Cam Newton: "They gave up on me"

[kungfoodude]

9 minutes ago, AggieLean said:

I said the same thing after seeing a picture of his on IG earlier today. Looks like he realizes he needed that extra weight.

That's just the shelter in place weight.

[Pimpdaddy]

3 hours ago, Navy_football said:

I'm still not 100% convinced this was about health alone. Was it a contributing factor? Of course. Was it the biggest variable? I really doubt it. $20M to allow your proven franchise QB an opportunity to get healthy is nothing. The draft picks garnered from a healthy Newton would be worth a lot more than $20M. But, let's just act like this was a business as usual decision. They don't like something about Cam and wanted to move on. Period. 

feel the same way.... you either love him or hate him...no in between...

[MasterAwesome]

16 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

See that’s the thing, I’m not just an Auburn fan but an alum. I was on campus for every home game that magical year, some away games, the SEC Championship Game, *and* the National Championship Game.

 Heard all the code words and worse about Cam, time and again, home and away.  Then I heard’em about him AND his Dad.  Gave a personal piece of my mind to many of those people.

He has NEVER been treated with the fairness and respect he deserves EVEN BY MOST OF HIS “FANS”.

 So, yeah, you can be naïve in believing that gosh golly gee-whiz that kind of stuff just NEVER happens or happened in Charlotte! Nor in The Huddle, that forum for well known, open-minded Mensa members!  You can even try to convince me of that but you’d be wasting your time.  

Every time I was accused of being a “hugger” or “worshipper” I didn’t deny it because, as I always said, Cam needed someone like me (and a few others) to at least tip the scale a little bit back in his favor from the constant poo he was served by Carolina “fans”.

I do know this though, with “loyal” fans like you, Mr. “Cam Fan”, he sure as hell doesn’t need anymore haters.

Lol with the delusions of grandeur...Cam couldn’t care less about you keyboard warrioring on an internet message board for hours a day on his behalf. Tbh he would probably cringe if he read your content on here. Go out and do some real activism.

[Cookie Lyon]

Wishing you all the best, Cam! Go continue to be great!

[kungfoodude]

26 minutes ago, MasterAwesome said:

Lol with the delusions of grandeur...Cam couldn’t care less about you keyboard warrioring on an internet message board for hours a day on his behalf. Tbh he would probably cringe if he read your content on here. Go out and do some real activism.

Bro, we sheltering in place.

[Khyber53]

3 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

Honestly, if I were looking at any other team moving on from a guy who hadn't been able to stay healthy for two years, I wouldn't give it a second thought.

Now with that said, is there more to it? Don't know. It's possible.

I would agree that there's a sense Newton was never Tepper's guy. Why? Health might be the primary thing, but if there's more than that you'd have to ask Tepper.

I wouldn't bet that we'll ever know.

Alpha dogs, man, alpha dogs.

[Khyber53]

3 hours ago, Mr. Scot said:

That's where the team disagrees.

The Panthers - and that includes Rhule, Brady, Jake Peetz and everybody - collectively chose Teddy Bridgewater over Cam Newton. There's really no way to dispute that. You can argue that was a bad decision, but you can't argue that was the decision.

Most of the people talking about the decision are only talking about Tepper, but I'm not so sure they ought to be.

Seriously, do people think that Joe Brady hated this decision and fought tooth-and-nail to keep a quarterback he's never worked with over one he knew well who also knew his system?

Lots of logic here.

[Butterflyj30]

I really hope he lands a starting job somewhere he deserves a chance to redeem himself

[beo]

2 hours ago, panthers55 said:

I agree. I think they thought Cam wasn't a good fit for their offense. They didn't need a great runner, they needed a great passer. If this is going to look like New Orleans, how many times does Brees run? Exactly.  They needed someone who could get the ball out fast, could move around but stay in the pocket and was good against the blitz given that with 4 and 5 receiver sets, there are often guys blitzing who aren't accounted for. You have to make the right reads, know your audibles, see your hot reads and get the ball out quickly and accurately to give your receiver or back the ability to gain yards after the catch. And let's be real here, does that sound like Cam???

did you watch the first half of 2018?

[panthers55]

7 hours ago, Sgt Schultz said:

I was one that wanted him back in 2020, but I had no illusions he would be in a Panther uniform beyond then.  I expected he was going to be in the role of a abridge to 2021 or get deal before the deadline in 2020, if he proved he was healthy and looked like surviving a season would not be an issue.  The best scenario in that thinking was they extend him a year or two, but I realized that was not likely.

I had also increasingly come to accept my initial wish of him being here for 2020 was probably not going to happen.

Did the Panthers give up on him?  Yes, they did.  I'm not angry they did after the last couple of seasons, and I never thought that possibility was unreasonable.

The irony is that I wanted to see them pursue Bridgewater last year, as a potentially solid backup should Cam not be able to finish the season or his shoulder not have recovered.  Had they done that, I think we would be exactly where we are today.

I was hoping that we kept Cam for one more season so we could see the healthy Cam in this offense. But as I said earlier I understand why they moved on and actually think that Bridgewater is a better fit in the NO dink and dunk system.

[Montsta]

1 hour ago, Cpt slay a ho said:

Like the other poster stated the revenue he has made for the panthers is more than enough to compensate him for last season, 2018 although injured, he only missed the last 2-3 games. I don’t think either side got shafted in money 

Fair argument. 

[panthers55]

4 minutes ago, beo said:

did you watch the first half of 2018?

Cam numbers were better because he checked down to CMC a ton as he should have. But he still was not or miss in accuracy. He would thread the needle on one dart to Funchess 20 yards down the field and overthrow Samuel by 5 feet when he was all alone in the flat on the next. He was too inconsistent to extend drives  down the field. Bridgewater is not nearly as athletic or as talented as Cam, but he is better in a New Orleans style which requires pinpoint passing to throw receivers open. 

[Sean Payton's Vicodin]

I would be fine with giving up on Cam if we had traded up for Tua or somehow to Burrow. But fuging hell, we picked TEDDY BRIDGEWATER over him. If I'm Cam I sign with the Broncos, dab all over the Panthers in BOA, as well as bring over the Lombardi trophy and write "you guys gave me Mike Shula for half a decade and then cut me loose" all over it.

 

[beo]

9 minutes ago, panthers55 said:

Cam numbers were better because he checked down to CMC a ton as he should have. But he still was not or miss in accuracy. He would thread the needle on one dart to Funchess 20 yards down the field and overthrow Samuel by 5 feet when he was all alone in the flat on the next. He was too inconsistent to extend drives  down the field. Bridgewater is not nearly as athletic or as talented as Cam, but he is better in a New Orleans style which requires pinpoint passing to throw receivers open. 

true, he wasn't without flaws in that system, but the idea behind keeping cam for a year was that he'd had his chance to heal up, and now we were gonna see what we could do. in the first half of 2018 he wasn't fully healed (as is tradition), and i think that the running dynamic + him having actually good targets  now (lol funchess) could've definitely made a difference and open that system up even more as it gives the defense more to prepare for and worry about, not to mention the obvious ability to throw deep darts down the field. i fail to see how signing an inferior version of alex smith with an injury history makes sense over keeping him on a one year prove it deal to test the waters. worst case scenario we suck and have a chance at a qb in 2021 (or can sign one next year), best case scenario cam shows out and gets an extension. instead we chose to spend 60 million on mediocrity and still got nothing for cam.