Cam's Throwing Stance

[wine-o and cheese-doodle]

I doubt Cam went that far back. Johnny U went back to the late 50s early 60s. Maybe on old film but I doubt it.

[jtnc]

Hell, Cam even wears the cleated boots like Johnny U.

[L-TownCat]

The story about Cam never really learning the proper way to throw as a kid reminds me of another all time great and his early training.

Even though he played Baseball and we are talking football, Hank Aaron grew up playing stick ball and he gripped the "bat" cross handed.

Anyway there's my random story for the day. Gnite

Edited for accuracy*

[fieryprophet]

The story about Cam never really learning the proper way to throw as a kid reminds me of another all time great and his early training.

Even though he played Baseball and we are talking football, Hank Aaron grew up playing stick ball and he gripped the "bat" cross handed. This became so natural for him even after making it to the pros he never switched it.

Anyway there's my random story for the day. Gnite

 

Aaron actually changed his swing to the normal way in the minors.

 

[TheRumGone]

^i was like what????

[L-TownCat]

Ah my memory fails me yet again. I really should stop drinking. The guy still grew up hitting cross handed. Thank you huddle fact checkers.

[thefuzz]

People would talk about Cam's throwing motion during the draft and I could never understand how they could ding it, because it was a gorgeous high, quick release. Sure, it was a little wrists, but that gave him a huge number of platforms and ways to throw it. It's not how he throws, but his footwork, that was ever an issue. He just has to keep working on setting his feet, but the throw itself is fantastic.

 

This.

 

Cam has one of the, if not the strongest arm in the league, and sometimes that's a bad thing.  QB's lean on that arm strength and don't get the footwork down.  Think Cutler and Stafford.

 

If he gets the footwork down, and the comp %'s up just a bit, he will be a very dangerous QB.  And if he doesn't, he is still a good QB that you can win playoff games with.

[Growl]

Cam's throwing ability in his arm is right near the very best in the league, as FP said, it's his footwork that continues to hinder him from realizing his full potential. Hope Dorsey stays on him about it (which camp photos reveal that he has)

[ZeroZeroSeven]

Just fix the throwing off the back foot thing. And by fix the throwing off his back foot I mean give him an offensive line where he can step up in the pocket and throw the damn football like we all know he can.

[CPF4LIFE]

Yeah when cam gets his footwork right his accuracy is the best in the league. But that can be difficult sometimes when the guards are getting drove back into you and stepping on ur feet. Lol

[Seltzer]

Cam has all the physical and mental ability and the leadership potential to be an elite QB in the NFL, regardless of what some douchy national guys want to project.

 

Cam didn't win the Heisman or a National Championship b/c he didn't have those qualities.

 

Cam is prone to being inconsistent in his fundamentals, especially his footwork, as people pointed out.  Some of it can be blamed on porous O-Line play, but some of it is on Cam too though.

 

Cam plays in a small market.  It is always easier for the national media to poo on smaller market teams.  RG3 would not be the sensation he is had he went to St. Louis instead of Washington.  Had Luck been in Washington, he would have won OROY.  Just the way it is.

 

That being said, the only way small market teams get respect is wins.  Simple as that.  No one nationally gives a poo about any of the other teams in the NFC South either.  They are not big historic sports markets and there is not a winning tradition.

 

ATL & NO get attention now b/c they have won recently.  There is nothing compelling about ATL outside of them winning.  They are a boring FB team.  NO got more press fro Bounty-Gate than they did winning the SB.

 

Cam needs to make throws to win games.  No excuses.  That is the way he and the Panthers get respect.  Gettleman gets it.

 

 

[2jakefansinva]

Aaron actually changed his swing to the normal way in the minors.

 

 

I remember reading about this as a kid. He did bat cross-handed as a youngster and was very good

 

at it. As the coaches tried to move him away from it he would switch back and forth. If their dugout was

 

on the first base side he would hit traditional but, if the dugout was on the third base side he would hit

 

cross-handed as the coaches couldn't see his hands. Can't remember how long he did this.

 

Also......I almost want to say he hit cross-handed (early on) in the majors. Just not sure.

[CPcavedweller]

brett favre

Montana game still got you down? Favre and Cam have nothing similar in their throwing motions. Brett looks like he's throwing a baseball, cam looks like he's never thrown a baseball in his life.

[LA_Panther]

I was actually raging when Andrew Luck decided to go back to college for his senior year