Cam Newton Greatest rookie season ever ?

[Inimicus]

Randy Moss

Anquan Boldin

Gale Sayers

Dick "Night Train" Lane

Dan Marino

Ben Roethlisberger

Eric Dickerson

Lawrence Taylor

I'm not typically one of those "its just nice to get nominated" folks but holy poo. Just to be in a legitimate conversation where your achievements are compared to those guys...

That's pretty strong company.

[Panthro]

Randy Moss

Anquan Boldin

Gale Sayers

Dick "Night Train" Lane

Dan Marino

Ben Roethlisberger

Eric Dickerson

Lawrence Taylor

I'm not typically one of those "its just nice to get nominated" folks but holy poo. Just to be in a legitimate conversation where your achievements are compared to those guys...

That's pretty strong company.

to be fair the article was written in 2003....but it still stands

[bleys]

where does Andy Dalton fall in that list?

[The_Mango55]

Left Tackles don't exactly make minimum wage

I know, when it comes to both salaries and the NFL draft they get plenty of respect. But in public and a large percentage of media opinion (and certainly media coverage) the "skill position" players always get the "best player in the NFL" superlatives.

This even applies to positions that don't get paid and/or drafted as highly as QBs and Offensive Tackles. Shane Lechler and Sebastian Janikowski will never be paid like Peyton Manning (nor should they be) but they can certainly be argued to be some of the best players in the NFL.

[Gazi]

Randy Moss is probably the best ever.

[footballisasport]

The thing I realize about sports is, there are athletes and there are just players. The players are happy with just winning and doing good. Athletes are those with fire in their bellies. They are never satified no matter how many wins they get. They want to dominate their sport. That is what really separates, the MJ's, Rodgers, Tom Brady's, Tiger Woods, Kobi's, Serena Sisters, Peyton Mannings, and can hopefully add the Cam Newtons of the sports world from others. They are always hungry and they stay hungry.

[tiger7_88]

Looks like LT was the reason they started tracking sacks as a stat. lol

If you've ever read the book "The Blind Side" it gives a very interesting and widely accepted theory that not only did LT redefine the rush-end position, because of the very chaos he caused he also redefined the left-tackle position as a result.

I do believe its still true that, behind quarterbacks, left tackles are the highest paid positions in the NFL on average.

[YoungPanthers89]

[fieryprophet]

Terry Bradshaw works for Fox.

[TheGreatestOfAllTimeCam]

Lawrence Taylor's rookie season wasn't even close, and I don't think I'm being that biased

[Mr ocho nueve]

Greatest Rookie season of ALL TIME? NO. Too many greats have done bigger things.

Greatest Rookie season of a PANTHER? YES, by leaps and bounds.

[ncmonzta]

I couldn't find a better one than this http://www.carolinahuddle.com/forum/carolina-panthers/74192-as-requested-cam-newton-record-watch.html

[E CaT PanTHer]

Randy Moss is probably the best ever.

Moss only started 11 games his rookie year

69 rec, 1313 yards, 17 TD's

That's insane, especially given how hard the transition is for WR's from the college ranks to the NFL.

[Kevin Greene]

Taylor, Dickerson.....Newton

I'm ok with anyway you want to arrange it.

What Dickerson did in the John Robinson offense as a Rook was quite an accomplishment, even with limited responsibiites in the tail back position.

But playing QB in Chud's offense in todays game and doing what Cam has done far surpasses ED's accomplishments imho, as great as they were.

Of course, Cam's great season will only hold water if he backs it up next year with even a better campaign.