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most under-hyped story of 2011?


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I can see where they are coming from. Cam was putting up numbers that have never before been seen out of a rookie QB but Brees was getting more talk for his record chase, Rodgers and the Packers for potentially going 16-0, Dalton for taking the Bengals to the playoffs, Peyton Mannings neck, and The Golden Calf of Bristol all received more hype than Cam's season did.

Example: Can you imagine what ESPN would have been like if Cam put up those numbers for Dallas, or if Mike Vick had been the one to rush for 14 TDs? Both of those situations would have had much more regular talk than what Cam did playing for us this past season.

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hype (verb)

transitive verb

1: put on, deceive

2: to promote or publicize extravagantly <hyping this fall's TV lineup>

There was nothing deceptive in how well he performed, and he was clearly not promoted as something better than he turned out to be. Underhyped indeed.

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Sorry, I am not fully on the Cam bandwagon yet. We have 2 RBs who set an NFL record several seasons ago, yet they took a backseat to Cam's rushing attempts. I want a Field General in a QB not a 3rd RB under center. I don't mind if he takes off when he has to or if he tucks it and runs if he sees an opening when no other passing options are open. I do not want, however, a 'Michael Vick' at Carolina. Michael Vick, after all, hasn't won squat! Our offense wasn't balanced this year, and, as I said, our stud RBs took a back seat to Cam this past season. It didn't help our RBs that our OL wasn't the best this year. Man, I was so excited to draft Otah, the 'human road-grader', which he was at 1st...before his knees went 'buh-bye'. <Sigh>

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Sorry, I am not fully on the Cam bandwagon yet. We have 2 RBs who set an NFL record several seasons ago, yet they took a backseat to Cam's rushing attempts. I want a Field General in a QB not a 3rd RB under center. I don't mind if he takes off when he has to or if he tucks it and runs if he sees an opening when no other passing options are open. I do not want, however, a 'Michael Vick' at Carolina. Michael Vick, after all, hasn't won squat! Our offense wasn't balanced this year, and, as I said, our stud RBs took a back seat to Cam this past season. It didn't help our RBs that our OL wasn't the best this year. Man, I was so excited to draft Otah, the 'human road-grader', which he was at 1st...before his knees went 'buh-bye'. <Sigh>

girl look at that body

but really, you weren't watching the same season we were. it seems like you are upset that dwill and stew didn't get all the glory this year? cam had 14 rushing TDs. that's a lot. that means we are scoring. besides, towards the end of the year stewy and Dwill picked up their rushing numbers because chud admitted he wasn't sure how to incorporate everyone into the running game at first or how to best utilize them. Cam threw for 4k yards, something i don't think any panther in history has done, and you are over here complaining about how our QB is michael vick?

come on now guy.

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Sorry, I am not fully on the Cam bandwagon yet. We have 2 RBs who set an NFL record several seasons ago, yet they took a backseat to Cam's rushing attempts. I want a Field General in a QB not a 3rd RB under center. I don't mind if he takes off when he has to or if he tucks it and runs if he sees an opening when no other passing options are open. I do not want, however, a 'Michael Vick' at Carolina. Michael Vick, after all, hasn't won squat! Our offense wasn't balanced this year, and, as I said, our stud RBs took a back seat to Cam this past season. It didn't help our RBs that our OL wasn't the best this year. Man, I was so excited to draft Otah, the 'human road-grader', which he was at 1st...before his knees went 'buh-bye'. <Sigh>

You do realize he threw for the 2nd most passing yards in team history right? He also has more touchdowns in a season than Stephen Davis. Our offense was 32nd last year and 7th this year. We were 8th in the league in rushing and 9th in passing, how much more balanced can we be? The reason we didn't win was defense and key offensive mistakes. Those get fixed we win period. That field general Michael Vick comparison is stupid.

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HAHA!!! I love Cam, but in no way was he an underrated story. The Golden Calf of Bristol = overrated. Cam = just right. People talked about him every day BUT... (cue T.O. voice) Thats my QB.

Topic is under-hyped, not underrated. There's a difference. The Golden Calf of Bristol was definitely over-hyped, although it's understandable.

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Almost every story was under-hyped becaue The Golden Calf of Bristol was stealing all of it.

I think Cam was fairly well hyped but would have benefited without the The Golden Calf of Bristol hype.

I think the most underhyped story was the Texans winning the division and making the playoffs the first time ever despite massive numbers of injuries all season.

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