Cam is the only QB left unsigned.

[MadHatter]

52 minutes ago, Mr Mojo Risin said:

Seems like I struck a nerve, eh? I've never said anything that you mentioned above, which tells me yet again you dont know what you're talking about and that you're trying to piggy back off of someone else's argument. Lol again!!

Now go and do what? I'm sorry but your retard is showing and that's a language I unfortunately don't speak

Says the retard with the iq of a head of lettuce.

[Bytes]

1 hour ago, Mr Mojo Risin said:

Seems like I struck a nerve, eh? I've never said anything that you mentioned above, which tells me yet again you dont know what you're talking about and that you're trying to piggy back off of someone else's argument. Lol again!!

Now go and do what? I'm sorry but your retard is showing and that's a language I unfortunately don't speak

So exactly what was in my post makes you think im a "dumb ass"? Please be specific.

[PghPanther]

Some teams want game managers as QBs while they look for someone new out of the draft to build an offense around..........other teams are building offenses around new draft picks that show such a potential or making due with what they have as work in progress.

Newton's potential as a big duel threat QB would still be something worth building a team around if he was coming out of the college draft.

But to be an aged big duel threat with concerns of the physical side of Cam's durability and the fact that he has established himself in the league so that if he is healthy would command a significant compensation is actually working against him at this time...not for him.

Its somewhat like what actress model Lauren Bacall once said about women, "All women die two deaths..............the first to their beauty and youth..........and the 2nd they share in the same with men"

Well, an athlete especially an elite one has the same curse...................they first lose stock from age/injuries as the elite ones experience first.................and then like all athletes lose stock from being too much a financial risk to maintain continued investment in them. 

I'm afraid Newton might be in that situation right now in his career.......

[Brooklyn 3.0]

The Huggers will always have an excuse. May as well just ignore them. Let them pout for the next few years. It's all they know.

[Pantherzack179812]

On 5/22/2020 at 5:01 PM, Jeremy Igo said:

Cam currently isn't signed and likely won't be until there is an injury to a QB and even then a starting job isn't assured.

Looks like the rest of the NFL sees whatever the Panthers saw in letting him go. Highly likely mostly medical reasons. 

The man flipped off a rich white owner on Instagram after 2 disappointing injury plagued season (one where he admitted he lied about his foot injury on YouTube) and people are shocked he doesn't have a job.

Even if Cam is good at this point, he falls under the The Golden Calf of Bristol category. I see him getting a shot mid season or 2021

[DeAngelo Beason]

At least as of early last year, Cam Newton was not a professional level QB.  Whether that was due to injury or not, who knows?  But I can tell you that if I were a GM, I'm not going to even CONSIDER signing the guy until he can pass a very in-depth physical to prove that he is at least healthy.  Like it or not, the most recent game film on him is hideous.

[CanadianCat]

Honestly Cam's best decision would likely to take this year off. Spend the year training with someone like Jordan Palmer who is widely respected in the NFL QB circles. 

Then he can have the time his body needs to fully recover, has a witness to to his abilities and be a head of next years FA market. 

 

Getting a back up spot or waiting for a started to get hurt will probably hurt him more long term then if he would just wait this year out. 

[Sgt Schultz]

On 5/25/2020 at 7:19 AM, raz said:

negotiating thru social media is a giant no no.   once you do that other teams think you will do the same there.  he blackballed himself in a franchise qb sense.   he may have run himself out of the league.   we'll see.   i hope he's successful and i hope he matures but he has put a mtn in front of himself.      he has to prove more to a new team than his health and who knows if he even understands that yet

Negotiation are strategic.  If there is one thing that social media generally is not, it is strategic.  There is a small minority who are experienced in communications strategies and thus do a good job of voicing a strategic message.  Professional athletes generally are not among that small minority.

I think Cam has to be "questioning the meaning of life" right now.  Not literally, of course.  He hits a crest in 2015, sees the team around him erode, then gets hurt in a bad place for a QB, finally is sat down, gets a chance to heal, and when his opportunity to prove he is healthy (or not) comes around, he suffers a completely different injury that sidelines him again.  Then the entire team changes and he is not part of the plan going forward.  Top that off with the lockdowns that prevent him from proving whether or not he is capable in a relatively small market of teams looking for veteran starting QBs, with the trend being to find young starters. 

There is very little he can do but wait, try to keep himself in the best shape he can, and hope.  Or focus his attention on something else entirely and get on with life.

[SOJA]

On 5/22/2020 at 5:01 PM, Jeremy Igo said:

Cam currently isn't signed and likely won't be until there is an injury to a QB and even then a starting job isn't assured.

Looks like the rest of the NFL sees whatever the Panthers saw in letting him go. Highly likely mostly medical reasons. 

I think the current climate of team's not being able to give him a full physical and workout at their facility plays a huge role 

[CanadianCat]

12 minutes ago, SOJA said:

I think the current climate of team's not being able to give him a full physical and workout at their facility plays a huge role 

That obviously plays a role. But if a team REALLY saw him as a franchise QB RIGHT NOW then they would sign him on condition of the physical passing. 

We can all speculate all we want but the fact is that Flacco and Dalton and Foles all signed before him. The NFL is telling us what they think of Cam right now. 

The NFL either doesnt think he can play anymore OR that they dont see him as back up material. Has to be either one. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Honestly, I think it boils down to the pandemic.  This is going to be a weird offseason. Teams are looking for plug and play players. That's why we got Bridgewater. I don't think for a second we think he's the long-term franchise QB answer. If we did, we would've signed him to a longer contract, not the three year contract with an out after the second season that we signed him to. He's familiar with the offense that Brady is going to install. There's not a clear cut situation out there with a dire need at QB like that for Cam to step into.

 

[TheSpecialJuan]

On 5/22/2020 at 2:01 PM, Jeremy Igo said:

Cam currently isn't signed and likely won't be until there is an injury to a QB and even then a starting job isn't assured.

Looks like the rest of the NFL sees whatever the Panthers saw in letting him go. Highly likely mostly medical reasons. 

lol

[LinvilleGorge]

28 minutes ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

lol

I mean, he's not wrong. If a team thought Cam was 100% healthy moving forward, I feel sure someone would sign him. Basically, if you don't have a proven elite QB or a young guy you think is going to develop into an elite QB, then a definitely healthy Cam would be better than what you currently have. Honestly, it was a big red flag for every team when the team with the best insight into Cam's health signed Teddy Bridgewater. You don't do that if you think Cam is healthy.

[SOJA]

4 hours ago, CanadianCat said:

That obviously plays a role. But if a team REALLY saw him as a franchise QB RIGHT NOW then they would sign him on condition of the physical passing. 

We can all speculate all we want but the fact is that Flacco and Dalton and Foles all signed before him. The NFL is telling us what they think of Cam right now. 

The NFL either doesnt think he can play anymore OR that they dont see him as back up material. Has to be either one. 

I don't think your two conclusions or wrong, but I think it's more likely Cam doesn't believe he is a backup and wants to be a starter and I can't blame him