Time for Cam to learn to slide.

[Silent Majority]

Or you could just live your life ninnying and in a box, surrounded by bubble wrap.

[punkpanther]

Watch what happens when a player surrenders himself to the ground, doesn't make another move, and another player comes in at full speed and levels a blow on him.

penalties / fines / suspensions

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[Paa Langfart]

QB's can get injured sliding too, sometimes things just happen.

 

If I'm being honest, this discussion is pointless, it's not like this is Cam's fault.

 

This organization has overall done a pathetic job of building around him. See the 2011 draft class.

 

 

Just like it wasnt Bradfords fault either.  His team failed to build around him too.

[Paa Langfart]

Cam takes more hits than any other qb in the NFL.  He needs to stop doing that one way or the other.  Better decision making would go a long way as hopefully will a better receiving corps this year, and play calling that speeds up his release time.  When plays take 3 seconds to develop the best o line in the world couldnt protect him.

[Razeyfingers]

I was scolded for turning my back into a defender when on the ground with the ball. They would always tell me 'thats a great way to get yourself paralyzed' I can remember making the mistake once or twice but after that, no spank you, I learned my lesson.

[panthers34]

I'm more comfortable with the current way that he dives to the ground then I would be if he slides feet first. He takes so many hit,s he was bound to get hurt eventually no matter how he chooses to slide. There are also so many first downs that he has gotten over the years with the head first approach that wouldnt have been first downs if he slide feet first. 

[carolina-chuck]

Why can't we let Cam run the bootleg?

[LawCat]

It is beyond me that an elite athlete like Cam doesn't know how to slide feet first. It really isn't that complicated.

Should have sent him up to Davidson College baseball camp this summer. I learned to slide there when I was like 10 years in a single afternoon.

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[cptx]

Why can't we let Cam run the bootleg?

 

Yeah, I have wondered that myself

[iamhubby1]

True story, after 100+ years to the contrary many baseball coaches are now telling baseball players that head first slides are better than feet first.  According to studies, less chance of catastrophic injury.

 

For 100 years they thought the exact opposite

A proper slide leaves the slider standing up, ready to keep going if the chance arises. You slide head first, you have to get up to get going again. The ONLY base a head first slide may help? Home Base.

I say the compartmentalization of sports is to blame. Kids no longer play multiple sports. They no longer learn the nuances of playing. Sliding is fundamental. Doing is correctly is an asset.

That said. It has always amazed me how Cam has always been able to know the exact right moment to get down. He has avoided a poo ton of hits getting down. And the way he dives forward makes it extremely difficult for defenders to target him. We are not going to get Cam to slide the way you want him to. And I don't think we should.

[Brooklyn Bully]

I think we should just link to an Auburn forum where this was talked about a few years ago.

[footballisasport]

Time to put better protection around this kid and give him more than one receiver. Stop expecting him to do it all.

There is a reason why so much more is expected from those surround the QBs who r chosen to be the best. Do u seriously believe they can be the best without having the best around them? Heck no!