After scoring a touchdown during the Panthers-Bengals preseason game on Thursday, Carolina quarterback Cam Newton celebrated by doing an imitation of the LeBron James powder toss.

That routine would be unpopular in these parts for obvious reasons. But, more importantly, he missed on something else: You don't give that away during the exhibition season. He's lucky no one noticed or didn't care.

Even Newton's teammates didn't see it coming. They started slapping him on his helmet and patting his back before he was finished. Good thing he wasn't really using powder. It would have stung their eyes.

- Howard Primer