Cam Newton poised for breakout year - ESPN

[Frizzy350]

It was a nice article givin us a little love.  As a bit of an English guy tho... that article was painful as hell to read.  The sentence structuring was just flat out boring.

[TheRumGone]

this.

 

but.....it could be said that the best is yet to come and 2011 and the end of last year was only a glimpse of what is to come.

 

if he hasn't yet actually broken out....hold on to your hats.

 

 

I've said this before and I won't apologize for it. A lot of people exaggerate and aren't taken seriously, but I've thought this for a while. Cam is the best athlete in the NFL right now, he is a mixture of Bo Jackson and Brett Farve, but not only that he has the wherewithall, both mentally and physically, to know where is deficiencies lie and I've witnessed him correct them. There is no NFL player period at the QB position and some other positions that can move like him, take on defenders like him, show pin point accuracy like the best of them, and hve a rocket laser arm.  The man is 6'5"-6'6" 245-260 lbs and can jump over 6'7" lineman and defenders. It is beyond scary to think when he puts it all together what he can do. Just plain scary, and I think all of these beat writers know it.  Like i've said before, he put all of these qualities together the last half of the season. Now Imagine that from the beginning. 

 

We have a guy who has the ability to put up 35-40 TD through the air and 5-10 TD's on the ground a season. That is mindboggling.

 

Go check out past posts by CRA....you will see what I mean.

 

 

To be fair, I've heard CRA say he wants Cam to be allowed to use all of his physical abilities. He knows Cam is a pocket passer, he doesn't want him to be stifled in the run game or the passing game.

[rayzor]

I've said this before and I won't apologize for it. A lot of people exaggerate and aren't taken seriously, but I've thought this for a while. Cam is the best athlete in the NFL right now, he is a mixture of Bo Jackson and Brett Farve, but not only that he has the wherewithall, both mentally and physically, to know where is deficiencies lie and I've witnessed him correct them. There is no NFL player period at the QB position and some other positions that can move like him, take on defenders like him, show pin point accuracy like the best of them, and hve a rocket laser arm.  The man is 6'5"-6'6" 245-260 lbs and can jump over 6'7" lineman and defenders. It is beyond scary to think when he puts it all together what he can do. Just plain scary, and I think all of these beat writers know it.  Like i've said before, he put all of these qualities together the last half of the season. Now Imagine that from the beginning. 

 

We have a guy who has the ability to put up 35-40 TD through the air and 5-10 TD's on the ground a season. That is mindboggling.

 

 

 

To be fair, I've heard CRA say he wants Cam to be allowed to use all of his physical abilities. He knows Cam is a pocket passer, he doesn't want him to be stifled in the run game or the passing game.

agreed w/ all that, including the bit about CRA. it's as good and as respectable an opinion as any around here.

 

it's just a shame that people don't believe in respecting opinions...just attacking them if they're different. everything's got to turn into a pissing match.

[Zaximus]

Ditto on the comments, wow people hate this guy.  I don't understand the outside hate, except for the always obvious reason I won't mention.  It's not like he's ever been terrible to anyone.   I'm not sure how I feel about having a guy the league don't like, but in a way I hope even more he proves everyone wrong and runs all over their teams each Sunday.  I don't care if everyone outside of Panther fans hate him as long as he's doing his thing for the team.

[TheRumGone]

Cam was forcing the ball to create opportunities in the first half of the season BUT let's not forget that Chud restricted Cam from audibling.

 

For sure, another element i'm excited about with his game. I remember watching that Dilfer video with him talking about Cam. He is a film junky, another added bonus.  Cam can be that guy that everyone was talking about Mike Vick could be. Both a prolific passer and runner. Except Cam is like 40lbs heavier and 5 inches taller. He is an anomoly.

 

I actually get the hate against Cam. If he wasn't on the Panthers, I would despise him but respect him.

[SpeedOFLight]

The sad matter is some people in this world loves to see a star fail. They get some kind of kick from it. Remember that people hated Jordan, Ali, Kobe and also Tom Brady. I believe it comes from a professional dislike. I doubt (well hope) that some of these articles I read are personal feelings about our QB. Another thing to remember is, winning cures everything. Let's see we open the season with some dominating performances, watch all the love we will get. That is just the nature of the game. When you down, everyone takes a jab at you. When you are on cloud 9, everyone praises you. Funny how that works...

[Proudiddy]

Thanks Patty Y.

 

Now if you'll excuse me...

 

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[CarolinaCoolin]

this.

but.....it could be said that the best is yet to come and 2011 and the end of last year was only a glimpse of what is to come.

if he hasn't yet actually broken out....hold on to your hats.

Been thinking that for awhile. If stars alone and everything falls into place cam has the talent to crush his rookie season and have it be all time. Good. I agree that I think we've only seen the tip of the iceberg. That isn't homerism at all either. We all know kid is scary good

[TheRumGone]

Those comments on the site were hilarious. It was also hilarious Panthers fans were trying to defend Cam. Just let it go, people are really fuging dumb.

[TheRed]

Those comments on the site were hilarious. It was also hilarious Panthers fans were trying to defend Cam. Just let it go, people are really fuging dumb.

Every article on ESPN is littered with hateful comments, that's the internet. I just laugh at it and close the window.

[NanuqoftheNorth]

 

I don’t think Carolina’s coaching staff really knew how to maximize his ability in his first two seasons. 

For reasons that never have been explained and I sure as heck can’t figure out, the Carolina coaching staff didn’t take advantage fully of what Newton brings or what else was on the roster at the start of last season. 

 

Breakout?  Cam was ready last year, unfortunately the coaching staff wasn't. 

 

This Season?  Who knows?  Cams rookie season (2011) was phenomenal and the coaches still figured out a way to screw up a really good offense prior to the start of the 2012 season. 

[beastson]

Cam was forcing the ball to create opportunities in the first half of the season BUT let's not forget that Chud restricted Cam from audibling.

 

Where people get this from?

[Chief_Chokeaho]

Cam needa to be set free. Period. They need to let him do his thing. Give him the plays and allow him to make audibles if he sees it's necessary. I'm sick and tired of hearing about how he is ignorant and doesn't know a playbook. Set him free. Cam will have a breakout year --- I could care less what these so called experts think. Who cares what anyone's opinion is. Honestly, I sincerely hope people and for that matter teams continue to doubt us. Anyone that doesn't think this team has the talent to make the playoffs is sandbagging.

Obviously I believe there should be some designed Cam run plays along with the read option, but the comments are true - no logical reason for Cam to lead our team in rushing. Let RG3 lead the Skins in rushing and recieve the media appraisal for it. We don't need that.

I truly believe the Panthers are capable of winning this division. That's just one mans opinion and I understand it doest not warrant much attention. That can go for anyone though.

Regardless of how they start and play throughout the season, I will support them and Rivera through the entire season. No need for negativity. We have the pieces in place and this will only be the beginning.

[beastson]

Show me a clip of Cam calling an audible at the line prior to the Monday Night game against the Eagles.

Everybody knows Chud prohibited Cam from audibling? Where have you been?

 

You still haven't posted a link. That's just something yall thought up. Maybe it was only his 2nd year and he couldn't read defenses right then and there to audible. Or maybe there weren't any audible plays period