Washington Post: "Cam Newton is the best player in the NFL"

[RelaxImaPro]

Pretty good fluff piece on our boy.  Cam has turned into a fuging national sensation this year.

 

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Do you want to know what the best player in the NFL looks like? It looks like whatever Cam Newton wants to do at any particular moment. He leans on his back foot and flicks passes that travel as if they blazed out of a tank’s turret. He streaks down the field to flying-shoulder-bump receivers in the end zone. He bangs his body into and through packs of defenders. He starts smiling in the middle of plays, probably because he can’t help it.

 

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The raging physicality of Newton’s game makes him the best player in the NFL. Newton probably sealed the MVP award Sunday evening, as Brady’s Patriots crumbled in New England and his Carolina Panthers bowed their backs in New Orleans and beat the Saints, 41-38, despite a 14-0 deficit. That loopy delight in the Superdome allowed Newton to showcase the breadth of his talent.

 

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Newton is playing a more sophisticated version of the game he played at Auburn, when he submitted one of the finest seasons in college football history. It became clear during that season that he needed to play in a higher league. There have been times this season when it still looks that way, except there is no higher league.

 

read the rest here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2015/12/06/panthers-perfection-makes-it-clear-cam-newton-is-the-best-player-in-the-nfl/

[uncfan888]

Cam refused to let us die yesterday. He has that "win at any cost" mentality that we have desperately needed. That's my quarterback 

[FootballMaestro]

2 minutes ago, uncfan888 said:

Cam refused to let us die yesterday. He has that "win at any cost" mentality that we have desperately needed. That's my quarterback 

Yeah. There were times yesterday I said to myself "can we really win this game", after all the lead changes during the third and 4th qtr. LOL

Nonetheless, I just "sat back and enjoyed the show", and Cam delivered!

[Gabriel100]

Luke must be second.

[Ruff]

I thought the same thing during the game. He's reached a point where it's obvious. Everything he does is next level. 

[JSouth]

He is playing at a very high level and I believe he will even better.

[Jmac]

Just three or four years ago they would have laid down and taken the loss. Cam now has the 'never say die' attitude and carries the whole offense with him. Was a time, if they where down by fourteen points.......they couldn't come back.

[SteveSmithTD89]

8 minutes ago, Jmac said:

Just three or four years ago they would have laid down and taken the loss. Cam now has the 'never say die' attitude and carries the whole offense with him. Was a time, if they where down by fourteen points.......they couldn't come back.

Cams always had that attitude. The man hates losing more than he likes winning. 

Remember him yelling at Olsen after a game his rookie season they lost and Olsen told him it's ok that they lost? That do or die, never say never mantra has been there for him.

The difference between this year and years past is the rest of the team is adapting the mentality.

Now that they have? Look out.

[countryboi]

the panthers did everything in their power to lose this game yesterday and still managed to win....its a good day to be a Panthers fan

[caatfan]

Love the article but the 2nd part of this statement blew my mind. Can't remember any article from anyone praising Cam's accuracy, even though there have been games when he's been dead on. I hope Kilgore's opinion becomes the majority view.

"Whether his feet are set or he’s backpedaling, the velocity and accuracy of his passes is unmatched in the NFL. "

 

[PanthersATL]

1 hour ago, uncfan888 said:

Cam refused to let us die yesterday. He has that "win at any cost" mentality that we have desperately needed. That's my quarterback 

I loved where FOX picked up Cam going up and down the line and getting to each of his teammates after something went bad on the field (I forget which, there were a few early on), and Cam -- without his customary towel over his head -- was all "we got this, you got this, let's do this".  

Rookie Cam wouldn't have done that.

You know who did?  
Team Leader Cam. Team Captain Cam. MVP Cam. 

[hepcat]

Same publication that had the Panthers ranked like 28 before the season 

[hepcat]

1 hour ago, caatfan said:

Love the article but the 2nd part of this statement blew my mind. Can't remember any article from anyone praising Cam's accuracy, even though there have been games when he's been dead on. I hope Kilgore's opinion becomes the majority view.

"Whether his feet are set or he’s backpedaling, the velocity and accuracy of his passes is unmatched in the NFL. "

 

Cam has gotten so much more accurate.  If his receivers could catch his completion percentage would be a good bit higher.  There was at least three Ted Ginn drops and a couple Funchess drops yesterday 

[MadHatter]

2 hours ago, JSouth said:

He is playing at a very high level and I believe he will even better.

That is the scary part.  He still has things that he can (and will) improve.