Peter King is feeling the swag.

[PantherBrew]

8. Cam Newton's arm, and his attitude, made him a winner in a loss. "Cam's very disappointed,'' wide receiver Steve Smith said after the Panthers couldn't finish a last-gasp drive and lost to Arizona, 28-21. He shouldn't be, but of course, that's a good sign; the guy's a competitor.

So many wondered if the Panthers were rushing Newton into action too soon, to justify being picked first overall last April. But his 422-yard performance showed that was wrong, as did the words coming out of the Panther locker room. He made the right reads and didn't take off to run at the first sign of pressure. He showed how, in trouble, he could make plays with his arm -- not just his legs.

Maybe being an itinerant has helped Newton. Over the past four falls, he has backed up The Golden Calf of Bristol at Florida, starred at Blinn (junior) College, taken Auburn to a national championship, and now taken over the Panthers. He's used to change. He's used to adapting, and taking a new team over. Look for offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski to add more plays to the repertoire week by week. Should be an interesting matchup this week. The Super Bowl champs come to Charlotte for the home opener, and Newton's performance gives Panther fans reason to think it might actually be a contest.

Offensive Players of the Week.

Cam Newton, QB, Carolina. In a loss, the Panthers won. With the best opening day by a quarterback in NFL history, Newton completed 24 of 37 for 422 yards (422!), two touchdowns and one interception. I didn't see much of the game, only the highlights, but Newton's competitiveness, his arm and his legs showed up at Arizona.

Down 7-0 early, Newton's 77- and 26-yard touchdown strikes to Steve Smith gave Carolina the lead. When the Cards tied it up, Newton bowled over from the 1 for another Panther lead. Think of the low expectations we all had of Newton. He was a downright star Sunday.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/09/11/week.1/index.html#ixzz1XjzkYsIH

[Car123]

:jc:

[NorthTryon]

I didn't see much of the game, only the highlights,

Would he have admitted this if Cam played like everyone expected him to?

[mav1234]

he may not have owned up to his own mistakes about what he thought of Newton but the good press he's giving him now shows that he isn't afraid like some will be to give him the praise he deserves.

I want to see what Hoge says about yesterday.

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

And I shall drink a pumpkin spice latte in honor of the frothing Starbucks monster honoring our franchise qb

[PantherBrew]

he may not have owned up to his own mistakes about what he thought of Newton but the good press he's giving him now shows that he isn't afraid like some will be to give him the praise he deserves.

I want to see what Hoge says about yesterday.

That was Mike and Mike saying that. Hoge didn't say it.

He just hated.

Said they broke down what they thought the coaches would do to help Cam on Countdown yesterday and predicted we would use half the field.

Said something about, you don't have to run routes utilizing the whole field.

Said staff did a good job managing Cam.

We ran the ball really well.

Throw the first TD out the window.

Cam trusted his guys and threw it up for them even when they were covered and let them make a play for him (shifting credit from Cam, stripping him of his due).

Said when we got to the last drive, it showed how we lack dynamic something... he started mumbling here.

Made a lot of bullsh*t statements, alluded to Cam not being special for various reasons, but never made concrete reasoning backing up his argument.

Just a lot of bullsh*t.

from Mike and Mike

[CatMan72]

:cam:

[Porn Shop Clerk]

When Peyton Manning throws for 300 yards in his first game as a rookie, its the 2nd coming of Jebus.

When Cam Newton throws for 400 yards in his first game as a rookie, its nothing special.

Par for course.

[The_Cannon]

We ran the ball really well.

I stopped reading right there. :rolleyes:

[Chaos]

What comes out of all this talk we will hear today and this week? There will be lots more eyes on Cam next Sunday, and it will be the GB defense. Prepare for these idiots to bring the hate when he doesn't duplicate his effort from this weekend against the champs.