Cam out

[Sam Mills Fan]

Yeah, if Newton was purposefully held out this week, to play next week, it sure as hell looks like they're not taking Tampa Bay seriously.

 

That's part of it. Other little remarks by different Panthers players tell me they're not too worried about the Bucs. Haven't seen anything like that from Tampa Bay.

[Squirrel]

I hope Anderson throws for 400 yards just for the "QB CONTROVERSY????" explosion at ESPN and the huddle.

 

Good times.

 

Starting teh Anderson Bandwagon now! 

[Sam Mills Fan]

You keep him out until he is healed. JFC, it's why they have backups, and you don't IR your starting QB over a 6 week injury. You also don't risk long term health over one damn game. If it fugs the season, so be it, poo happens. I don't want him playing hurt if he can't play 100%. They will play the hand they were dealt and they realize these guys are human beings. It's just a damn game, some of y'all need to grow the fug up.

 

Who's to say that Cam himself said he would rather not risk it? Do y'all think he had absolutely no say in this?

 

Wasn't it Cam himself who said repeatedly earlier in the week that he was feeling great and felt like he would be play today? This looks like Rivera's decision who has been more pessimistic all along.

[Sloth]

As long as the medical staff advises. I think doctors should have nearly absolute authority in situations such as this. 

 

Pretty much this. As for the "what's the difference between this week and next" argument, there's probably a decent chance he doesn't play next week either if it's bad enough to hold him out today.

 

It sucks and we're a far lesser team than we normally would be, but what can you do?

[CPF4LIFE]

They gon learn today.

 

You Bucs fans are acting as if you dont have a top 5 defense to deal with, yall gonna learn whats the strength this team is today in case yall forgot.

[FootballMaestro]

Well, Brave New World Here.

 

Let's look forward to an entertaining (as opposed to nail biting) game. And I hope that DA, Kelvin Benjamin, Johnathan Stewart, and the defense shows out!!

[CatMan72]

Glad we're being cautious with Cam... like coach Rivera said, the season is a marathon not a sprint. We shouldn't need Cam to beat Tampa.

[Growl]

I sincerely don't know that I've ever seem a coach not go all in on such an important game.

Can you ever say you've seen a coach say we're not playing for now, but later? It's unprecedented to me. Kind of goes against everything a coach is supposed to stand for I feel like. Can't preach leave it all out in the field when you aren't pulling out all the stops. This sport is a sprint,, not a marathon. If nothing else it just sounds like we aren't taking this opponent seriously, which is of course not the man you want leading your team and having such ideas trickle down in your locker room.

[iamhubby1]

Oh man do I agree with this. The Bucs are taking us way more seriously than we are them. For a team with our track record, that is incredibly foolish.

Um...What? Where did you hear we are taking the suks lightly? Cuz I want to hear/read that. Really dude, even for you that's a stretch.

 

 

That's part of it. Other little remarks by different Panthers players tell me they're not too worried about the Bucs. Haven't seen anything like that from Tampa Bay.

Again, where are you getting this information? I would bet my wifes left *** that this team is taking the suks very seriously.

Folks will say anything to give their fears legs.

[cptx]

Wasn't it Cam himself who said repeatedly earlier in the week that he was feeling great and felt like he would be play today? This looks like Rivera's decision who has been more pessimistic all along.

 

You don't think that they knew tampa was listening to everything they said? cmon man.

[panthersfanscantread]

You Bucs fans are acting as if you dont have a top 5 defense to deal with, yall gonna learn whats the strength this team is today in case yall forgot.

We'll see but Derrick Anderson and those turnstiles you call an OLine is going to make it easy for us.

[Oldmanrivera]

Holy fug you guys, put your big boy balls on. You guys are disgusting right now.

[Jmac]

Same guys who are crying he isn't playing today would be devistated if he got hurt again and blaming R.R for playing him. Bipolar huddle

[Sam Mills Fan]

Glad we're being cautious with Cam... like coach Rivera said, the season is a marathon not a sprint. We shouldn't need Cam to beat Tampa.

 

 

What this tells me is that Rivera is confident we're going to run off 9 straight Ws like we did last season. Are you? I'm not. We probably need to sweep Tampa Bay to make the playoffs or get extremely lucky.