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The Saw

By The Saw,
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jb_online Newbie

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Lawrence Taylor.

Nope. How many records did TL break/set in his rookie season? I tell you what, I'll post Cam Newton's accomplishments of his rookie season and you can post Lawrence Taylors so we can compare.

-Most passing yards by a quarterback in debut game (422)

-Most passing yards by a quarterback in first two games (854)

-Most passing yards by a rookie in a game (432)

-First quarterback in NFL history to pass for more than 400 yards in first career start

-First quarterback in NFL history to pass for more than 400 yards in first two career starts

-Sixth quarterback to throw for 400+ yards in back to back games

-First rookie in NFL history to pass for more than 400 yards in back to back games

-Fastest player to throw for 1,000 yards

-First player in NFL history with at least five rushing touchdowns and five passing touchdowns in his first five games

-First rookie in NFL history to throw for 10 touchdowns and run for 10 touchdowns in a season. Current: Thrown for 21, Rushed for 14

-First rookie quarterback to throw for 4,000 yards in a season.

-Most rushing touchdowns in single season by a quarterback (14)

-Set an NFL rookie record in the final week when he accounted for his 35th touchdown of the season.

-Cam now holds the record for rushing yards by a QB in his rookie season with 706 yards.

Old record was 552, by Vince Young.

-Cam Newton has broken Peyton Manning's rookie passing record and passed for 4,051 yds.

-Cam Newton has become the first QB in NFL history to pass for 4,000+ yards and rush for 500+ yards in a single season. He had 4,051 Passing Yards and 706 Rushing Yards. --Consider all the great athletic QBs that have come before him, Steve Young, Frank Tarkenton, Randall Cunningham, Michael Vick. Cam Newton will be able to accomplish something that these great QBs couldn't do their whole career, he accomplished this in his rookie year!

-Set a franchise mark with a 91 yard TD pass to Lafell in Week 16 against the Bucs.

-Cam has been nominated for ROTW 13 out of the 17 weeks. His consecutive streak is 5 (WKS 1-5).

CAM NEWTON FINISHED THE SEASON WITH 4,051 PASSING YARDS, 706 RUSHING YARDS AND 35 TOTAL TDS (21 Pass, 14 Rush)

He has thrown for 21 TDs this season. He is one of just five rookies in NFL history to throw for at least 20 touchdowns in a season. The record is 26, set by Manning.

Newton became the second player in NFL history with at least 20 touchdown passes and 10 rushing touchdowns in a season, tying Kordell Stewart who did it in 1997.

Cam Newton is a lock to win Rookie of the Year.

Your turn.

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1981 NFL Player Association NFC Linebacker of the Year

1981 Associated Press NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year

1981 Bell Trophy (the season's top rookie)

1981 Defensive Player of the Year (Only rookie to ever win it to date)

1981 First team All-Pro

1981 Pro Bowl

Sacks weren't officially a stat til 1982 but he supposedly had 9.5 his rookie season.

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Varking Grand Master

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your case sucked.

next.

oh....btw...nice hire for HC. :lol:

No offense but his case was that as a rookie, LT was voted as the best player at his position, period. Cam, who I love, didn't even make the Pro Bowl. He wasn't even top 3 at his position.

Cam did stuff we have never seen before as a rookie, which is awesome and something to build on, but LT was THE BEST LB IN THE NFL that year.

Cam should win rookie of the year this year but lets not get carried away.

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No offense but his case was that as a rookie, LT was voted as the best player at his position, period. Cam, who I love, didn't even make the Pro Bowl. He wasn't even top 3 at his position.

Cam did stuff we have never seen before as a rookie, which is awesome and something to build on, but LT was THE BEST LB IN THE NFL that year.

Cam should win rookie of the year this year but lets not get carried away.

Exactly.

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No offense but his case was that as a rookie, LT was voted as the best player at his position, period. Cam, who I love, didn't even make the Pro Bowl. He wasn't even top 3 at his position.

Cam did stuff we have never seen before as a rookie, which is awesome and something to build on, but LT was THE BEST LB IN THE NFL that year.

Cam should win rookie of the year this year but lets not get carried away.

I love me some LT, but he was a LB and Cam is a QB... slightly different requirements at those positions so I would give it to the QB.

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rayzor Grand Master

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No offense but his case was that as a rookie, LT was voted as the best player at his position, period. Cam, who I love, didn't even make the Pro Bowl. He wasn't even top 3 at his position.

Cam did stuff we have never seen before as a rookie, which is awesome and something to build on, but LT was THE BEST LB IN THE NFL that year.

Cam should win rookie of the year this year but lets not get carried away.

that's all fine and good if you think that the best players in the league are the ones going to the probowl. i don't.

pro-bowl designation is overrated. it's a popularity contest.

that said...what player has broken the # of records that cam did this year as a rookie and as a player?

LT was impressive for sure, but the things required of an LB and the expectations for an LB are quite different than that of a QB.

buuutttt....if you want to nit pick and say that cam is the 2nd best rookie to ever play the game, i can honestly say i have no problem with this. esp. when you consider that "respectable" guys like mayock and many others said that drafting him was a mistake and some blowfish like gabbert was the best QB heading into the draft last year.

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