Cam Newton, Michael Vick to square off in Super Bowl event
Although their NFL careers overlapped for five seasons, quarterbacks Cam Newton and Michael Vick never squared off on the field during that time.
But they will at the Super Bowl LIX flag-football game at 8 p.m. CST Saturday at the Play Football Field within the Super Bowl Experience presented by Panini, the NFL’s interactive football theme park at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. YouTube will stream the event.
Newton and Vick will serve as the quarterbacks for a seven-on-seven flag-football game featuring a variety of celebrities, with YouTube creators IShowSpeed and Kai Cenat serving as the team captains.
Newton and Vick won’t be the only quarterbacks involved. Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, an expected first-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, and Diana Flores, the quarterback for Mexico’s 2022 World Games gold-medal team, are among the celebrity players.
Flores is on Team Speed, and Sanders is on Team Kai.
Team Speed also features Newton, Mark Phillips, Adam W, Latto, Quavo, Sexyy Red, Plaqueboy Max and Khaby.
Team Kai also features Vick, Duke Dennis, Deestroying, Jordan Chiles, Teyana Taylor, Cole Bennett, MMG and Ki’Lolo Westerlund.
Newton and Vick also served as the quarterbacks for Super Bowl LVIII’s Celebrity Flag Game last year.
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The final five seasons of Vick’s NFL career were the first five of Newton’s career. They were on opposing teams once during that time, but the meeting came in a stretch of six games that Vick missed because of a concussion.
Newton and the Carolina Panthers defeated the Vick-less Philadelphia Eagles 30-22 on Nov. 26, 2012. The former Auburn All-American threw for 306 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 52 yards and two touchdowns against the Eagles.
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Philadelphia will play the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX at 5:30 p.m. CST Sunday at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. FOX will televise the game.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.