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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton doesnt know why ratings have been down in the NFL this season, but he knows what hed like to see more of: players having fun and celebrating.The reigning NFL MVP says the league has to understand that allowing players to express themselves is good for the game.I really cant talk on their ratings, Newton said Tuesday as he prepared for a Thursday night game against the Saints. But in some?way, shape, form or fashion, we are entertainers. Our influence ranks second-to-none at this time of the year.Few, if any, in the league expressed himself more last season than Newton, whose Dab after touchdown runs spread throughout the country. Newton brought back the Atlanta-based dance in the second quarter of Sundays loss to Kansas City after proclaiming it retired following the 2015 season.Hes not sure whether hell continue to dab the rest of the season.But Newton would like the league to allow more celebrating.Youre asking a person who celebrates, he said with a smile.Newton grew up in Atlanta watching cornerback Deion Prime Time Sanders, known for high-stepping and showboating after big plays.Newton watched the Monday night game between the New York Giants and Cincinnati Bengals just to see what wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. would do after a touchdown.Beckham did his version of Michael Jacksons Thriller. Newton began softly singing the lyrics to the song as he described it.Football is hard, man, Newton said. I cant stress it enough. The way my body feels right now is not going to be the same way it feels come Thursday. Now Im sore, but still knowing that Thursday I gotta give everything.And if scoring a touchdown, getting a sack, getting a win ... let alone all of that bottled up and staying here until 10 at night and here at 6 in the morning, all of that energy that you put, spending time away from your family, all of that bottled up and being able to do exactly what you planned and foresaw yourself doing, you are owed something.Newton, whose foundation sponsors a 7-on-7 football tournament, says he sees his influence and the influence of other NFL players throughout the year talking to kids.So when you come out in blue cleats or white cleats, gold cleats, whatever cleats ... When you come out and do a certain dance, people are watching, Newton said. And when you nuke that, I wouldnt say the ratings may get affected. I dont know what you can determine to that.[But] Im an advocate of youth football, and every time I look on social media or wherever, and I see kids from where I grew up in Atlanta wearing your cleats to doing the whatever, its just mind-boggling. And you have to understand your worth to giving back to your community, as well as the league has to understand its entertaining for people to see that.Newton recalled how he was influenced by the University of Miami football team as a kid in terms of wanting to wear a bandanna as he wears now.I wasnt from Miami, but they didnt know how important they were for my overall growth for the love of football, Newton said. I am pretty sure there are people that I dont know that I wish I could talk to.Its just football brings a lot of people together. I saw one commercial the NFL put together where it says football is family -- and it really is. 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With how everything went down, it was very disappointing, and it was ... it was heartbreaking for me, Marshall said.That pain lingers all these years later.My old coach told me that he didnt know if I was going to make it in this league. And then it was weird, the old GM, (Gene Smith) told my agent that he thought I had a bad attitude, Marshall said. There was a while when the coaches wouldnt even talk to me. One time, the old GM, he cut me and he said, `Your ankles are stiff. Stiff ankles! He really said that.Insults like that dont fade; they fester.No, it never goes away, man. Ive always thought about it, what the coach said to me, what the GM said to me, and how I feel I was treated over there, the opportunities that I didnt have, Marshall said. This is something that Ive been looking forward to. I cant wait. Im going to have so much energy, so much juice. Im excited.When Marshall signed his four-year, $32 million extension last summer, he said he uses the Jaguars snubs as motivation whether at practice, in the weight room or between the lines on game day.Thats my chip, Marshall said, the biggest chip I have because people doubted me.Nobody doubted Jackson, who scored a defensive touchdown in Denvers 24-10 Super Bowl win over Carolina when he recovered Cam Newtons fumble in the end zone on Von Millers first of two sack-strips.Its just that the Broncos had to pay Miller , Marshall and Emmanuel Sanders --- whose contracts total $179.dddddddddddd5 million -- in the offseason after signing Derek Wolfe to a four-year, $37.5 million deal in January.The Broncos miss Jackson, though.After allowing the third-fewest yards rushing (83.6) per game last year, their run defense has tumbled to 27th, yielding 120 yards a game.The Jaguars missed on Marshall, who leads the Broncos with 259 tackles since 2014.The Broncos (7-4) are scrambling to make the playoffs for a sixth consecutive season and are facing tough breaks -- rookie QB Paxton Lynch is getting his second start with Trevor Siemian out with a sprained left foot -- and a tough schedule, with games left against the Titans, Patriots, Chiefs and Raiders after Sunday.Those teams have a combined 32-13 record.The Jaguars arent the pushover their 2-9 record might suggest as theyve lost six close games.Still, its been an adjustment for Jackson, who never lost more than four games in any of his four seasons in Denver.Its kind of sobering because you realize every teams not winning 12 games a year, said Jackson, who added he probably would still be in Denver had the Broncos made their same $53 million offer to him last season.Not that he regrets anything.I couldnt be happier, Jackson said of his new role as the veteran tutor showing younger teammates what it takes to become a champion.And hes hoping he gets to play another role this weekend, that of spoiler.I think that would be awesome to beat the old team that let you go, Jackson said. Im looking forward to this game. Its definitely one Ive had circled for a long time.So has Marshall.Game notesVon Miller gave every player in the AFC West a custom bottle of wine with a note saying what an honor it is to face them twice a year and thanking them for helping to make the game great. The label features an orange outline of Millers signature eyeglasses.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton ' ' '