Yahoo Sports: Is Cam Most Underrated QB?

[Donald LaFell]

To be underrated you would have to be putting him in like the middle to bottom half of the league. 

[L-TownCat]

Imagine Cam in the NFC East dominating, Carolina would hate him more than they hate Kaepernick, who is not even dominating.

Thanks for that scenario. My head nearly exploded.

[teeray]

Did not read.

Yes.

[Car123]

Imagine Cam in the NFC East dominating, Carolina would hate him more than they hate Kaepernick, who is not even dominating.

No reason to hate Cam. Cam isn't a douche unlike Kaep.

[pstall]

i'll take wins and rings over national media hype all day long.

 

winning covers all.

[CRA]

Hmmm, thats kind of sad, they deserve more.

Is what it is....no one considers them stars at this stage. How can they?

[FootballMaestro]

Meanwhile, the truly "overrated" Colin Kaepernick throws three picks, and a fumble while his team loses/self destructs, then he yells an embarrassing obscenity at another player--drawing a personal foul, and it's not a scandal big news.

 

You can be sure if Newton had the same terrible game on the NFL's biggest stage, then proceeded to use that ugly word to another player in anger, he would be skewered, while have his maturity and NFL worthiness questioned repeatedly, all day.

 

However with Kaepernick and so many others (as long as it's not Cam) you hear nary a word, minus the obligatory mention, so the media can't say they never mentioned it. SMH

 

Yes Newton's underrated. Because most people don't know he's a very good pocket passer at this stage of his career (and had those traits, even in his first year).

 

The great  irony: He doesn't have (at least the past two years) good performing RB's, OL, and WR's to assist him, and lean on like so many other  young QB's through out the years and now.

 

In yesterday's game, there was no run game and Cam passed mostly from the pocket in his first game back against a very stout Defensive Line--sporting a furious QB rush.  I highly doubt Kaepernick, Wilson or RG3 (and many others) could have performed the way Cam did yesterday given the circumstances. And Newton doesn't play for an offensive genius, that can make him look good on general principle as some of the others Kaepernick, and RG3 under Shanahan his first year with their gimmick/high school offense).

[CubsWin]

I'm just gonna say. He's not white and some folks in the media have a problem with it.

[footballisasport]

I think he's where he should be right now: not overrated, not underrated.

 

Clearly over/underrated  is a subjective thing. 

[FootballMaestro]

I'm just gonna say. He's not white and some folks in the media have a problem with it.

 

You know after three + years, I'm starting to believe it's a combination of things:

 

He's not white

He went undefeated in College, thus beat a lot of southern fans teams, who still hold it against him

The possible fake controversy with his father, which so many jumped on and won't let go

 

The fake background information so many in the media propagated because of what was allegedly done by his father, perpetuating the image of Cam being a bad guy.

 

Media and fans that believed fake reports by the media on Cam, making them (erroneously I might add) declare, he wasn't fit to be a #1 pick or starting NFL QB for various stereotypical, and wrong reasons.

 

Selecting RG3, Russell Wilson, and even Kaepernick--to a small degree, as the Anti Black Cam's. So that way they could criticize Newton even more over nonsense, while still holding cover that it's not a black thing. This method, still tricks well believers today.

 

The fact Cam didn't kiss the media's ass, after all the poo they threw on top of him.

 

The fact that he proved many of his most vociferous doubters wrong, so they look for every minute thing to criticize. Many times, contradicting their own previous statements, as long as it's the most current critique to dismiss what ever Cam is doing well at the moment.

 

The irony is: I find the most vociferous of Cam criticizers, usually have not watched him play (at least to any significant degree); talking utter nonsense. So what does that tell you? They're either lying; or their complete idiots (this doesn't dismiss, can can be in addition to the things I wrote above)!

 

It can go on and on. But you get the gist.

[footballisasport]

I'm just gonna say. He's not white and some folks in the media have a problem with it.

 

As much as I hate to feel this way. I honestly am starting to believe this, even with many of the Panther fans.

 

Case in point: When a positive article on Cam appears, barely anyone has much to say or when they do it's the usual BS they regurgitate from the media. But when there is a BS article like the one last week, about what Cam called Suh, the haters come out of the woodworks. Even on the Carolina Panthers FB site. 

 

Still waiting for the media to make much about Luck's helmet slamming. Not a peep from the Luck worshiping media. And we all know the only reason why Colin and RG isn't being scrutinized is because they are not in Cam's league but they media will never admit it. 

[Razeyfingers]

Is what it is....no one considers them stars at this stage. How can they?

 

By actually watching a game instead of pretending like they did and then pawning "news" like they did anything other than read the box score.

[Razeyfingers]

As much as I hate to feel this way. I honestly am starting to believe this, even with many of the Panther fans.

 

careful, this sounds like a seed. A bad one.

 

 

Note at least that the Panthers are treated like this as a whole. There's nothing ever really positive about our team in the news just like that Eric (Adelson?) guy said on Yahoo today. First time Ive seen that acknowledged by a national media member.

[CharlottePanther]

Thanks for that scenario. My head nearly exploded.

Im 100% convinced Jerry Jones would become a devil worshipper if it meant he could get Cam in Dallas