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Cam or Russell - which would you take as your franchise QB

Cary Kollins

By Cary Kollins,
in Carolina Panthers

Cam or Russell  

127 members have voted

  1. 1. Which player would you want as your franchise QB?

    • Cam Newton
      108
    • Russell Wilson
      19

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d-dave Veteran

d-dave

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There will be NO BIAS HERE!  =)

 

As a Panther fan, I take Cam.  He's got more talent, and the right coaching staff over his career would maximize his talents.  Is he in that situation now?  I don't know.  We all have our problems with our Coaching staff.  It's often fun to go "if only we had X coach..." to play that greener grass game.  How would Cam do if Mike McCarthy was our HC/Offensive Guru?  Would he be Arron Rodgers like while running rampant across the NFL?  Who knows!?

 

Wilson has shown since day 1 he is a legit NFL starting QB.  He's smart with the ball, has an incredible knack for avoiding pass rushers to extend plays, and has a great winning percentage.  How much of his success do you place on Team versus individual attributes?  I don't imagine Seattle fans or coaches would be willing to part with Wilson right now!

 

So random epiphany:  Wilson is a plug and play guy.  He'd have success in nearly any NFL system.  Cam is a build your team guy.  You can build your system around Cam, but he won't fit into every offensive system easily.  Am I wrong?  There is a good chance!

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Russell would actually be pretty solid in our system.

 

He has pretty terrible pocket awareness and even tends to feel something that I saw coined "phantom pressure". With how bad our offensive line is, I believe that he'd do a pretty solid job due to his scrambling nature. However, Cam's my guy.

 

Russell is the type of player that once a blue print is drawn up, he will begin to struggle.

 

I said the following a different thread.

 

The real key to stopping him is having the corner's play off the wide receivers (Wilson is deadly in play action), play a zone scheme on the back end (Wilson struggles against the zone) use a spy on Wilson (this keeps him from taking off if there's nothing available), getting pressure up the middle, and playing contain on the ends (keep him in the pocket).

 

Look at the particular play that I attached.

 

- Corners off

- Zone Coverage

- Kuechly spying and picking up the leaker

- Contain on the outside

- Rush up the inside

 

I believe Wilson scrambled for a one yard gain there.

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I love RW for his/my time at State, he's a nice dude and obviously a great football player.

 

 

But give me Cam. He's had one of the most historic openings to a career ever...and still can improve immensely. The sky is the limit for him potential wise, he hasn't been given the best weapons or OL yet, he's battled injuries and incompetent coaching, and from a marketability stand point I don't think there's anyone better in the NFL than Cam. If I'm picking a face of the franchise from a business and football standpoint, Cam in a landslide. If I'm picking based solely on talent, Cam still has the edge for me.

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