Ditka Says It

[t96]

Hope somebody can find a video but during the Monday Night Pregame stuff he said something along the lines of "Cam Newton is your National Football League MVP. Without him, the Panthers would be lucky to be .500." I love DA, he's the best backup in the league and one of my favorite Panthers (that is 1 of over 50 but still...), but it's true. With him we'd be around 6-6. Ditka's the first I've heard say that but others will follow soon.

 

Cam for MVP.

[dugbug]

That's kind of the definition of mpv. People keep conflating it with stats and pro bowl popularity 

[kingtarheel]

Who would win in a tug of war: Ditka Vs Cam

[d-dave]

1 minute ago, kingtarheel said:

Who would win in a tug of war: Ditka Vs Cam

At his age, Cam. In his coacking prime, Ditka.. He would just glare at the rope, and it wouldn't move for Cam.

[KendrickPanther]

Derek Anderson has nothing to do with the MVP conversation. Never understood people that want to bring backups into the discussion.

[Diehardpanther02]

10 minutes ago, kingtarheel said:

Who would win in a tug of war: Ditka Vs Cam

Neither.  The rope would turn to ashes.

[Liminy]

13 minutes ago, kingtarheel said:

Who would win in a tug of war: Ditka Vs Cam

LOL, what if the rope's name was Cam Ditka?

[nosuchthingasapanther]

3 minutes ago, KendrickPanther said:

Derek Anderson has nothing to do with the MVP conversation. Never understood people that want to bring backups into the discussion.

me neither...i also find it insulting to assume the panthers would be .500 at best with probably the best back up qb in the league under center.

would the panthers be undefeated? probably not. but with the way the team is playing as a whole, i believe the panthers would still win the nfcs with anderson leading the way.

 

[Khyber53]

Cam is great and playing at the highest level of any single player in the league right now. But one outstanding player doesn't get you to 12-0... he is surrounded by a quality team of good and better players, along with a few stars in their own rights.

He's great, but there's a certain amount of magic to this team. It is the definition of complimentary football.

[TheRed]

2 minutes ago, nosuchthingasapanther said:

me neither...i also find it insulting to assume the panthers would be .500 at best with probably the best back up qb in the league under center.

would the panthers be undefeated? probably not. but with the way the team is playing as a whole, i believe the panthers would still win the nfcs with anderson leading the way.

 

It isn't just that simple as taking one quarterback out, and putting another one in.

Cam is a huge part of why our run game is so successful, and at the top of the league right now. Stewart has been great for us, and Tolbert has done a good job as well, but if you subtract Newton's near 500 yards, and 7 touchdowns from our run game, not to mention all his first down scrambles, this is a very different offense. Suddenly our run game is not as much of a strength because the threat of Newton running is not there to keep defenses honest. That leaves DA who is generally not very mobile to lean on our WR core led by Ted Ginn Jr.

[SamMills4Life]

Derek Anderson is better that a lot of starting QBs we've had, and our defense is still really good. I'd think we be at 7-5 or maybe even 8-4 with him in there. We would have lost to the Saints, Seahawks, and Colts. A few others would have been border line.