Cam Newton the Fastest NFL QB, Says NYTimes

[Mikey815]

2 minutes ago, nosuchthingasapanther said:

people refuse to see it, but he's on the tail end of his prime.

Yes what you see now is the best he will be Hopefully he gets more receivers

[uncfan888]

16 minutes ago, nosuchthingasapanther said:

people refuse to see it, but he's on the tail end of his prime.

11 wins with no Greg Olsen and throwing to Harris teeter bag boys. 

[tiger7_88]

2 hours ago, Greatman77 said:

The article is confusing on this point, but what they say is that Cam reached that speed running with the ball and Wilson was chasing down the man who intercepted his pass so technically, he was not playing offense when he reached top speed...

Also when you're not running with a ball in your hands, you're running in a more natural motion (i.e. both arms fully swinging and providing momentum).  Runners running *with* the ball will be naturally inhibited just a bit.

[tiger7_88]

2 hours ago, thomas96 said:

But Wilson is still a QB no matter what he's doing on the field, that's his position. It doesn't say fastest player on offense, it says fastest QB.

If Cam running with the ball in his hand/arm is just a microsecond slower than Wilson running full out without a ball in his hand/arm, I'm willing to bet Cam is faster than Wilson in a clean race.

[saints4lifeagain]

2 hours ago, Mikey815 said:

Fournette was likely timed at top end speed during his 90 yard run when was never touched. I guarantee there are several players who would beat fournette in a race Like number 10 of the Chiefs

There's a huge size difference there as well, however. Hill would win a race because he starts faster, but wide open, I've said for a long time that Fournette is as fast as any player I've watched.

[TheSpecialJuan]

this is dumb stuff

[Mr. Scot]

Straight line speed was never Newton's strongest trait. 

Vick was much faster, but Newton is loads stronger and far harder to bring down.

[t96]

33 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

If Cam running with the ball in his hand/arm is just a microsecond slower than Wilson running full out without a ball in his hand/arm, I'm willing to bet Cam is faster than Wilson in a clean race.

could be. i'm not sure how much of a difference that would be, but it very well could be.

[t96]

30 minutes ago, saints4lifeagain said:

There's a huge size difference there as well, however. Hill would win a race because he starts faster, but wide open, I've said for a long time that Fournette is as fast as any player I've watched.

any of those track guys like marquise goodwin would smoke Fournette in any speed aspect, even top speed at some point during a long run.

[panthers_fan_in_tx]

I would've guessed the Jesusfreak was the fastest one.