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Eric Davis: Kerry Collins quit on the Panthers and didn't get as much heat

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“Everyone forgets he’s in his fifth year, he’s a young quarterback, a young man, who's still learning who he is," said NFL Network studio analyst Eric Davis. “(He’s someone) who’s in the spotlight, who is the face of a franchise, and there is a lot of responsibility that goes along with it. 

“I played in Carolina with a quarterback who couldn't handle that responsibility, who quit the team — and he didn't get criticized as much for that as Cam gets criticized for dabbing in an end zone. And I know that for a fact."

Yeah, I know these Cam defender threads are annoying. I just thought this was pretty funny because it is definitely true.

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6 minutes ago, The Huddler said:

someone tell me what happened

 

before my time

Someone who remembers that season could expand, but basically we drafted Kerry Collins after trading down from #1 in 1995, went to the NFCCG in 1996, and then his alcoholism caught up with him.

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2 minutes ago, cbarrier90 said:

Someone who remembers that season could expand, but basically we drafted Kerry Collins after trading down from #1 in 1995, went to the NFCCG in 1996, and then his alcoholism caught up with him.

And Romanowski breaking his jaw

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Collins is the only former Panther that I could hate. I believe the "criticism" Eric Davis is talking about was about the racial slurs Collins used.

http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/24/sports/panthers-collins-finds-himself-tangled-up-in-racial-barbs.html

http://www.si.com/vault/1997/10/20/233473/headache-time-the-panthers-are-hurting-as-kerry-collins-struggles-with-his-confidence-and-with-charges-that-hes-a-racist-and-a-drinker

 

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He came into the head coach's office, told him "his heart wasn't in it" and quit.

After we let him go, his heart miraculously healed enough to play for a couple of other teams.

He was quarterbacking the Giants when the Ravens pounded them in their first Super Bowl. 

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3 minutes ago, Jangler said:

Shame, looked like a good kid too. tsk tsk 

Not that good. He definitely pulled some dumbass stunts.

And after he quit on us but somehow found the courage to play somewhere else, he was bitterly hated in Panther fandom.

Heck, he might have been the most hated figure in Panthers history if not for Rae Carruth.

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