Mr. Scot

Newton's early coaching didn't do him any favors. Rivera, Shula et al decided to adapt the offense to who he was in college rather than try and adapt him to being an NFL passer. They had some success but it wasn't the ideal approach. Once Norv Turner arrived, he did what they should have been doing from the beginning and showed how good an NFL passer Newton could have been, but by then a lot of time had been wasted and wear and tear received. I'd love to have seen what could have been accomplished if they'd handled him the right way from the beginning.

It's also a bit premature to crown him as a star. I'm not convinced of anything yet.

The only part of this post with relevance...

Just curious: Has Smitty actually heard of JJ Jansen?

Much better return by Etienne this time. Shame about the penalties though.

So far I'm seeing just what I expected: a guy that excites people with highlight reel plays but still isn't consistently good yet. We'll see...

Good throw, even better catch

Ja... Len... Coker

Don't know that I'd have tried that pass

Okay, don't see that happen often

Damnit

No disrespect to Smitty (I get what he meant) but "Throw Up Football" doesn't sound like a very fun game

Nice! And a Jimmy Horn sighting as well

That was a good pass. Still needs to be more consistent overall.

That's the kind of thing that reps help fix

That wasn't Etienne's fault.

Didn't she get arrested or something?

I don't know much about his laundry skills

My take also

They did... something

Eeehhh, I don't think I'd have said that, not even before the last drive.

Hello again, Jalen Coker

That was ugly

I am now... officially... happy

Okay, that last pass may have been high, but it still looked great didn't it?!