3 keys in developing Cam Newton

[mwright350]

Frankly I disagree with the notion that any of our QBs should enter this year as the defacto starter. IMO not one of them is clearly a better NFL QB than the others. Moore has shown us some good play in games prior but has also shown the ability to suck many nuts. Clausen played horribly last year but QBs have shown in the past that their first year cannot always be used as a definite indication of career development so he should at least be given a chance (also poo team play all around). Newton is a rookie who, IMO, was as good as he was in college because he was 10x the athlete most of the people he was playing against were and is still very much an unknown factor.

Let them compete and start whoever is the best.

My own personal caveat to that is that if Newton is not far and away better than the other players he should not be the starter. A moderate gain in QB performance over another QB is not worth throwing a rookie to the wolves. If he's lightyears better by all means start him - if it's close he should sit.

[AKPantherFan]

I was hoping trades could take place today, so if we were going to deal Smith maybe we could have used him to get back in the 2nd round....

Oh well...

[rico6]

Vinny? Not sure that's the best model for Cam to follow...

He is.

He inspired Deangelo to brand new heights. Motivating youngsters seems to be his forte.

[monstercat]

They did not say they were designing the offense to fit him. What they are doing is taking out SOME plays that he is not ready for, and adding SOME plays specifically for him.

This wil lstill be the same offense that Chud was planning on implementing.

What do you think that means? To me, it means that they're tailoring the offense to fit what Cam does, and not the other way around. That's how it should be too.

[WarCamEagle]

The good thing about Cam is he has good mechanics. I wonder how his running game will transition into the NFL. Might want to reduce it a lot and get him learning the offense and how to read NFL defenses.

[Mother Grabber]

You can think of him like Vick's return. Vick came in just a couple of plays/game for his first season back. He ran a wildcat or two to get used to game speed, and called it a night. That would seem like a good role for Cammy Camflakes this season for us. Get him in a few plays/game. Get him a taste of real game speed and real game defenses, but don't put any real pressure on him. Then, after a year of that he should be ready to compete for the starting role.