Fox Sports: Cam Newton Only Has 3 Years Left in the NFL

[chknwing]

[rodeo]

May be less. He said at a point last year that the game wasn't fun anymore because of the unflagged head shots.

[stirs]

Running QB's don't last long and further, the hits they take can have future effects as we all know.

Cam has a lot of money, a family, several business interests outside of football, and can get a job at any network in broadcasting when he hangs it up.  I don't think he needs to risk his future for any fan base.

He will hang it up in my opinion

[truthjuice]

I thought only Panthers fans were freaking out. 

That said, it's almost true if they don't do a better job protecting him. He can't have another year like last year. That's not good for any quarterback, honestly. 

If he got to that point in 3 years where he wanted to hang it up, I think he said. I said sometime last season I kind of don't see him playing past his contract in Charlotte though. 

[panthers55]

So Ben is 35 and entering his 13th season and still playing. Cam is 27 and entering his 7th season but somehow he only has 3 years left and Ben's career proves it???? Ben has had less O line support than Cam over the years. I must be missing something????? Seems to me Cam has 6 or more years left based on the comparison.

And who thought that Cam would be running a bunch at age 30. Everyone has said he needs to transition to a pocket passer as he gets older.

[Jangler]

No quarterback can last long in the NFL with the hits Cam has been taking.

[MV%doe]

[juliosantos]

lol what a joke

[Cookie Lyon]

58 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

The Panthers have done a terrible job surrounding him with talent and the NFL referees have done a terrible job of protecting him as a QB and the Panthers are complicit in that because they just sit back and accept it as an organization. Could you imagine the hell that a Robert Craft or Jerry Jones would be raising if their star QB's head was treated like a piñata every Sunday with nary a flag in sight?

This.

[Mr. Scot]

1 hour ago, E CaT PanTHer 2 said:

i don't get it. so if you're a small mobile QB you'll last a lot longer? how does that make any sense? 

Ask RG3.

Mobile QBs in general tend not to last if their team 1) banks on their mobility and 2) doesn't do a good enough job of transitioning them to be primarily passers before the wear starts to get to them.

The Panthers are already guilty of the first.  Jury's still out on the second.

[pantherj]

 

 

[TheRed]

1 hour ago, stirs said:

I told you guys this a year ago

He has a lot going for him outside of football

Oh I'm sure you'd love it.

[stirs]

6 minutes ago, TheRed said:

Oh I'm sure you'd love it.

Nope, have to go through the whole process once again

[Khyber53]

Quarterbacks as a group tend to have short careers. Mobile QBs have short careers, pocket passers have short careers. Folks like Brady, Manning and Brees are outliers. It's a rough sport and to have a Favre-like career isn't the norm, even for franchise QBs.

We're just starting to see the wear and tear begin on him. Making it to 30 in this league is a pretty big deal. He's got the talent and dedication, but it is just a matter of when and if a big injury takes him or if he can pass through safely.