Cam Newton: "They gave up on me"

[run-run-pass-punt]

Teams are always looking to make decisions in (what they believe to be) their best interests - just like players. No reason to ever take anything personally. Neither side has any obligation to the other. Life changes.

Good luck to Cam going forward. And hopefully things work out well for the Panthers as well.

FWIW, I think the Panthers did the best thing for the franchise long-term in letting Cam go. A super physical player who's at his best when he can subject himself to lots of contact at the QB position with injury troubles on the wrong side of 30 isn't a player to build your future around imo.

[grateflday]

I'm waiting to see what kind of contract Cam eventually does get from another team to really finalized my personal feelings.  I get why Cam most likely wanted an extension; BUT in a way he also gave up on us because it is understandable why the Panthers wanted him to play out the last year of his contract as a show me year (yes assuming that's what they wanted). 

If Cam ends up with basically a one year deal from another team then  .    If he gets more years and guarantee's then good for him.  Overall I wanted Cam here for 2020 season to see if he could be a good to great QB ... but understand the concern of the Panthers extending him prior.    

[Wolfcop]

I would say that if the 2 programs that have the most knowledge of Cam, us and Washington, had no interest, it may be awhile. Of course, the virus situation doesn't help.

I wish him the best, but I also understand that the Panthers needed to move on. And, I'm not sure there was an easy way to do that. Cut him now or cut him later, there would be critics of either approach.

And, the fact that they said they wanted him for this year...things change. They found a better situation with TB. Of course, Cam - when healthy - is a better player. But, he hasn't been healthy in a long time. 

[pantherj]

"They gave up on me.”

[RASTAN66]

@grateflday raises an interesting point.

If it turns out Cam is never productive in the NFL again will the decision to "kick him to the curb" be viewed in a new light?

Will all the folks who are bashing the team and management then acknowledge that, hmm, maybe those guys knew exactly what they were doing?

[tiger7_88]

28 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

I wonder if Cam wants to pay back the 40 million he received over the past 2 years.

The only appropriate answer to this ridiculous statement would start with the letter F and O but, since that would be rude and the mods might not like it, a poo emoji will have to do.

[Jeremy Igo]

Yes they did.

 

Time will tell if it was the correct decision.

[Mister]

you gave up on us in that super bowl 

[tiger7_88]

13 minutes ago, AU-panther said:

I still think the team would have been ok with him playing the last year on his deal.

Well, since the exact reverse of your statement above was what happened right here in the real world, you might want to catch up on your data.

[tiger7_88]

2 minutes ago, Mister said:

you gave up on us in that super bowl 

The New Huddle, ladies and gentlemen.

[Mr. Scot]

17 minutes ago, AU-panther said:

I still think the team would have been ok with him playing the last year on his deal.

If that were true, they wouldn't have cut him and signed someone else.

[mrcompletely11]

Are we going to start a thread after each time he posts on instagram?

[WoahW]

5 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

The New Huddle, ladies and gentlemen.

Nah same huddle, just more people feeling free to say dumb poo like this along with other things that are driven by more than football

[Mr. Scot]

12 minutes ago, Jeremy Igo said:

Yes they did.

Time will tell if it was the correct decision.

That's probably as good a summary as any.