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Cecil Newton Goes Off on the NFL

Cookie Lyon

By Cookie Lyon,
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tiger7_88 Experienced

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45 minutes ago, raleigh-panther said:

Denver knew exactly what they were doing. There is no question and they need to be made an example of for it

As has been pointed out in other threads and in many articles online today, you don't just "accidentally" hit the head of a 6-5 man.  Unless, maybe, you're 6-8.

If you're a 5-10 to 6-2 dude and you're hitting the head of a 6-5 man repeatedly?  You're fugging doing it on purpose.

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tiger7_88 Experienced

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41 minutes ago, Growl said:

People affiliated with this team and outside have to keep the pressure up with this or the league is going to desperately try to sweep it under the rug and get back to the normal. Ron didn't do Cam or the team any favors today with his Mr. Nice Coach approach, but if others can keep pressing, the dam will burst.

Yeah, I was underwhelmed by the team response as well.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/news/panthers-ron-rivera-cam-newton-hits-concussion-helmet-blame-rule/15k6pqm41c6pd1t2dy7gdtz13u

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Nobody was out there protecting Cam Newton when he needed it Thursday night in Denver. That goes for the NFL, its officials and the fancy press-box spotters they put in place last year.

And that goes for his own team.

The Panthers let Cam Newton down — his coach, his medical staff, everybody who gets paid to take care of the human asset he is. That includes the reigning NFL coach of the year, Ron Rivera, never one to shy away from defending his quarterback when he felt he needed it.

Stand up for him after the Super Bowl press conference walkout? No problem. Defend him after the catastrophic failure by so many on hand in Denver on Thursday night, in which much worse than his reputation stood to be damaged? Rivera passed. He didn’t want to "pass judgment" on the officials.

That wasn’t the time for cooler heads to prevail.

It was the time for the head coach to melt down on behalf of an abused player … by every measure the NFL and its teams themselves use, the most important player on the roster. You call the refs out, you call the league out, you call the Broncos out.

You take the fine. In fact, you walk away from the microphones and immediately call the owner and say, "I did this for all of us. Back me up on it. Write the check for me. Flex your muscle. Yours are bigger than mine. Yours are bigger than his. Do this for him, after everything we put on him."

 

 

 

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The clock is seriously ticking on when the Panthers are going to flip out on this. Not the Panthers players, Cam Newton’s teammates. They can’t possibly be more clear how they feel about this. They said so, and they showed it when Newton was rolling and writhing and stumbling and looking woozy on the turf in those final seconds against the Broncos … and they were the only ones coming to his aid, showing up to check on him.

Meanwhile, Rivera pulled a Jeff Fisher. Which he really should have thought twice about, since he and Fisher were linked negatively after a blow to Newton's head late last season. He fought that comparison. Yet it looks like once again, while everybody else abandoned their responsibility for Newton’s health, Rivera did, too.

So many things he could have done, short of getting himself called for a penalty and costing his team a shot at winning. Even within that restraint, you think everything including diving on Newton like a live grenade is in play for him.

Too many people froze in the headlights Thursday night. It’s impossible to read minds and guess what they were focusing on in those final minutes (like, for example, seeing if Newton could give everyone a dramatic finish). We can only judge them on what they did.

 

 

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Hey Jerry Richardson and Danny Morrison,

how about raising some hell on behalf of our QB. You know, the one that puts people in the seats and almost single handily made this piss poor excuse for a franchise relevant again.  How about a public statement calling out this utter bull poo?  How about bucking the trend of just being a yes man for the NFL machine and actually supporting your players and your fan base?  Grow some balls and call the hypocrites out or just sit back, say nothing, and we will just assume you are a part of that group. 

-A pissed off psl owner

PS:. Get the damn shield off midfield. This league clearly doesn't give a damn about the panthers....return the favor and actually show your fan base and your team that you've got their backs. 

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Starting to get pissed off at the number of people that unironically evoke Shaq's name with regards to Cam. There's one giant difference between the fouls Shaq took and the hits Cam gets. The fouls Shaq took didn't leave him at risk of going into a coma on the court or going Chris Benoit on his family 15 years from now. 

 

A man's brain is a man's brain, I don't care if he's Drew Brees' size or Cam Newton's. Everyone's brain is made out of the same sensitive, fragile, spongy poo.

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23 minutes ago, CPF4LIFE said:

Rivera shoud have said something. He shouldn't have had any issue with a fine for all the contract extensions he has gotten.

I agree. If I'm Cam, I'm not mad at the refs or the other players. I'm pissed at my coach for not calling it out. Ron should've eaten that fine that will come on Wednesday but at least he brought attention to it and not in that passive-aggressive tone. On good faith, maybe he will address it more aggressively now that Mr. Newton has called it out. 

Cam is a $100million man. Their first priority should be protecting that investment. 

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Mr. Scot Grand Master

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44 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

Many may disagree and may call me biased because I'm an Auburn fan (I *am* an Auburn fan and I *am* biased lol), but I fugging love Mama and Daddy Newton because (and here comes the likely disagreement with some) I think they're damned good people.

Regardless of anyone's opinions about Cecil (I don't actually have one) the NFL can't fine him for criticizing the refs, and they have no way to shut him up.

Perceptions be damned, I hope he goes off on them repeatedly.

If I were watching people do stuff like that to my son, I'd go off too.

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I don't think it's a black thing per se. The fact that he pisses people off with his superman thingee and has a boat load of talent (and his bigger then most linebackers), leads to this kind of treatment. I don't  care If he's Andre the Giant, he is just as vulnerable to head trauma as any of us.

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1 hour ago, raleigh-panther said:

The brain is the question here. This isn't a knee. This isnt a shoulder or back

the brain

the very organ the NFL just coughed up a billion dollars to settle

I don't pay to see this. Great tackles yes.  Head shots, targeting head shots, no I don't 

Denver knew exactly what they were doing. There is no question and they need to be made an example of for it

Denver even boasted about it after the fact. Came out and said they wanted to rough Newton up. Then when his lineman came to help the refs threw a flag on the lineman. 

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