Round 1 Panthers Select: Cam Newton QB

[schermy01]

Please dont start him at the beginning of the season that all I ask. Maybe week 13 if we are out of the playoffs let him sit and learn first.

I hope you're kidding about the above statement: "sit and learn" first, right. Learn how to lose? My prediction is he will be the starter by the time the season starts, as he gives us the best chance to lead this team out of the duldrums, whether he does it by his arm or his legs. I just hope he has more than one receiver or tight end (Smith and Shockey) that can actually catch a pass!

[AceMan]

[AceMan]

Hahaha I got a friend that told me this morning that Cam looks like Bruce Leeroy from "The Last Dragon". You guys be the judge

[Kettle]

Nicest suit of the night by far.

agreed. classy. not loud.

[ncmonzta]

:nopity:

Leave it to people like you to assume that offering another perspective means that somebody is upset.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN PEOPLE LIKE ME!?"

I mean people who's faces were buried so deep into Cam's naughty jungle of love that they really believe he's a franchise savior without him taking a snap yet.

I'm excited because there's competition at QB :)

[Easyt65]

I hope you're kidding about the above statement: "sit and learn" first, right. Learn how to lose? My prediction is he will be the starter by the time the season starts, as he gives us the best chance to lead this team out of the duldrums, whether he does it by his arm or his legs. I just hope he has more than one receiver or tight end (Smith and Shockey) that can actually catch a pass!

If the team STARTS Cam Newton, he WILL be a BUST!

Cam Newton has 1 (ONE) year's experience playing at the top collegiate level. His playbook was simplified - his plays were numbered. When the ball was snapped to him he knew he had one - maybe two - pass options at most before he would have to run. He operated out of the shorgun and will need to work on taking snaps from center. He did not have to learn defensive schemes and how to read them. In college, he played against teams that had 2 -3 NFL-calibre players, tops. In the NFL, EVERY player is better than 75% of the teams he played against as a whole. There is a long laundry list of things he will have to work on in order to develop into an NFL-ready QB.

Jimmy Clausen played under a Pro-Style offense at ND. He was familiar with the Panther's scheme coming in. He was given no time to develop, was thriown in when he wasn't completely ready, was asked to run the offense behind an injury-plagued offensive line, and he failed miserable. Want to see what happens to a QB who was even more prepared than Cam is (based on the above) when thrown onto the field before he is ready? Jimmy Clausen is your example.

Unfortunately, after a 2-14 season, finishing last in the NFL, using a #1 Pick on Newton, needing BADLY to turn this team around, fans' impatience with losing and paying high prices for tickets, Carolina will rush Newton into the starting position, ready or not. If they do that, he will be a complete bust. What they NEED to do is sit him like Aaron Rogers in Green Bay for a season or two (Rogers sat 3 years) so he can be the franchise QB we drafted him to be. If anyone thought for a second that we could draft Newton and he would start right away and be Big Ben, Aaron Rogers, or even Freeman, IMO they will be sadly mistaken. Newton is an 'investment' at this point, not a starting QB.

[RedMage138]

I promised if we drafted Cam Newton, I would be optimistic, I would try hard to become his new biggest fan, and give him an honest chance as our QB of the future. And I am sticking to that promise, because right, wrong, or indifferent, he is "our guy" for at least the next 3 years.

So I'll try to look on the bright side. After all, he is a dual threat with a strong arm, a Heisman Trophy winner, and a National Championship winner. So I'll try to stay positive, and look past all the negative press, because at the moment his odds of becoming the worst bust in history are about the same as him being the greatest of all time, so we've got that going for us. Which is nice.

I'm not quite ready to buy his jersey yet, or cheer his name, but, as a man of my word, I promise, I will give him at least 2 years before I call him a bust, demand Hurney be fired, renounce my fandom of the Panthers, or any such zealous overreaction.

p.s. I'm looking for co-signers on this pledge.

Co-signed, Pretty much my feelings exactly. It would not have been my pick if I was the GM but he's my QB now.

[Ricky Spanish]

I am cautiously optimistic about this. If hurney and rivera have all the confidence in the world in him, I am going to have a bit invested in him myself.

[TerriblePizza]

So. How long before Cam pulls a Julius Peppers on us?

[Millions]

Press Conference live on ESPN during the 12:00 sports center.

[micnificent28]

He is the franchise now.Lets hope he does all the things he needs to be a qb.

[Mr. Scot]

This is the lowest point I have ever felt as a Panther fan. I honestly question if I can even muster support for this team anymore. After all these years of great football, the realization that the Panthers have completely derailed since Jerry's illness has really hit home.

Horrible, horrible pick. Complete waste. We desperately need O line and D line and we go after Cam Newton? Really?!? Are you kidding me? Why are we wasting one second on a another QB who is almost certainly a bust?

It's over. We may never be a viable team again until the team is sold, which might be years from now.

Depressed is all I can say.

If this is the lowest point you've had as a Panthers fan, you must have only joined the fanbase in the past week or so.

We just made a draft pick. We should all be able to be happy for at least a little while (and I say this as someone who didn't want any quarterback in the draft).

[Mr. Scot]

He is the franchise now.Lets hope he does all the things he needs to be a qb.

Don't get ahead of yourself.

He's not the man just yet. Gotta give him time to grow into it.

[Mr. Scot]

I promised if we drafted Cam Newton, I would be optimistic, I would try hard to become his new biggest fan, and give him an honest chance as our QB of the future. And I am sticking to that promise, because right, wrong, or indifferent, he is "our guy" for at least the next 3 years.

So I'll try to look on the bright side. After all, he is a dual threat with a strong arm, a Heisman Trophy winner, and a National Championship winner. So I'll try to stay positive, and look past all the negative press, because at the moment his odds of becoming the worst bust in history are about the same as him being the greatest of all time, so we've got that going for us. Which is nice.

I'm not quite ready to buy his jersey yet, or cheer his name, but, as a man of my word, I promise, I will give him at least 2 years before I call him a bust, demand Hurney be fired, renounce my fandom of the Panthers, or any such zealous overreaction.

p.s. I'm looking for co-signers on this pledge.

I'm going to be cautiously optimistic (I always am) but honestly, the Heisman and BCS stuff doesn't mean anything to me.

If I'm optimistic, it's gonna be because I have faith that Hurney and Rivera made the right call.