Shutdown Corner: "I was lied to about Cam Newton."

[CatMan72]

It was reasonable to think Cam might struggle based on the offense he ran at Auburn, but it was dumb to assume that the offense he ran at Auburn meant he wasn't smart enough to run an NFL offense.

The Golden Calf of Bristol ran a very similar offense at Florida, did anyone question whether he was smart enough to learn an NFL offense? I know some did, but not nearly as many as those who questioned Cam's ability to learn it.

[CatMan72]

And as far as Dalton goes... give Cam a top 5 defense and the Bengals schedule thus far and he'd be undefeated.

[lightsout]

Inb4racewar

[Camdemonium]

And as far as Dalton goes... give Cam a top 5 defense and the Bengals schedule thus far and he'd be undefeated.

Hypotheticals are nice aren't they?

[CatMan72]

Hypotheticals are nice aren't they?

That's all we've got until we get a top 5 defense and a soft schedule.

Here's another one: If Matt Moore was our starting QB we'd be 0-8.

[Camdemonium]

#ISeeYouTrolling

[bauss]

Simple clues to the impact Cam is having on the NFL and the Panthers.

If he duplicates his production in the back stretch of the season he is going to be the bar by which every rookie QB that proceeds him will be measured. Similar to how Peyton Manning's rookie season is now. The guy is simply rewriting the rookie record books for his position.

The wins will come. Guys like Cam have a knack at luring talent to their franchises without even saying anything.

[Rubi]

bottom line....everyone is a fan of Cam. If you're a football fan you like him.

Where the trolls be?

[t48]

I don't care where he came from, what offense he ran, or what he liked to do when he was two. I'm just happy Cam Newton is a Carolina Panther!!! Why don't we here more press about how The Panthers front office got it right instead of all the articles about how someone got it wrong?

[The_Mango55]

Chris Chase clearly doesn't understand the concept of "Comeback player of the year"

[tiger7_88]

This brings up an interesting point, and something that I've noticed. A few experts came out last year around draft time and talked about the Auburn offense and deemed it as a one-read, simple system where Cam looked at ones receiver and took off if he wasn't open. All of a sudden, this was received as the gospel and everyone used it against him without really doing their homework. The Gruden thing didn't help either. Clearly we were all duped. I guess it's no coincidence that the people who actually took the time to sit down with Cam and talk to him about what he did and what he's capable of are the ones who said he'd make a big impact.

The only way the Auburn offense was/is a "one-read offense" is the quarterback read play where the QB (Cam last year, of course) reads the defensive end to decide whether to hand-off or keep. That's it.

The passing game (no matter what the legendary TRD liked to proclaim) was NEVER a "one-read" offense. Anyone who watched any of those games and watched Cam go from receiver to receiver TRYING to pass the ball rather than scramble (funny... kind of like he does this year) would have known that.