Cam Newton Spotted Living His Best Life On 8 Wheels

It's hard to believe but the Carolina Panthers could make the NFL playoffs this season. That certainly didn't look like a possibility back in September. However, since Steve Wilks took over for Matt Rhule as head coach, the Cats have managed to win a few games. The team hasn't looked this good since the Cam Newton era.

Speaking of our former MVP quarterback, Cam was recently spotted participating in another athletic activity: roller skating. It appears that he was rocking the rink at Sparkles Family Fun Center of Smyrna, just outside of his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. In the video clip, Cam is dancing on those eight wheels. The man can skate! And why not? He was always good on his feet.

After the video below went viral, folks began chiming in. According to a website called The Shade Room, a lot of people were making jokes at Cam's expense, but just as many people tweeted their admiration for the man. Say what you will about Cam Newton, he has always been uncompromisingly himself. And it looks like and he's living his best life away from football.

I have to admit this came as a little bit of a surprise to me. I mean around here the Panthers are the home team so it makes sense there are more fans of them than other teams. But you never fail to see a significant portion of fans in the visiting team's colors on game day. Which, in a city full of transplants does make sense. But I guess I just wouldn't have imagined a team that has struggled in recent years and is still one of the newest in the league, would rank so high. But despite my surprise, the Carolina Panthers ranked as the 12th most popular NFL team in a recent study by Betway.

I'm also not remotely shocked at the number one and two teams on this list. It plays right into the "bandwagon teams" as I often refer to them. Hate me all you want for that statement, but in most cases it is true. And if you're actually from one of those places then no judgment from me. Not only with how high the Panthers ranked (beating 19 teams) but some of who we beat is interesting. We ranked as more popular than both teams that played in the Super Bowl last year. And not just one or two spots higher.

So how did these rankings come about? Teams are ranked by how many combined followers they have across social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok. Also listed in the % likeability. According to Betway: to determine the teams based on who's most positively talked about online we used the Linkfluence social listening tool that crawls data on mentions across the internet from the past 12 months.

Want to read the full study including teams across other professional sports leagues? Go here. Continue reading for the complete rankings of the most popular NFL teams from least to most.

% likeability: 6.8

Total following: 2,371,136

% likeability: 7.16

Total following: 2,371,136

% likeability: 9.37

Total following: 3,521,400

% likeability: 6.76

Total following: 4,178,478

% likeability: 9.41

Total following: 4,185,890

% likeability: 7.85

Total following: 4,194,035

% likeability: 8.92

Total following: 4,194,035

% likeability: 16.10

Total following: 4,287,425

% likeability: 10.70

Total following: 4,666,730

% likeability: 12.80

Total following: 4,678,884

% likeability: 9.42

Total following: 4,821,000

% likeability: 9.99

Total following: 4,889,445

% likeability: 10.30

Total following: 4,955,146

% likeability: 13.90

Total following: 5,311,064

% likeability: 10.70

Total following: 5,440,136

% likeability: 11.10

Total following: 5,440,136

% likeability: 10.50

Total following: 6,402,550

% likeability: 18.20

Total following: 6,652,833

% likeability: 13.30

Total following: 7,216,811

% likeability: 13.30

Total following: 7,216,811

% likeability: 6.63

Total following: 7,868,928

% likeability: 16.20

Total following: 8,061,400

% likeability: 12.10

Total following: 8,245,252

% likeability: 11.30

Total following: 8,375,042

% likeability: 13.40

Total following: 8,467,020

% likeability: 16.10

Total following: 8,627,742

% likeability: 13.80

Total following: 9,411,393

% likeability: 11.70

Total following: 9,901,326

% likeability: 13.90

Total following: 10,251,535

% likeability: 16.40

Total following: 10,567,548

% likeability: 16.30

Total following: 16,858,395

% likeability: 11.70

Total following: 17,918,484