Cam Newton had already had a good day. He set the rookie NFL record for passing yards, then followed that up with a 91-yard touchdown toss. He led his Panthers to a comfortable 34-10 lead over the Buccaneers. But he wan’t done.

What a rookie season Cam Newton is having. Not only had he already exceeded any and all expectations prior to the start of today’s matchup against the Bucs, but he’s now gone and broken Peyton Manning’s single-season rookie record for most passing yards. Something no NFL expert or prognosticator had him pegged to do.

It’s okay to admit it: in some idle moment or another, you’ve probably imagined being an NFL coach, or at least a high-level football coach of some sort.

Today during a 38-19 win over the Buccaneers, Cam Newton became the NFL record-holder for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in a single season with 13, via a trio of one-yard scampers. Considering Newton’s Carolina Panthers still have four games left to play, it’s an especially impressive achievement. Also impressive: that Newton didn’t even keep the ball for himself.

What can’t Cam Newton do? Not much. Just recently, he ran the ball into the end zone from 14 yards out to give the Panthers a 17-14 lead over the Falcons, and as impressive as it is that a guy his size is running the ball like that against an NFL defense (not to mention completing 15 of 23 passes for 164 yards as of this writing), what more people will probably be talking about is what he did after he scored

Cam Newton threw a 54-yard touchdown pass to Steve Smith to put the Carolina Panthers on the board in the first quarter against the New Orleans Saints. For whatever reason, Saints safety Roman Harper decided to pop Smith after he had already scored, drawing a 15-yard late hit penalty and instigating a silly little fight.

Cam Newton’s career in the NFL is off to a solid start after this long touchdown pass to Steve Smith.

You might know Danny Sheridan as an oddsmaker…but if you’ve come to know him more recently, you might think of him as the guy who claimed to have inside info about the Cam Newton pay-for-play scandal, went on the radio to talk about it with Alabama-based host Paul Finebaum…and wouldn’t spill the beans, leading to a general belief that he didn’t really have any good info.

That belief was seemingly confirmed when, after he talked to the NCAA, that organization released a clearly-irritated statement regarding Sheridan’s “vague, unsubstantiated claims.” Well, now it seems Sheridan’s trying to make amends…but we’re afraid he’s too late to save himself from himself.

Last week, “America’s leading sports analyst and handicapper” Danny Sheridan went on Paul Finebaum’s radio show for a much-hyped appearance wherein he would supposedly reveal the name of the money handler in the Cam Newton pay-for-play controversy. Many were skeptical he would actually do this. Sure enough, he didn’t. More recently, he talked to the NCAA. He didn’t have anything for it, either. The NCAA is pissed.