Should we sit Cam?

[0115]

i voted for bench cause I want the poll to be even.

[CRA]

I think you let him play, I think he is learning what it takes to be a pocket QB. I think he will get worse, he has rib pads and the ankle is getting better. Its possible that he actually gets better out of this.

He is showing his best passing skills to date right now....and I think that is likely from only being a passer all offseason. I think this season will essentially make Cam into the ultimate beast.

[BettyBangzer]

Yes, sit him. Let DA take over. Hers another thing to think about. What happens if we sit him, DA has a excellent year and we have to sign Cam to a big contract after the season. What happens?! We still dont know if he will ever be 100% after he has had a season to heal, so do we just sign him to a mega deal and cross our fingers and gamble he will be back to full form?! What if we do that and he comes back like RGIII and never gets back to full form?! Meanwhile we have 100 plus million tied up in him.

Things can get very very intresting fast.. Also what if DA signs with another team after his banner year, come next season Cam gets his cotract, hes still nkt back to form and we will be without DA to save us. Sue the complete opposite could happen and we live happily ever after, but you have to look at all angles

 

Are you serious, or just trolling?

 

DA has been in the league since 2005. He's a solid backup, but he poo the bed every time he got a chance to be the starting QB. You act like the Panthers have Tom Brady waiting in the wings. Get a hold of yourself.

[blackcat]

We should do whatever Cam and more importantly, whatever our training staff dictates.

So your "poll" is useless, especially since it has no direct result to whether or not he plays

You underestimate the power of the Huddle. This 'poll' will decide Cam's fate. Duh.

[greghardy'sAK-47]

i mentioned sitting cam on monday. it will never happen, but i think it would make sense if he sat until near 100%.  rather see him out a month than a year+.  

 

who knows though?  if the oline shows up on sunday like it did against TB i'll feel a lot better.  

[bigdog10]

This injury may be beneficial to Cam in the long run.  It is forcing him to make plays from the pocket and continue to develop his ability to read a defense.  In the long run, this could be a great thing for his continued development as a great QB.

 

He is making some great throws and has looked more accurate than I can remember.  All the while doing it without a running game.  

 

The o-line needs to take some pride in the running game and protecting him.  it starts with the man in the middle in Kalil.  Through three games he has been sub par.  Not sure if it is his play is declining, or if it is the fact that he is having to overcompensate for the lack of talent around him.

[Woodcookedbbq]

I saw enough last game of him grimacing, limping, and and bending over in pain.  Anderson is a capable backup.  Obviously, I'd rather have Newton for his play extending ability.  But he's obviously has some issues.

[lightsout]

If Cam keeps getting hit on every other play he won't last much longer those ribs need time to heal.

However I do believe Cam should start but have DA come in as soon as Cam shows any signs of being in pain.

This should just be the end of the thread.

Being at the game, I might have seen more than the cameras showed. Cam was stretching and working out his ankle and torso a LOT during the game (both on field and on the sidelines). He looked fine to start, but as the hits kept coming, he progressively started looking more and more beat up and battered. It's killing his confidence not being able to make those "Cam" plays that make him who he is as a QB. He can't twist out of the pocket and outrun guys to the edge right now. He physically can't do it because he's just not 100% and won't be if he keeps playing and getting abused. If the run game is immensely better this week, then we might see a different picture. A lot of his bad throws (one dump off on a short crossing route that was badly underthrown, for instance) were due to linemen being in his lap and him not being able to step into the throw. That kind of crap wasn't a problem last year because he had the upper body strength to chuck it. Right now, with those ribs still hurting, he can't do it.

Start Cam, let's see what the offense does, and if he starts grimacing and having to constantly work his body after plays, pull him and let Anderson take over the rest of the game. Literally take him out, have a trainer run him into the locker room, change into street clothes, and let him stand on the sideline with a radio.

[lightsout]

And just to add, Shula calls a MUCH different game with DA in the game. A lot more quick hitters. Giving Cam those slow-developing plays with NO run game to keep the defense at bay is a BIG reason Cam is taking so many hits. Sure, he can make those throws well when they're there, but we need more formation variety and more quick hitting passes. I swear, if I had heard ONE more fan yell "get rid of it quicker" while Cam was in a 7-step drop, I was going to scream and punch a baby koala bear in the throat.

We saw what happens when Cam has those quick routes. Philly Brown was eating them up.

[Toundra]

Yep just look at all the multiple Championships he won with the Browns and Cardinals.

 

Today DA this is a mature QB, 29/40 310 yards 3 TD 0 Int

The Brows the team benching their first round pick, a QB..........

End of the story.

[R0CKnR0LLA]

Option D: Make Byron Bell play QB for one game so he can see how it feels to get destroyed behind a crap OLine.

[Cam2Benji]

No!

 

 

He will have plenty of time to heal up next offseason after we win the Superbowl.

[footballisasport]

I remember one of the Analysts from Sunday's game saying it, the Panthers have no consistency.  I agree with him. I believe this team's biggest problem is the lack of consistency. I believe success came very early for this team and you fans and many of you fans believe that the road to the SB is an easy one and all u need is a QB because that is all that you might have needed when u went to the SB. 

 

U guys need to stop working Cam like a workhorse to compensate for the lack there of. Yes, he's exceptionally talent but if you don't utilize that talent correctly, you are simply squandering it. 

 

Here is how u know if the problem with your team is the QB or other components: Simply ask yourselves this question: how many of today's young QBs I  plug into this team's QB position and he will survive?  Heck, for as good as Anderson looked on Sunday, it was only one series. He was fresh off the bench and many of the Steelers defense hadn't figured out his game. How long do you think he would have gone before he ended being sacked or even worst throwing an Int?

[DaveThePanther2008]

I think the gameplan has been to limit Cams runs.  I know Cam feels it but he is a fugging awesome competitor.  He might feel it later but the man is going to lead us places we haven't gone yet. 

 

I think the gameplan should go through Cam.  Can you run this?  Are you up for it?  Let Cam decided what he can do and what he can't. 

 

If you are going to put a pocket QB and not let Cam be Cam then let DA run it till Cam can be Cam.