Mallett/Gabbert/Cam/Ponder/Locker

[TheRealDeal]

A guy that strives to be the best and won't settle until he gets there.

Revisionist history FTW.

Seriously, you know a lot about Cam's inner workings.

Link or STFU

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Most times.

Now he has the added pressure of not being "The Man." In college he was clearly the best, now he's just a small fish in a big pond. How does he handle that? It's completely different pressure than an NCAA investigation, which is what you mentioned. So while you didn't mention his father and crime in particular, you mentioned the NCAA investigation that was about his father and him committing a crime.

Your right, he is in a whole different world and he is no longer the best, or even close to being the best for that matter. However, the mentality needs to stay the same for him. He needs to keep striving to be the best, no matter the circumstances.

[Mr. Scot]

Newton's pro transition will be harder than Mallett's. Mallett is already familiar with making pro style reads while Newton still has a lot to learn in that regard. That's just a fact of life.

What's also true however is that this fact is in no way a predictor of success.

Newton has a harder hill to climb, but he still could get to the top of that hill before Mallett if he works harder. And even if Mallett gets there quicker, it's still possible that Newton stays there longer.

There are a million variables when it comes to predicting a pro quarterbacks success. This is one.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Revisionist history FTW.

Seriously, you know a lot about Cam's inner workings.

Link or STFU

It's called being an Auburn fan since the days of Cadilac Williams and Jason Campbell.

But in your case, it's called try reading a newspaper or magazine article from any sports tab during this past years college football season.

[Marguide]

Why do you guys continue to bite? You know that shiny thing twirling on the surface has a sharp hook, and yet you just can't resist it.

[TheRealDeal]

Your right, he is in a whole different world and he is no longer the best, or even close to being the best for that matter. However, the mentality needs to stay the same for him. He needs to keep striving to be the best, no matter the circumstances.

Good.

Next time only tell touching emotional stories that are relevant to the discussion at hand, not the discussion you want to be having.

[CatMan72]

The one thing we know about Cam is that he can handle pressure. It may have been pressure he brought on himself, but he handled it.

[TheRealDeal]

It's called being an Auburn fan since the days of Cadilac Williams and Jason Campbell.

But in your case, it's called try reading a newspaper or magazine article from any sports tab during this past years college football season.

So by being an Auburn fan, you know what goes on in Cam's head or what his thoughts and motivations are?

I'm a Panther fan and a Dodger fan but I don't know what the fug Matt Kemp is thinking at all, especially when he's running the bases.

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

Good.

Next time only tell touching emotional stories that are relevant to the discussion at hand, not the discussion you want to be having.

It wasn't a touching story, it was a true story that unfolded on the football field that proved that one, Cam Newton can handle pressure.

[Udogg]

So by being an Auburn fan, you know what goes on in Cam's head or what his thoughts and motivations are?

I'm a Panther fan and a Dodger fan but I don't know what the fug Matt Kemp is thinking at all, especially when he's running the bases.

Pfftt.. Rhiana.:p

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

So by being an Auburn fan, you know what goes on in Cam's head or what his thoughts and motivations are?

I'm a Panther fan and a Dodger fan but I don't know what the fug Matt Kemp is thinking at all, especially when he's running the bases.

Read a newspaper for pete sake. I'd link you a bunch of articles about Cam but it would be a waste of time because you would only dispute them, even if they were written plain and clear for Helen Keller.

[OchoNueve]

Not knocking him... but Cam is probably worried more about what he is going to wear to the stadium that what the other QB's from the rookie class are doing.

[Peppers90 NC]

So just to be clear, Cam can handle pressure better because he and his father are criminals and only he had to deal with that and his teammates didn't?

Was this thread a subtle attempt to get people wound up again? I assumed so as soon as I opened it but pretty sure of it now.

[Mr. Scot]

The one thing we know about Cam is that he can handle pressure. It may have been pressure he brought on himself, but he handled it.

My biggest worry is still how he'll take NFL hits.

Yeah I know, he's huge. But in that BCS Championship game he got up slowly an awful lot, and those were just college players (some smaller than him). What happens when someone like Ray Lewis or Troy Polamalu lays into him?

Hoping it's a non-issue, but that's one thing I'll be watching for this preseason. What happens when he takes his first big hit. If he handles that well, I'll feel a lot better.