Cam Newton Statistically Similar to A Rodgers

[TheRealDeal]

Few thoughts here....

That is because if you look at his college stats they were totally unimpressive. Instead people have to hang their hat on a pro day performance playing pitch and catch. if you went by his college stats he wouldn't be in the first round.

If you went by college stats Graham Herrell, Timmy Chang, Colt Brennan, Chris Leak, etc would all be superstars in the NFL. People hang their hat on his actual tools and how they transition to the NFL. His footwork, arm, accuracy, IQ, etc

(Not saying I agree with those tools, but those are the tools mentioned)

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Cam = Arm of an Elite QB from sports science

assist please

You realize Sport Science did a thing on Brittany Greiner and basically said she was a more impressive athlete than LeBron James. I personally think James is a bitch and never will be anything compared to Kobe, but he is a freakish athlete. They also gave some bogus stat that any shot within 14 feet of her she would block. That show stretches everything to make it sound amazing. 14 feet? Are you kididng me?

Yasinkas also compared the numbers of the two quarterbacks when they were facing a blitz. He found that when a defense sent five or more players after the quarterback, it was Newton who looked better. Newton completed 73.5 percent of his passes for five touchdowns and zero interceptions while being rushed while Gabbert only completed 44.8 percent of his passes for four touchdowns and zero interceptions when they were rushed. If Newton is good under presser, it may come in handy in the blitz happy AFC North.

Newton looked better against the blitz because he didn't have to make reads then. He can't read a zone defense and often threw the ball into traffic and should be interceptions. I'd take my chances with the guy that only needs to tweak his pocket presence than a guy that needs to learn to read defenses.

Except Clausen right??

:)

Clausen is terrible and was always going to be terrible and will always be terrible.

[chef17]

IMO this isn't a good comparision because you are comparing a QB who has called runs vs a QB who doesn't. Teams were a lot more focused on stopping Cam from running because he had so many called runs so he was facing less coverage. If teams were as focused on stopping Rodgers from running as they were with Cam, it is possible that Rodgers would have scrambled less. Just something else to look at. I think a better comparision would be comparing Cam to other QBs that had a high number of called runs.

[rico6]

Great read, stats are still ultimately irrelevant for the most part at the end of the day. However, Cam's numbers are astounding and can't be ignored.

Good post.