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Cam Newton, the next Steve Young? But better?

nctarheel0619

By nctarheel0619,
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The 49ers were the last dynasty of the pre-salary cap era. I thought Siefert would be a good coach for the Panthers....hey everybody is wrong once in awhile 

Siefert was the Barry Switzer of the 49ers. Just rode the coattails of a great team. Hated when we got him as a head coach. Worst decision Panthers ever made and hopefully ever will. Had to have been either blackmail or a bad bet involved in that one.

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Siefert was the Barry Switzer of the 49ers. Just rode the coattails of a great team. Hated when we got him as a head coach. Worst decision Panthers ever made and hopefully ever will. Had to have been either blackmail or a bad bet involved in that one.

Yeah, Seifert had the best winning % for a HC. And then came to Carolina and blew that all  hell. lol

But the system that Walsh set up made him look better thn he was.

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Side question for the older crowd, how did they usher in salary cap? 

I don't know that it was ushered in so to speak, mid 1990's I believe. It was basically to prevent wealthier teams from dominating the league by signing players.

I do know that if it wasn't for the USFL players today probably wouldn't be getting the the money they are. I mean, as of today, maybe they would. But the USFL threw serious money at players back then prompting the NFL to compete.

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I don't know that it was ushered in so to speak, mid 1990's I believe. It was basically to prevent wealthier teams from dominating the league by signing players.

I do know that if it wasn't for the USFL players today probably wouldn't be getting the the money they are. I mean, as of today, maybe they would. But the USFL threw serious money at players back then prompting the NFL to compete.

I know when. I was more wondering how. Were there teams already over the cap? Was there a grace period?

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Wasnt old enough to give a crap about football back then, wish they would replay those old school games in the offseason.

Ive never even seen a game with Joe Montana. Would like to watch him 1 time atleast.

Watched him from his rookie season till the end of his career.  Ditto Elway, Marino, Aikman, Kelly, Favre and many others.

Also old enough to have watched guys like Staubach, Bradshaw, Stabler, Tarkenton and more.

I've seen a lot of great quarterbacking in my time.

 

 

 

 

 

Man, I'm old.

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Each year, Cam gets compared to another QB. Early on he was compared to Vick, then Cunningham, and here we are with Young. It's a stair step progression upwards as each QB of the past they bring up is better, sometimes much better, than the one before. 

When they start doing this, they are delineating someone's rise to greatness. And we are still years away from Cam's ceiling, I think. If he keeps developing his game this year, the comparisons will start falling off and he'll stand alone for his style and capabilities.

Then the next generation will be judged against him.

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It's funny looking back on certain players and certain situations.  I remember two different occasions involving incoming quarterbacks where I thought "Well this team is screwed"  The first was Steve Young, the next was Tom Brady.  Now Young was following the great Joe Montana so it's easy to have this thought, but Brady was just following Drew Bledsoe...still I thought both would be bad transitions and I was wrong on both counts.  Of course Steve Young had a nice supporting cast in his early days if I remember correctly.

Don't forget Brett Farve to Aaron Rogers as well.

Just goes to show, what a good organization, talent, time to learn, and coaching can do for the next QB.

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