Wade Phillips

MVP Newton, Watt, Rivera, Berry big winners of NFL awards

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cam Newton is now a Super Bowl quarterback with an MVP award.  Offensive Player of the Year, too. And his coach, Ron Rivera, owns a second NFL honor as well. Newton, the Carolina Panthers star, won The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year awards Saturday night. “It means so much, but not just for myself,” Newton said in a video acceptance speech for the MVP award. “To be the first person in Panthers history to win it — that’s what I’m most proud about. I’ve received a lot of awards,