
Carolina took Benjamin in the first round in 2014 and shipped him to Buffalo midway through last season.
Mere days after Kelvin Benjamin's critical comments toward Cam Newton, the two former Panthers teammates got to see one another face-to-face before their preseason opener Thursday. Newton declined to speak to reporters after the game. "If you would've put me with any other quarterback, let's be real, you know what I'm saying?" The video was overlaid with the captions "All love on this side" and "No excuses just work". Benjamin, who has been a good-but-not-great player in his five-year career, believes Newton is inaccurate and without superior football knowledge.
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In an interview with The Athletic's Tim Graham last week, the Bills wide receiver explained that he wished he hadn't been drafted by the Panthers and lamented the fact that he had to play with a QB like Newton. We have a lot of respect for our opponents, No. 1, and everyone in the league. I don't know, man ... He then asked Thomas Davis to give them some space so he could confront Benjamin about his comments. Coming off a 9-8 straight up and 9-6-2 against the spread season, the Buffalo Bills open the 2018 preseason with a full-fledged quarterback battle.