Cam Newton is retiring...this TD celebration dance

No! Say it ain't so!

Carolina Panthers quarterback and 2015 NFL MVP Cameron Newton has decided it's time to hang it up. His touchdown celebration that is. The "Dab" was popularized by Newton after he would break out the Atlanta-based dance craze —- he's from Atlanta —- whenever he scored a touchdown.

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Newton has decided that he has to find a new way to celebrate a score this coming season though. "I have to put that aside,'' the he said Thursday during an interview on WFZN-AM radio's "The Mac Attack'' show from Charlotte.

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Newton took a lot of criticism for his dabbing during the season and that might be one of the reasons he has decided to change it up. He doesn't know what he'll do next, but he has until September to figure it out and give us something spectacular for another season.