Is it just me, or does Cam Newton never scramble anymore?

[pstall]

The bad pocket and yet cam will sit back for 6 seconds. Yin and yang at times on the play that is called. 

I think we have a tell at pre snap that screws things up. 

We aren't using the read option effectively as in the past. Take a look at the Miami game yest. Tannehill and Kap ran it well and yeah you can argue kine play but I would also say how the play was disguised and when it was called is just as important. 

 

[Paa Langfart]

Doesnt matter, by the time Rivera and company are done here Cam will be thinking about retirement.

[Salisburysean98]

Did anyone watch the cardinals/falcons game ? Larry Fitzgerald got hit.. wasn't even helmet to helmet, it just looked like it. John Lynch said, "Looks like that's gonna be a defenseless receiver there. Cant hit a receiver helmet to helmet, sometimes when you hit hard in this league, it's tough to tell if you're aiming at someone's head" or something to that nature he said. I was raising hell st home because I know they never give Cam calls when he's running. And  quite frankly it's bull poo. If there's gonna be a no hits to the head for every player then let's establish that rule. Cam is not just a runner god damn it, I'm sick of this bull poo.

[truthjuice]

We've pretty much determined and accepted the league doesn't like Cam. That's the reason there's an excuse every time he's hit. I was surprised he got a RTP yesterday. 

[Still Brooklyn]

Cam is no longer a spring chicken. He most likely doesn't want to try and scramble anymore. Dude is sore. Then again, Wilson and Brees are kings of the scramble, but they're half his size. This isn't Auburn or his rookie year anymore. This is how Cam is now.

[tiger7_88]

40 minutes ago, Salisburysean98 said:

Did anyone watch the cardinals/falcons game ? Larry Fitzgerald got hit.. wasn't even helmet to helmet, it just looked like it. John Lynch said, "Looks like that's gonna be a defenseless receiver there. Cant hit a receiver helmet to helmet, sometimes when you hit hard in this league, it's tough to tell if you're aiming at someone's head" or something to that nature he said. I was raising hell st home because I know they never give Cam calls when he's running. And  quite frankly it's bull poo. If there's gonna be a no hits to the head for every player then let's establish that rule. Cam is not just a runner god damn it, I'm sick of this bull poo.

Hell, Lynch is one of the primary offenders in defending past head shots on Cam.

[truthjuice]

5 minutes ago, Still Brooklyn said:

Cam is no longer a spring chicken. He most likely doesn't want to try and scramble anymore. Dude is sore. Then again, Wilson and Brees are kings of the scramble, but they're half his size. This isn't Auburn or his rookie year anymore. This is how Cam is now.

His body is beat up this year, literally. He doesn't have time to blink on a lot of plays. I'm sure he has Jan 1 circled on his calendar for many reasons. 

[thefuzz]

Cam has never been a great "scrambler" he is a great runner.

That said, they are probably trying to get/keep him healthy......and we have backups to backups playing O line.

[CPF4LIFE]

It's easy to assume he doesn't want to scramble when u can't see the linebacker spying him on the defense side. most of the time that is. 

[Mvp2014]

8 hours ago, Teach_Panther said:

He's actually not that great of a scrambler. He's a good read-option guy on called running plays because of his size and straight ahead speed. I don't even think likes running. I don't think any QB likes running in this league.

Yeah I agree.  When you watch Russell in the pocket its like an art.  Cam has always made an eye opening spin or juke and runs for 20 yards but he's not consistent in being a qb.  I think part of this is just because he was so talented growing up.  Guys like Russell have been perfecting the nuances since they were in high school.  Cam could literally play any position on the team until college where he could still play half of the positions.  

[SOJA]

9 hours ago, uncfan888 said:

You can tell there's still something wrong with his ankle.  That probably has a lot to do with it

I have been saying this all year

add in his reluctance to run because of his concussion scare and you've got an unmobile QB

[Pimpdaddy]

5 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

I've been saying it a lot this year, but keep getting shouted down. Cam isn't playing this year like he did before. His pocket awareness is way down, he almost never breaks away from first contact and when he does move, he seems sluggish compared to his old self.

There could be some nagging injuries (like the ankle), it could be the after effects of the big hits at the beginning of the season, it could just be fatigue held over from last year. My personal pet theory is that the new baby has been keeping him up nights and its wearing on him. If you've had kids and were involved in taking care of them when they were babies, you can probably remember those days when you were just a zombie from reduced sleep.

Cam hasn't been good as a whole this year, but he has shown sparks of what he was before. Those two long, beautiful passes yesterday were him at his best. I have a feeling next year, we'll see him back to his better form.

 

...wonder if he went off his pescatarian diet and is eating hog and cow...

[Khyber53]

31 minutes ago, Pimpdaddy said:

...wonder if he went off his pescatarian diet and is eating hog and cow...

No earthly idea...

[gorillamilitia13]

Fug the read option but im all for him scrambling when he needs to because of incoming pressure, no open receivers. I think incorporating a bootleg or two for him would be great but but someone would have to teach Shula what that is.