Cam Newton talking about his Gun was/is the most accurate things I have ever heard

[Hotsauce]

So back in 2011, Cam was interviewed by Jon Gruden during his QB camp specials on ESPN. 

Gruden made a point to ask Cam straight up about all of the pre/post draft criticism he had been getting by much of the Media. Cam made the analogy that he has a "gun" and that all of that negative criticism he had endured were "bullets" for his gun. His plan was to use that gun to prove his doubters wrong.  And by God, Cam has a big damn gun and is pretty damn accurate with it.  He literally is doing exactly what he said he was going to do; prove his doubters wrong.

My point is this, Cam is very talented and extremely gifted, however he likely would not have been as good of a player as he has become without the scrutiny he endured. In other words, the media created the Cam we all know and love.  I would be willing to bet if he would have been drafted #1 with the same praise Luck/RG3 got, he would be a totally different player and our team wouldn't have endured the same success we have had over the years. 

Watch the interview here:

 

[Donald LaFell]

That's an awfully thuggish and violent metaphor, let's draft Patrick Peterson instead

[Dex]

Start DA!

[Jangler]

You realize you just gave the media an "out" now they can say created the Cam we have today, by ignoring him. Not that I disagree at all. But no media should get a pass on the way they treated Cam and the Panthers.

[jasonluckydog]

The commissioner needs to suspend Cam for using the word gun in a sentence. Am I right libs ?

[csx]

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[IGSaint]

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yup

[frash.exe]

That's an awfully thuggish and violent metaphor, let's draft Patrick Peterson instead

once upon a time drafting Peterson or Dareus and letting Clausen and Moore battle it out was considered a viable long term plan for the Panthers' future success on this board

[Hotsauce]

You realize you just gave the media an "out" now they can say created the Cam we have today, by ignoring him. Not that I disagree at all. But no media should get a pass on the way they treated Cam and the Panthers.

I really don't see how I gave the media an out by what I said. They did everything they could to tear him down and he proved every last one of those dickheads wrong. If anything I am praising the fact the were so wrong and created the monster that is Cam.