Cam Newton may have upset his ex-Carolina Panthers teammates after his comments about joining losers when he was drafted to the team, and he isn't backing down. Days after making the statement, Newton doubled down and spoke about his remarks on his 4th and 1 podcast.

Cam Newton has drawn the ire of so many former Carolina Panthers because of his comments. Calling the team he arrived on "losers" sparked frustration from Charles Johnson, Steve Smith, Geoff Schwartz,

Former Panthers quarterback Cam Newton made a stir with comments about the state of the franchise when he arrived in 2011.

Steve Smith Sr. isn’t the only former Panther who seems irked about Cam Newton’s “locker room of losers” label.

“For him to say that we was losers was a slap in the face,” Munnerlyn told The Athletic's Joseph Person. “This was a team who was two years removed from playing in the NFC divisional round against the Arizona Cardinals. We lost a couple pieces. We had Checkdown Jimmy Clausen at quarterback and we had a bad year. … For him to say losers was crazy."

Newton is a growing media presence who said in November he was hurt when he wasn’t invited to join Smith, Luke Kuechly, Thomas Davis and other former players in Germany when the Panthers played the New York Giants. Newton caused a stir in January by saying he would not give back his MVP award for a Super Bowl championship.

Former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith Sr. took exception to comments made by former teammate Cam Newton, who called the team “losers” before he arrived in 2011 as the No. 1 overall pick.

Cam Newton had his feelings hurt by the Carolina Panthers in the past — and now he’s throwing shade at his “loser” former Panther teammates.

When I was the first pick, I went into a locker room of losers. Guys didn’t know how to win. Guys didn’t know how to prepare. It was a culture shock for me.”

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Earlier this week Carolina Panthers legend Cam Newton was a guest on Hunter's podcast and shared some harsh realities about being the first overall pick. For his part, Newton says he was drafted into a locker room of "losers" who did not know how to win or prepare. Watch.