Seeing Cam Newton back in Charlotte this season, standing in front of a roaring crowd and pounding the drum before the Panthers’ Wild Card game against the Los Angeles Rams, was one of those moments.

The fence that once stood between Cam and the Carolina Panthers organization? Gone. And the timing couldn’t have been more perfect.

This year marked ten seasons since that magical 2015 Super Bowl run — the greatest year in franchise history. And if we’re being honest, the way it was recognized felt… light.

A podcast series before the season with guys like Jonathan Stewart, Luke Kuechly, and Josh Norman was nice, but it didn’t match the magnitude of what that team meant to this city. Part of that hesitation likely centered around one big question: would Cam be part of it?

If you were going to have a recognition of that 2015 team, no disrespect to Luke Kuechly, Jonathan Stewart, Mike Tolbert, Thomas Davis and whoever else would be there, you couldn't do it without 1. Not without Superman.

Little did we know, it was going to end up working out perfectly.

The Panthers’ first home playoff game since that 2015 season — since the night they demolished the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship and Bank of America Stadium registered on the Richter scale — featured Cam back in the building, embraced by the fans and reunited in spirit with that era.

Fittingly, Greg Olsen, one of his most trusted weapons from that run, was on the call for FOX. It felt like a full-circle moment for the franchise.

As someone who was there and made sure to come out of the press box and get down to where all the fans were for the moment to truly experience what that energy felt like, it was magical.

As you probably saw on TV or if you were lucky enough to be there, Cam came through the smoke and lights in the tunnel, lifted his finger to the sky and did "the Superman" as if he was about to take the field one more time. It was a moment I'll never forget.

Cam Newton isn’t just a former Panther. He is Panthers history. The MVP season. The swagger. The national relevance. The packed stadiums. No player moves the needle more and means more to that city than one Cameron Jerrell Newton.

The relationship is repaired. The legacy is undeniable.

Now it’s time to make it official.

Put Cam Newton in the Panthers Hall of Honor.