SEATTLE -- John Moffitt hasn't played professional football in four years, but that didn't stop him from defending Carolina QB Cam Newton.
On Sunday, the former Seattle Seahawks offensive guard posted his thoughts about women reporters in the NFL.
Moffitt's post has received 56 shares and 140 comments, so far.
Last week, a Charlotte Observer reporter asked the 2015 NFL MVP about wide receiver Devin Funchess’ route running, Newton laughed and said, “It’s funny to hear a female talk about routes. It’s funny.”
A day later Newton apologized in a video posted to Twitter.
“What I did was extremely unacceptable,” Newton said. “I’m a father to two beautiful daughters and I try to instill in them that they can be anything that they want to be. The fact that during this process I have already lost sponsors and countless fans I realize that the joke is really on me. I have really learned a valuable lesson from this.”
After Newton's original statement, the NFL quickly released a statement saying that Newton’s response to the question was “just plain wrong and disrespectful to the exceptional female reporters and all journalists who cover our league.”
However, it doesn’t appear there will be any punishment handed out to Newton.