Cam Newton on First Take

[Hoenheim]

What do you guys think about this? Have you watched him on this show?  He sounds a bit unrefined for live TV, but he's got a great "keeping it " sort of vibe and made some great points in little time I watched him.

Its a little surreal to see him as an analyst on TV.  It's kinda hard to believe he never got another shot to be QB. 

I've been following his podcast/YouTube show a bit. I'm glad he found some other way to still be involved with football even tho seemingly he's unofficially retired .

Edited October 25 by Hoenheim

[CamWhoaaCam]

Cam was never the greatest public speaker. As you said he speaks well enough to get his point, but he does have some cringe moments.

 

ESPN is looking for hot takes and Cam will be fine in that area. I like Cam because he's a Carolina Panther. He's in Charlotte this weekend doing an event. The guy still bleeds Carolina.

 

I would love to see him debate that lady from ESPN who tried to shame him on Nat'l tv I think her name is Kimberly Martin. That would be hilarious.

[rayzor]

22 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

It's kinda hard to believe he never got another shot to be QB. 

He doesn't really have the arm to keep up with a full season and he's just too big of a presence for a backup role. 

that said...i do miss him being our QB and i will forever hate the refs, broncos, and TJ Watt for the damage done to him.

[SOJA]

1 minute ago, rayzor said:

He doesn't really have the arm to keep up with a full season and he's just too big of a presence for a backup role. 

that said...i do miss him being our QB and i will forever hate the refs, broncos, and TJ Watt for the damage done to him.

nods sadly 

[SOJA]

Also kelvin benjamin for literally giving up on the route and subsequent pick 6 in which Cam injured his shoulder

When you think about it: Cam is 35. If he never hurts that shoulder he is probably still our QB. 

Ah who am I kidding Rhule would have cut him because he was a sniveling coward and scared Cam would be a bigger presence in the locker room 

[PNW_PantherMan]

Just now, SOJA said:

When you think about it: Cam is 35. If he never hurts that shoulder he is probably still our QB. 

Cam and Dalton were in the same draft class.

[rayzor]

3 minutes ago, SOJA said:

Ah who am I kidding Rhule would have cut him because he was a sniveling coward and scared Cam would be a bigger presence in the locker room 

Probably not wrong. Rhule wanted his college posse and nothing but a bunch of his type of spineless tools who would revere him like ted lasso. 

[Captroop]

4 minutes ago, rayzor said:

He doesn't really have the arm to keep up with a full season and he's just too big of a presence for a backup role. 

that said...i do miss him being our QB and i will forever hate the refs, broncos, and TJ Watt for the damage done to him.

It's very easy to point the finger elsewhere, but the Panthers bear a LOT of the blame for Cam's abbreviated career. We never adequately attempted (or attempted at all, really) to build an offensive line around Cam. We're still dealing with the aftershocks of that decisions now, because our line has been a liability for going on a decade now.

[MechaZain]

He's entertaining. Him and Shannon can be pretty hilarious when they start cutting up.

What's nice is they all seem to be having more fun now without Skip making things awkward with his racist dogwhistling. It's more like the NBA on TNT crew now which fits First Take better than treating it like serious analysis.

[CamWhoaaCam]

1 minute ago, MechaZain said:

He's entertaining. Him and Shannon can be pretty hilarious when they start cutting up.

What's nice is they all seem to be having more fun now without Skip making things awkward with his racist dogwhistling. It's more like the NBA on TNT crew now which fits First Take better than treating it like serious analysis.

Skip killed his own career sadly. Dude would come to work spiked off the diet Mtn Dew causing hell in the workplace. People forget he ran off 2 women before the Shannon stuff. He was always making things awkward with his coworkers.  

[PNW_PantherMan]

6 minutes ago, MechaZain said:

He's entertaining. Him and Shannon can be pretty hilarious when they start cutting up.

What's nice is they all seem to be having more fun now without Skip making things awkward with his racist dogwhistling. It's more like the NBA on TNT crew now which fits First Take better than treating it like serious analysis.

Watching Shannon get under Skips skin was one of the most entertaining things ever to me.  I understand why Shannon left, but it was a sad day for me.

[NAS]

I just wonder if the hat will ever go away

[strato]

Skip Bayless lol. He is smarm in a sports coat. Just can't take him. The adversarial concept of 'you argue this and I'll argue against you and we'll say outrageous poo to get attention', I cannot be complimentary to that toxic poo - I better not start. Oops.

Skip was okay was writing for the Dallas paper, and I only say that because I never used to read the Dallas papers. 

[CPantherKing]

But are there 32 QBs better than Cam right now?