Cam's Most Important Offseason Yet

[CamCan]

Honestly if you wanted to look at what system best suits Newton, the Coryell we run now is probably the first choice.

 

Newton is a longballer and a gunslinger, both of which fit well into a big play type of offense.

 

Of late though, I'm a bigger fan of the E-P.

Disagree. If you put Cam Newton on the Eagles, it'd be lights out for the rest of the league.

[thefuzz]

Disagree. If you put Cam Newton on the Eagles, it'd be lights out for the rest of the league.

 

I disagree, unless Chip does what he says he will, and adjust the O to the player, not the player to the O.

[MadHatter]

Ball hits receiver in hands.  Receiver drops ball.  Blame QB....  Seems legit

 

Cam does need to work on some things, but there's nobody to blame but Tolbert on that play.  

 

Not what he said.

 

Should Tolbert have made the catch?  Absolutely

 

Was the pass a bullet and a little touch from Cam make it easier to catch?  Absolutely

 

Cam (in my opinion) has two areas that shoudl be focused on this offseason:

 

1. Footwork....getting set....not throwing off the back foot....resetting his feet quicker after moving in the pocket.  These will make his throws much more accurate and allow him to elevate his game even further.

 

2.  Touch of his passes....both short and long.  He has a cannon for an arm and can fire a ball into a tight window.  However, many of those times, a little touch would be even better.  I also think this will imporve his long ball completion %.  He throws too many deep balls on a low trajectory...needs to get more and and touch and allow his WR to run under the pass.

 

I think this is a big offseason for Cam and I think he will make nice strides during it.

[t96]

Look at Russell Wilson's first two touchdown passes.  They were throws you might see in a game of 500. 

 

That a good d back would've intercepted. Both of them...

 

Cam definitely needs to work on his touch but Wilson is a bad example. As much as I hate Brady he has textbook touch. It's a situational thing and that Tolbert pass also mentioned in this thread needed to be caught. Same with the Cotch pass. Touch wouldn't have helped either of those, they were straight drops.

[KendrickPanther]

You mean lobs?

First one could easily of been a bad result....Boston played horrible so it looked like a great play. Good S play and it isn't a TD....bc it was just a lob.

Other lob the WR pushed off bc coverage was there....bc it was just a lob.

That wasn't great QB play. Bad defense.

Like the Philly Brown TD against Atl.....Cam lobbed it up. Falcon defender just played it horrible. Wasn't a play worth bragging about a QBs ability to throw

 

Those lobs were on target. Throwing the lob against Boston was good scouting. 1v1 in the endzone, rookie vs vet, that's just smart. The offensive player always gets the benefit in that situation. Boston had his eyes on Baldwin waiting for his cut. They duped a rookie, that's good quarterbacking. 

 

2nd lob was a push off but again, well thrown ball in a 1v1 situation. Offensive players always gets the benefit. 

 

Lobs aren't bad throws. Cam could add that to his game. Lofted passes are much harder to defend if they are on target. Flacco does it all the time.

[MadHatter]

That a good d back would've intercepted. Both of them...

 

Cam definitely needs to work on his touch but Wilson is a bad example. As much as I hate Brady he has textbook touch. It's a situational thing and that Tolbert pass also mentioned in this thread needed to be caught. Same with the Cotch pass. Touch wouldn't have helped either of those, they were straight drops.

 

That deep ball on the first TD by Wilson was placed perfectly....Bene actually had decent coverage.

[CarolinaSock]

That a good d back would've intercepted. Both of them...

Cam definitely needs to work on his touch but Wilson is a bad example. As much as I hate Brady he has textbook touch. It's a situational thing and that Tolbert pass also mentioned in this thread needed to be caught. Same with the Cotch pass. Touch wouldn't have helped either of those, they were straight drops.

How can you say touch would not have helped on the Cotchery throw? It was pretty obvious he was not expecting the fastball and a short pass like that should not have the velocity to bounce that high off a helmet.

[Pondmanmark]

He's not a franchise QB. His accuracy, footwork, and decision making are not elite. Can he get there. Yes. Is he, no.

                                                                    Illogical, incorrect, and wrong.

Cam is one of the top 16 NFL quarterbacks in the league, thus he IS worthy of a franchise tag. Now just put the rest of the parts around him, including the OC.

[Jackofalltrades]

Cam is done with classes? I thought he had another offseason.

[MHS831]

Everyone blames Tolbert for that drop, but if Cam puts even the slightest bit of touch on the ball it's a huge gain.

 

I see your point, but that ball was perfect.  It is hard to put touch on a pass throwing over the middle.  Basically, Tolbert--  a RB--doesn't catch balls there often, he catches the softer passes in the flats for the most part.

[Cary Kollins]

That deep ball on the first TD by Wilson was placed perfectly....Bene actually had decent coverage.

That was the second TD, and it was a great throw even though the WR for away with a push off. Still, the safety should have been in a position to at least save the touchdown.

I think the Seahawks coaches had our secondary figured out. The play that stuck out to me was jn the fourth quarter and Seattle should have been in clock killing mode. I think it was a 2nd and long, and Wilson was lined up in shotgun by himself. He hit the slot receiver (or TE) down the seam wide open.

Seemed like they knew that guy would be open. That's what you call making in-game adjustments, something which is rare for the Panthers.

[bigdog10]

Don't underestimate the importance of a full healthy offseason and workouts with his receivers.

That should help him leaps and bounds.

I'm critical of Cam, but the deck was stacked against him this year.

[mc52beast]

Shula will still be the OC= excuse

[mc52beast]

Illogical, incorrect, and wrong.

Cam is one of the top 16 NFL quarterbacks in the league, thus he IS worthy of a franchise tag. Now just put the rest of the parts around him, including the OC.

there's only 32 starting qb's in the League, to say that Newton is a franchise qb because he's in the top 16 is ludicrous.