A lot of people talk about Cam and his backfoot

[TheRumGone]

I think it's mostly a symptom of him always being ready to run if need be. QBs that know they will never take off can use their legs differently than if they think there's a chance they'll take off and sprint. Obviously you're going to set your feet differently taking off on a sprint than throwing. I think Cam's "streakiness" with his feet is just him setting his feet right on plays he knows he's going to throw it with very little chance of taking off with the ball (e.g. quick slants or plays where he's going to throw it whether the target is technically open or not) and he mostly uses arm on plays where there's a greater chance of him having to take off with it (e.g. long developing plays where he's not sure someone's going to get open).

If true that bodes well for us when he gets older and his athletic ability diminishes.

[t96]

We need Gruden as QB coach.

[Kevin Greene]

Rivera talked about Cam's footwork.

I'm trying to think of any other time a Head Coach publicly criticized his QBs' fundamentals the week heading into a critical Playoff game 

 

 

Panthers head coach Ron Rivera says Newton’s footwork must be better this week as Carolina travels to face the Seattle Seahawks on Saturday.

“Knowing [the Cardinals] are a pressure team, I think it sped him up,” Rivera told Pat Kirwan and Jim Miller on Sirius XM NFL Radio. “Certain things when he thought he was reading a certain blitz or he got a certain look, I think he sped up the process instead of going through the process, planting that back leg and driving through the throw, he threw it off his back foot. Part of the problem is he’s got such a strong arm that he can get away with it sometimes.”

“I think because of [the attacking nature of Arizona’s defense], he felt pressured and he pushed himself to throw it a lot sooner than he needed to. At least that’s the sense I got,” Rivera added.

When Newton gets away from his footwork it has a noticeable effect on his accuracy. Against the Seahawks top-ranked defense on Saturday, Newton won’t be able to get away with sloppy mechanics like he was able to last week against the Cardinals.

“I think it’s a good teaching tape. That’s how I’m going to approach it and I believe he’s learned something from it,” Rivera said.

 

[IGSaint]

Rivera talked about Cam's footwork.

I'm trying to think of any other time a Head Coach publicly criticized his QBs' fundamentals the week heading into a critical Playoff game 

 

He probably spoke about it because a reporter asked him about it

[jfo89]

He's been able to rely on just his arm strength on every level and have success. He created a bad habit, probably at a young age and it has stuck with him. I'm sure he knows he has to fix it, but it's hard to always be conscious of what you're doing wrong. I agree that he needs to correct it by practicing the right way. It's like a golf swing, there's so much that goes into it that you're going to mess up sometimes and not have the desired result. The only way to correct it is to practice it over and over, until it becomes instinct and not something that he has to think about before he throws each time.

[Cpt slay a ho]

The first image I don't think cam could step up inside pressure was there in a heartbeat

This is something cam has to work on personally I think, it's hard to step up when your use to getting murdered in the pocket but he's gotta shake that off, that's the only thing I see holding him back

[nctarheel0619]

Main thing is, he showed how accurate he could be when he was in the pocket the first however many games of the season.  He knows what to do when hes in the pocket.  But when he thinks he might need to run, that's when his mechanics and all that other poo go to Hell.  We've just got to accept this is who he is guys, simple as that.  He will always be an inconsistently good-average QB.  Never elite.  

[goodoleboy]

He probably spoke about it because a reporter asked him about it

 

I heard that interview.Kirwan asked him specifically about Cam throwing off the back foot. It should be noted Kirwan spent many years coaching QBs before becoming a GM.

 

I coached a technique specific sport for 30 years (swimming). Changing ingrained habits is not easy. There comes a point where working on something like that can be counterproductive. We used to say "Over-analysis creates paralysis. Cam is in his 4th year but has really only had 2 off seasons working with the Panthers staff. The first year was the strike and last year he was rehabbing from ankle surgery. The off season is when these habits need to be changed. There is simply not enough time and more important things to work on during the season. Spending too much time on this will take away from something else. Coaching is always about focusing on the most important problem that needs fixing. I would rather Cam make the right decision on a check play call or at the mesh point with the back on the zone read than worrying about that.

 

People here like to say let Cam be Cam. That requires that he play fast and thinking about footwork too much slows it down.

[IamSoClutch]

I think it's been talked about so much this season that is the number 1 thing Cam will attack this offseason.

[CoastalCat]

These might be bad examples, considering two of them hit the receivers' hands.

[MHS831]

Think about a baseball player.  They step toward the throw for power and accuracy.   If he is not stepping, he is losing both. 

 

One of the issues is timing, which, to me, is equally disturbing.  When he sees the play open, his feet are not in position to throw. 

[Darth Biscuit]

The nomenclature of this has always bothered me...  that people say "throwing off his back foot", which I guess is true... but it makes much more sense to me to say that he's not "stepping into the throw" than "throwing off his back foot"... because really, you always throw off your back foot whether you step into it or not... but whatever.

 

Cam does do this and I personally think that it's his athletic ability that is the problem here.  He has a big, strong arm and he's always relied on that to make throws instead of working on and relying on his mechanics to be proper.

 

When he gets pressured or hurried, no matter how he's been coached, he falls back on that muscle memory that he's been using since he was probably a little kid and doesn't step into the throw, relying on his arm strength.

[MHS831]

i think ken dorsey is the wrong guy we need some one much older and wiser whom cam will actually respect there critiquing ....

 

Cam has a problem, cam has admitted to it.  At this point, it is on Cam to put in the effort--to be coachable and modify his game.   Everyone wants to blame everyone except Cam for his faults.   You really have no idea what Dorsey knows or how much Cam respects him.  WHy would you jump to that conclusion?

 

[TheRed]

Cam has a problem, cam has admitted to it.  At this point, it is on Cam to put in the effort--to be coachable and modify his game.   Everyone wants to blame everyone except Cam for his faults.   You really have no idea what Dorsey knows or how much Cam respects him.  WHy would you jump to that conclusion?

 

 

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that we may want to invest a few more bucks in hiring a QB coach who has actually coached before.

 

Especially considering that we are more than likely going to pay Newton to be the face of our franchise for many years to come.