlined by Dallas Cowboys star Dak Prescott. If he decides to test the market, Prescott would be the most-coveted free agent QB in a long time. Will Dak actually leave Dallas, though?

Only time will tell on that. For now, here's Panthers legend Cam Newton offering Prescott some career advice on his latest podcast.

'Knowing what I know now, the grass isn’t always greener. If you can make it work with one team, do it.'@CameronNewton responds to Mike Tannenbaum’s claim that Shedeur Sanders may replace Dak Prescott in Dallas pic.twitter.com/fFZ9gfKeaW
— 4thand1show (@4thand1show) September 7, 2024

It sounds like Cam would have preferred to stay in Carolina his entire career rather than spend that one odd year with New England. At least early on in that 2020 season Newton clearly still had it, which makes us wonder what might have been had he stayed with the Panthers.

Update: Well, that was quick. Prescott has agreed to a four-year, $240 million extension with the Cowboys heading into their first game of the season. The deal makes Dak the highest-paid player in the NFL.