Against all options, Newton makes most sense for Carolina

[Mr. Scot]

you gotta be kidding...

No, I think he really is that dumb :nonod:

[Sword]

That's not an argument for taking Newton.

If he's not the best available guy, we shouldn't take him. The QB position can be addressed other ways.

the other ways either are gonna cost draft picks, or a bunch of D listers.

[Knaakedup]

About as silly as we'll look if we take him number one and he's a total bust.

Difference being that besides us looking silly, it also means we blew the number one pick in the draft.

Same bland argument. So scared of having pie on the face, yet there is a reason we are sitting here with the #1 pick in the first place. NEWS FLASH: the pie has been thoroughly rubbed into the face already. We would look worse if he's great.

[Mr. Scot]

can you really be so sure luck truely is better than newton?

Good luck finding a professional analyst who says otherwise.

[Mr. Scot]

Same bland argument. So scared of having pie on the face, yet there is a reason we are sitting here with the #1 pick in the first place. NEWS FLASH: the pie has been thoroughly rubbed into the face already. We would look worse if he's great.

As Mav said, not if the guy we draft looks good too.

The only way we "look silly" is if the player we do take busts. If we pass on someone else who turns out to be great, but the guy we took is also great, so what? We only had the one pick.

[King Taharqa]

you gotta be kidding...

Not at all. I think its funny no one can produce a quote from Hurney or JR that "we're drafting Luck" and yet everyone took that as a given. Just like it was a given "we're going after Harbough!!!" :rolleyes:

[mav1234]

Same bland argument. So scared of having pie on the face, yet there is a reason we are sitting here with the #1 pick in the first place. NEWS FLASH: the pie has been thoroughly rubbed into the face already. We would look worse if he's great.

What Newton does will only matter to the fan base if who we pick does poorly and if the team sucks while he does great.

If our player does well and the team improves, nobody is going to give a poo if Newton's good. How many people look at the Cardinals and lament that they didn't take Philip Rivers?

[King Taharqa]

can you really be so sure luck truely is better than newton?

Of course he is, look at all the awards he won over him and the national title he led Stanford too. :rofl:

[SorthNarolina]

can you really be so sure luck truely is better than newton?

in the nfl draft scouting universe, yes.

[mav1234]

Not at all. I think its funny no one can produce a quote from Hurney or JR that "we're drafting Luck" and yet everyone took that as a given. Just like it was a given "we're going after Harbough!!!" :rolleyes:

Gantt firmly believes we did go after Harbaugh until we found out what he wanted.

On the other hand, there were HUGE reports all over that two Panthers officials said we would not pass on Luck and we would not trade the pick and we would draft him.

[PantherDude]

can you really be so sure luck truely is better than newton?

So.....Newton winning an Heisman & being with a better team with better records than Luck mean he is better than him?? There is a reason why many were talking about him more than Newton until Luck decide to stay in college. :idea:

[Knaakedup]

As Mav said, not if the guy we draft looks good too.

The only way we "look silly" is if the player we do take busts. If we pass on someone else who turns out to be great, but the guy we took is also great, so what? We only had the one pick.

Yea, but we still wouldn't have a superbowl yet. We'd have a stud on defense that nobody talks about bc our QB situation is still a joke and we were 7-9 or 9-7 that season. I am not OK with mediocrity, however you appear to be.

[PantherDude]

Of course he is, look at all the awards he won over him and the national title he led Stanford too. :rofl:

Hmm.....Rodgers, Brady, Montana, etc. never won something like Newton did in college, but yet they won something better in the NFL than JaMarcus Russell who was supposely a Heisman winning QB in college along with him supposely being call a real winner in the Draft until he blew it in the NFL. :rofl:

[Ricky Spanish]

That was a very well written article with several valid points.

I'm still not sold on Newton though.