Great Expectations

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https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/nfl/carolina-panthers/article217857955.html

A new start

Sunday will be the first look at the full iteration of new offensive coordinator Norv Turner’s system. 
 

Throughout training camp and the preseason, players have used the same word to describe Turner’s offense: efficient.

In head coach Ron Rivera’s mind, that means the the Panthers want to distribute the ball well among their offensive playmakers.

But it’s the timing of the distribution that matters just as much as the target.

“I had the great fortune to work with (Turner) in San Diego (as his defensive coordinator),” Rivera said. “We watched the way he called games, and I really appreciated it. Because he does look for the hot hand. He looks for the guys that are trending. He gets the ball into their hands so that he can make things happen.

“I was there when (former Chargers running back) LaDanian Tomlinson was there. I saw the greatness of (him) through a guy who didn’t get the ball every play. (But) he got the ball at the right times, and he made hay with it.”

Timing and efficiency will matter for Newton, too. He said he wants to get his completion percentage up to between 65-70 percent this season. Turner’s offense will keep the qualities at which Newton excels — the deep ball, the read-option — but has installed multiple underneath-route passing options, including checkdowns to secondary receivers, that will likely help with that.

But being healthy helps, too.

Newton is entering his eighth season, but he said he feels like a rookie.

“I’m always in the best shape of my life. Always,” he said. “A person once told me, ‘There are two types of players that play in the NFL: There are football players, and there are professional football players.’

“Football players are those guys who wake up and think that things just happen. And professional football players are the guys who wake up and make things happen.

“Know that nothing starts, and everything stops, at your body. So being able to take care of your body from treatment to cardiovascular activities, all are things I need to keep myself going.”

[PntherPryd]

Don't know why this is surprising but reading Jourdan's regular season-eve article and comparing it to david newton's on espn is "pretty amazing".

Can't ESPN afford better?  

http://www.espn.com/blog/carolina-panthers/post/_/id/30571/cam-newton-begins-next-chapter-of-career-after-pretty-amazing-first

 

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1 hour ago, PntherPryd said:

Don't know why this is surprising but reading Jourdan's regular season-eve article and comparing it to david newton's on espn is "pretty amazing".

Can't ESPN afford better?  

http://www.espn.com/blog/carolina-panthers/post/_/id/30571/cam-newton-begins-next-chapter-of-career-after-pretty-amazing-first

 

I tend to agree regarding Newton; however, that article was good.....I thought.