Barber: Anderson Attended Production meeting

[JJman]

At least if we start Anderson we'd have a good excuse for losing.

Because, silver linings and what not!

[FootballMaestro]

Newton Plays. It's not like his ribs are going to heal over night.

 

Rivera, can't be that much of a wuss, can he??  It's a stress fracture/contusion, not an actual break.

 

I guess we'll see in about 7 hrs?

 

A lot of people drinking the DA kool aid I see?

 

Yes, he's a serviceable to very good back up. However, Pre-Season is preseason. And Newton, notoriously has played much better during the start of the REAL season than the preseason. And it's not liked he hasn't played with nagging injuries before. How soon to we forget.

 

Wouldn't feel too great with DA playing against that Defense in Tampa, during the first game of the season (regardless of what happened when the games didn't count), knowing the Panthers need a good start.

[getsome2]

START WEINKE!!!

Freak them way out, start Webb.

[E CaT PanTHer]

lets say hypothetically derek anderson does start and absolutely lights up the tampa bay defense ... I'm talking about staggering numbers in the realm of like 375 yards passing, 5TD's, 0 INT's with kelvin benjamin having 175 of those yards and 3 tds.

 

Is there a QB controversy in Carolina?

[Jeremy Igo]

Nope

[Mage]

More like lets trade Derek Anderson as fast as possible to see which fool would fall for it.

[TheCandyMan]

I don't think if Cam sits today he's going to be magically healed for next week.  I don't know what his pain level is, but could resting him today make his pain more manageable next week and make him more effective?  Hopefully his doctors are huddlers cause I don't know.  I would think the team is going to do what's best for the season.  If sitting him this week makes him a a little stronger and less likely for re-aggrivation, I'm fine with rolling for DA for one game.  I'd much rather see DA be the QB in a game where the opposing QB is Josh McCown.

I fully understand Cam is the best QB on this team, and there's no debate who our starting QB should be, but if DA is as bad as some have made him out to be, why is he on the team?  Isn't the whole point of having a backup QB is to have someone who can come in and at least still give you a chance to win?  I know DA's track record, but he is a former pro-bowler and I think we'll be ok in this game if he has to start.  Our defense can score points too.

[csx]

Even if he was expected to start he didn't have to be there. This was gamesmenship at its finest.

[AceBoogie]

I just can't see Cam wanting to play and not playing. Can you imagine Cam just sitting on the sideline during a game that matters.

[Mage]

if DA is as bad as some have made him out to be, why is he on the team?

The same reason a lot of bad players are on teams. I mean, Curtis Painter and Jimmy Clausen are still floating around in the NFL. Not a lot of QBs to choose from.

Me personally I think we can win with Anderson, definitely. It just got tiring to hear everyone act like Tampa Bay is some run of the mill team that we will easily dispose of and we shouldn't be concerned about Anderson starting. I think he is capable, but Shula will need to establish a more balanced attack today. And that is what I'm afraid of. It feels like such a long time since we actually imposed our will in the run game on any team.

[Hammerin'Cameron34]

When Cam plays and plays well all you nimrods here will be like oh shucks guess I was wrong about wanting to sit him guess he was fine all along

[KendrickPanther]

The Aceboogie doghouse lol. There is one stipulation for admittance: Be anyone but Cam.

[NYPantherFan]

From Rotoworld:

Appearing on NFL GameDay First, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports coach Ron Rivera is considering holding Cam Newton (ribs) out of Sunday's Week 1 tilt with the Bucs.

Per Rapoport, Newton and his teammates are "optimistic" the quarterback will be able to play. But Rivera is concerned and may end up holding Cam out in an effort to have him healthy for the remainder of the season. The latter makes the most sense. Putting Newton out there against a physical Bucs defense and exposing him to big hits wouldn't be smart. Signs continue to point to Derek Anderson getting the nod under center come 4:25 PM ET.

[Hammerin'Cameron34]

So has anything changed hasn't Rivera been considering sitting him all week?