Cam Newton - "I'm A Football Player" WTF

[beastson]

So if we had Brandon Marshall, it'll be easier huh?

[beastson]

Fix the defense and get Cam some passing weapons

For as much money put into the backfield, they should be our leading receivers along with be our running leaders

[rayzor]

you draft newton because he's a true dual threat and a game changer because of that.

you put him in a box by forcing him to stay in the pocket and you have wasted half of his talent and you have crippled your chances of becoming as successful as you could be with him.

stupid move, imo.

[cbully]

lining him up at WR is as useless as it was when jake d did it!

he can run tho but here and there. we have backs that are capable of 4th and 1!!

[TheRed]

Didn't Legedu throw a pass to Cam that was nearly a TD last year?

I think it isn't something we should throw away, but our coaches use it at the wrong times.

[beastson]

Speaking of which, look at that

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/10/05/3579034/rivera-steve-smith-needs-help.html

It would be nice to say what we know Rivera is thinking. Mike Wallace most likely will be available, it sure would be nice to have him on our team

[CRA]

If you look at the entire league in a 20 game window....

Carolina has 2 things thanks to their infant QB

1. Best rushing attack

2. Most explosive offense

Yet we need to be more traditional?

What we need to do is not worry about Cam. We need to worry about not giving him a D/ST NOW.

Newton's most dangerous years will be while is still a monster on the ground. The delay in giving him help will be costly. A 5 yr vet version I think will be more dangerous than a 10 yr version

[TheRed]

I'd love to have him, but with the money he would command we could do a lot of good for our ailing defense.

[beastson]

Through FA, who will be available on defense?

[TheRed]

Through FA, who will be available on defense?

2013 free agents.

Cliff Avril Lions DE 26

Chris Long Rams DE 28

Brent Grimes Falcons CB 30

Brian Urlacher Bears ILB 35

Ed Reed Ravens S 34

Dwight Freeney Colts DE 33

Connor Barwin Texans DE 26

Jairus Byrd Bills S 26

Henry Melton Bears DT 26

Jason Jones Seahawks DT 27

Alan Branch Seahawks DT 28

Kenny Phillips Giants S 26

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie Eagles CB 27

James Laurinaitis Rams ILB 26

Aqib Talib Buccaneers CB 27

LaRon Landry Jets S 28

Manny Lawson Bengals OLB29

Sam Shields Packers CB 25

Glenn Dorsey Chiefs DT 28

[carolina-chuck]

Rivera is going to live and die with Cam.

Too bad he'll be gone soon while Cam still have a job.

[carolina-chuck]

2013 free agents.

Cliff Avril Lions DE 26

Chris Long Rams DE 28

Brent Grimes Falcons CB 30

Brian Urlacher Bears ILB 35

Ed Reed Ravens S 34

Dwight Freeney Colts DE 33

Connor Barwin Texans DE 26

Jairus Byrd Bills S 26

Henry Melton Bears DT 26

Jason Jones Seahawks DT 27

Alan Branch Seahawks DT 28

Kenny Phillips Giants S 26

Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie Eagles CB 27

James Laurinaitis Rams ILB 26

Aqib Talib Buccaneers CB 27

LaRon Landry Jets S 28

Manny Lawson Bengals OLB29

Sam Shields Packers CB 25

Glenn Dorsey Chiefs DT 28

That's a great list of FAs

[Matthias]

The main problem is this college offense we run 50% of the time. Cam's a running threat whether you have those plays in there or not. So if the only reason we got them in there is to provide the threat of Cam running the ball, these plays are a major waste of time. They hurt more than they help.

I'm puzzled, Andrew Luck is pretty much a dual threat QB. He's not Cam, but he is close. I seen this guy lay out a couple of cats in college, and even forced a fumble while knocking a guy out. Yet I don't see the Colts running the bogus wildcat/read option plays. Why is that? You see this brings up an interesting question altogether. If Cam was white, would we be seeing these packages for 50% of our offensive playcalling? Or would we be running the full pro style offense, with these packages every blue moon to mix things up?

[CRA]

The main problem is this college offense we run 50% of the time. Cam's a running threat whether you have those plays in there or not. So if the only reason we got them in there is to provide the threat of Cam running the ball, these plays are a major waste of time. They hurt more than they help.

I'm puzzled, Andrew Luck is pretty much a dual threat QB. He's not Cam, but he is close. I seen this guy lay out of couple of cats in college, and even forced a fumble while knocking a guy out. Yet I don't see the Colts running the bogus wildcat/read option plays. Why is that? You see this brings up an interesting question altogether. If Cam was white, would we be seeing these packages for 50% of our offensive playcalling? Or would we be running the full pro style offense, with these packages every blue moon to mix things up?

So...in the 20 games of the Newton era you deem the college offense that has given us the best ground attack and most explosive offense during that 20 game stretch.....is the problem.

I'll disagree and go defense and ST is the issue.