Five years ago the Carolina Panthers made one of their biggest blunders – and there was a lot of competition for that honor. Rather than giving former league MVP Cam Newton another shot to start after coming off an injury-shortened 2019 season they decided to cut Newton and replace him with Teddy Bridgewater, who they signed to a three-year, $63 million deal. The decision worked out about as well as everything else the Panthers did around that time. Despite having a sharp 5-0 run with the New Orleans Saints the previous season, Bridgewater fell short in Carolina, going just 4-11 in one year as their starter before he was also cut.