It was in the lead up to playing Carolina. Likely venting from all the questions asked about Carolina and the matchup. Newton is polarizing. To solicit a response of strong beliefs is obvious, whether negative or positive. But, honestly, even in my distaste for him, I think it's fair to say no one truly ever praises him fairly. Sure coaches and others will do the warm fuzzies and patronization but you don't ever hear true compliments about him or his Integrity or what he is up to you as a person... Because generally he's regarded as a douche. And that's mostly because the way he buffets off the field as well it's his Antics on the field which do not belong on there.
as a football player he's among the top five in the league perhaps, as a quarterback he's barely top 10 if at all.