Cam Newton On Pace to be Greatest Football Player Eva

i was being sarcastic

 

Cam isn't officially washed up. He just needs a fresh start, either a new coach or a new team, and don't be surprised if RG regresses a bit next season. The more pro tape a team has on a QB, the easier it is to tweak their game plan. It's just part of the learning curve.

 

No shiite?!??!?

 

He's been a turnover machine this year.

 

I think people mythologize his season last year. He's on the same turnover pace as he's always been. He had 19 turnovers in 16 games last year (11 through his first 8 games). This year, through 8 games, he has 11.

 

Actually, I was being generous.

 

I never liked Newton's game for the NFL. Not at any point last year. But I'll wait around until year 3 before completely counting him out. There's hope.

 

1.5 years into his career he needs a new team or new coach?

 

Ehhhhh, I don't know about all of that "best rookie season" talk. The statistics say one thing, what I saw on field say another. Plus, he wasn't all that great in the second half of the season. He just doesn't look accurate. Ever.

 

I will say this about Cam and Carolina: they won't do squat until they institute an actual NFL offense. This isn't high school or college; you can't run a zone-read as your primary play.

They need to put in a normal NFL offense and see if Cam can actually play in it. You can always roll him out of the pocket and find other ways to give him freedom to use his athleticism every once in a while. But until they stop with the damn zone-read plays they won't be a playoff team and Cam will just be a middle of the pack QB.

 

So he needs a new team/coach b/c he's going through a learning curve? LOL.

 

So he needs a new team/coach b/c he's going through a learning curve? LOL.

Outside of his first 2 games in the NFL where he threw over 400yds, he has thrown over 350 yards just ONCE since (and that was his 4th game in the league). You throw that out and he hasn't exceeded 320 yards SINCE. And this is a passing league. That's just straight up pathetic.

Part of it is team adjusting to Cam and things like that, but from watching Cam (he's my #1 fantasy pick and I benched him for Luck SMH), he's not a very intelligent player. He doesn't go through all of his progressions very quickly or fast. A few of his interceptions this year have just been straight stupid. He's very impatient. And his deep ball is non-existent, and you have Steve Smith on your team.

Secondly, mistakes/bad games wear on him too much -> lacks confidence. Confident/borderline cocky players don't care for mistakes, and go out and try to atone for them. Usually if Cam starts out poorly, he'll suck the whole game.

However, he doesn't have a good running game to back him up. And most QBs go through a 2nd year slump. If he doesn't pick it up next year, any hope of him becoming an elite QB is done.

 

i mite kno bout it dis year

 

i've only seen him once this year when he played the Giants. he scored a TD and did his Superman pose when his team was still down 3 scores. i thought that was the height of stupidity.

then i heard on the radio that in the Chiefs game after every 1st down he converted himself, he Supermanned it too while his team was losing. the guy just doesn't get it.

 

It was only one anonymous player. And it's weird you wait this long to make this statement "anonymously."

But Cam still has a lot of room to grow in a lot of areas.

 

he's gonna be the biggest wasted talent in NFL History