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yeah, the vaccine part of the video may me sad/mad. tbh, the way the US health system has treated minorities, I don't blame skepticism, but it really bums me out to see Cam suffer for it. I do believe at this point Cam could and would be a backup. I think he knows his career is moving to that point...

The way in which they danced around the medical appointment and not being vaccinated tells me there are things Cam didn't want to talk about there that are reality (that not being vaccinated did fug him). He was very complimentary of the Patriots for the most part. Certainly seemed less bitter than Teddy was when we let him go, lol.

The problem with a spy against some of those guys is that they are too fast for them lol. Teams have used spies vs Murray though. He is widely regarded as a dual threat.

Murray may not be Cam Newton, but he's had more than 500 yards on the ground before of his two years in the league.

Murray is a great point. Didn't he have double digit rushing TDs last year too? I mean hell, Daniel Jones and Watson each had >400 yards on the ground and rushing TDs. You better believe D coordinators are accounting for that mobility, even if it isn't the same as Murray and Jackson.

while "running QBs" may not have changed the game, I would argue that mobility has. The majority of top 10 QBs are definitely more mobile than it has been in the past. While there have always been mobile QBs once in a while, being a statue is much more of a liability now than it used to be

I appreciate mods allowing this thread to be in the main forum. Cam will always have a place in many of our hearts. I get he attracts trolls, but that shouldn't be the reason to move a thread... This video was interesting. I'd love for Cam to find a place that he can thrive, even if it is as a backup. I personally think Cam sounded much more reasonable than his father. Interesting choice to have him there for the segment.

It's not surprising he has the maturity to take responsibility for things and not to throw people under the bus. Darnold was Jets captain at least in 2020 and I think 2019 as well. There's some weird narrative on this board about him lacking in leadership that is not borne out by even a cursory glance... It's weird stuff.

Sam's best drive was certainly the 2 minutes but the 2nd quarter had 3 drives, 1 punt because we failed to get 2 yards in 2 downs, and 2 TDs... I would also argue the 1st drive was as much on Brady/Rhule testing if the OL could get a yard as on Darnold. I can agree the performance didn't settle anything but I thought he made some quality throws.

Who do you think should be a captain on this team? How do you know these players don't exhibit leadership skills?

Just a reminder that how these players act in interviews may not be reflective of how they act in lockerrooms, and one does not need to be cocky or boisterous to be a leader.

I've seen a couple popular media notes about Darnold struggling vs backups. I don't get it. I get saying we can't judge him much from his play vs them, but he had a solid half...

I also found this an odd one. The way he bounced back from a rocky early start by a turnstyle OL was pretty good I thought.

Sure, but a guy like Cam can easily have a highlight video as long or longer than the INT video... That is honestly a little harder for Darnold...

I wouldn't be surprised if Wilson plays well, looks better than Darnold, and we still win. But a new coach and QB can change everything... So we will see.

This wasn't asked of me, but: 1) Significant overall improvement in decision making and general play that results in a clearly upgraded QB position to at least the level of an above average starter across the season (I would say Teddy was pretty damn average, so I'd like to see Darnold slightly above that - I don't expect next year to resolve all questions of him on this board for sure), and 2) Glimpses into true high-level potential on occasion throughout the season that gives us hope that another year in our system could result in a real step forward and a real solution at the QB position for the long-term. Ideally a player whose ceiling could be in the top 5ish. Game winning drives, 4Q comebacks, etc.

The reality is there is so much parity in the NFL, even bad teams can put together a win or two at unexpected times and so the team with the worst record may not even be the team with the overall worst roster etc... But you can often guess what fourth of the league teams will end up in, although there are always exceptions.

We ALL make mistakes, get numbers wrong, etc from time to time, but that was downright ridiculous. I knew it had to be about hospitalizations and vaccination rates... So tired of that poo.

Yup, and as @Floppin Pointed out we can't use census numbers since rates are usually reported as elligible adults.

Hahaha dude you took a small time slice of vaccination effort for one entity doing vaccinations out of many, did shitty napkin math that was wrong on multiple levels, and embarassed yourself. Do keep up.

Good point. Another reason we shouldn't extrapolate doses administered to % or rate.

Not to mention those are doses administered by BCHHS specifically it seemsI... don't know the counties vaccine distribution effort but it probably doesn't include stats when people get one or both doses elsewhere. Not to mention we don't know the percentage of those doses that were J&J...

Hahaha. This dude tells is the actual data on percentage vaccinated is wrong for the county but the doses administered isn't, but didn't notice the big text disclaimer of "NOTICE: (Wednesday, June 30 to Wednesday, July 18, 2021)" Oooooof.

So, where do you keep updated on news and current events, if not from news outlets?

So we still don't know which county LG was wrong about or why it matters that he was wrong? Oof. Maybe he wasn't wrong, maybe he got percentages wrong by a small bit... But if the counties are reporting his numbers, or within a few percents of em, he seems to be in the right... Why do I suspect this has to do with hospitalization numbers and someone arguing the vaccine doesn't work.