Ravens' Weddle likens Panthers' Newton to 'fast dinosaur'

Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton may be known by the nickname "Superman," but the Baltimore Ravens have a different comparison for their Week 8 opponent.

"He's a fast dinosaur, muscular and big and runs people over," Ravens safety Eric Weddle said Wednesday, according to Jamison Hensley of ESPN. "He's a very unique quarterback in this league. He's the only one really like him."

Asked to elaborate, Weddle said Newton would be a triceratops, because that's the one that "just bowls people over."

Newton, listed at 6-foot-5, 245 pounds, has 257 rushing yards and three scores on the ground through six games. It's his second-highest yards per game average in the past six seasons.

The three-time Pro Bowler and 2015 MVP says Trooper Taylor, an assistant during his time at Auburn, originated the prehistoric analogy.

"I always asked him, 'Why do you call me a dinosaur?'" Newton said. "He said, 'Your talent is extinct. They don't make them like you no more.' I always laughed, but if you look around this league, and I've tried to warn a lot of people prior, too, but it's not cocky, it's not confidence, it's just self-belief in yourself, knowing that the talents that you possess, a lot of people can't say that they have."

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