Cam's Footwork in Pictures

[bigdog10]

Another thing i've noticed that he needs work on is keeping his eyes downfield when he's forced out of the pocket.

I thought he did a great job of this last year, but this year he hasn't.

In my opinion, a quarterback is at his most dangerous when he's flushed from the pocket. Look at the success Romo, Brady, Big Ben, and others find when they are on the move and being pushed out of the pocket.

And Yes, I know Romo sucks, but he actually is a pretty good passer when things are breaking down around him and when he is extending plays with his legs.

[LinvilleGorge]

Romo is a massive tease. He can be so good at times, but crushingly bad at other times. He's basically a more talented version of Jake Plummer. He's going to make some great plays from time to time, but ultimately he's going to break your heart.

The next GM needs to make it a top priority to bring in someone to develop Cam Newton. That's the key to this franchise's future.

[AceBoogie]

I believe when zod says he's not on the move it means he's not rolling out and throwing (it would still be bad mechanics even if he were)

Looking at the sequence and where he starts and where he finishes he is moving backwards and jumping in a diagonally back and to the right and creating a situation where he is throwing across his body an getting crossed up...almost like he hopped to throw it which he has always had a tendency to do.

Pull zods dick out of your mouth

[jtnc]

Thats not him throwing on the run. Thats him not being comfortable in the pocket.

He's definitely not in the pocket in that photo.

[Darth Biscuit]

When Cam does step back and throw off his back foot he really zings it... too much sometimes... look at some of the throws from the Chicago game. They were hard to catch rockets... I think it's hard for him to not throw it hard. Look at those screens and short touch passes... he's often way high or low.

[MadHatter]

Exactly, Cam has a lot to improve from being on the field to the media. But why does he? A lot of the blame goes toward Rivera ESP bc he's the "HC".

I dnt think a Harbaugh, Belichick, or even a Rex Ryan would've let Cam cover himself with a towel and pouch about it on the bench instead of trying to go over plays with teammates on the sideline the first time he committed it.

Rivera forced Smitty to be the first to say something about it. And when you have 89 saying something, it's not going to be seen right.

Coaches are paid to teach players. They're the ones to blame for bad mechanics.

Sure it sounds like a lot of the fans are defending Cam but the kid is only in his 2nd year. Great abilities with poor coaching of maturation in all phases.

Agreed that he needs strong coaching. But, he has to be willing to listen. There have been instances shown on the sideline where Shuka is trying to go over pics of the past series with Can, only to have him ignoring the coach.

I think it is weaknesses on both the coach's AND Cam's part.

[MadHatter]

When Cam does step back and throw off his back foot he really zings it... too much sometimes... look at some of the throws from the Chicago game. They were hard to catch rockets... I think it's hard for him to not throw it hard. Look at those screens and short touch passes... he's often way high or low.

Yep. Like when he threw the end if 1H Hail Mary into the stands behind the end one. He has little to no touch right now.

[LinvilleGorge]

Agreed that he needs strong coaching. But, he has to be willing to listen. There have been instances shown on the sideline where Shuka is trying to go over pics of the past series with Can, only to have him ignoring the coach.

I think it is weaknesses on both the coach's AND Cam's part.

Yep. Sideline footage can be tough to interpret because you only get a glance here and a glance there, but I've never been around a football coach that would just let a player sit there and ignore him when he was trying to coach him.

[Darth Biscuit]

Yep. Like when he threw the end if 1H Hail Mary into the stands behind the end one. He has little to no touch right now.

Exactly.. he threw that ball 15 yards past the endzone from the 45 or 50 yard line.

[PantherPhann89]

Where are the teaching coaches that Rivera signed?

[spartan_pantherfan]

We all knew Cam was going to be somewhat of a project, Shula has done well so far. I hope whoever they bring in next will help him take the next step, foot work included. As Fiz said those screen passes are UGLY, no excuse for that. I'd imagine some of those lasers that he throws 15-25 yards down field that sail high are also due to footwork.

[ShutDwn]

I blame 50% on Cam, 30% on the option bullshit and 20% on the shaken up line.

It all plays a part. I also think Cam will be the one that will fix it.

[stirs]

Can anyone pull up the pick 6 play from this past Sunday?

[SauceBoss]

You want to know why him and Smitty haven't connected on a TD? Watch his long throws. He's throwing off his backfoot every time, damn Jake syndrome. It's b/c he's paranoid in the pocket b/c that line sucks. He's lost confidence. Half the time, he just heaves it downfield as fast as he can hoping something happens.