Cam backing away from the ball...

[stankowalski]

Not going to lie that was one play I'd like to see Cam take back.  If this was a preseason game or something I would have understood, but this was the Super Bowl, you gotta make that play.  Be interested in hearing his thought process on this before I totally crucify him over it though.

[stankowalski]

1 minute ago, dpanther69 said:

As the leader of the team you can lose teamates with lack of effort out there. The defense busted there ass and dove on a couple of lose balls but you can't dive after your own lost fumble. If i'm a teamate i'm like WTF.

That's something that shouldn't be lost on anybody.  You can bet some of his teammates, maybe even the one's with broken arm's are going to be having some questions about Cam's heart there.

[arieslibra1]

Weird moment. I really wonder what he was thinking.

[PanthersBigD]

Poor decision in hindsight, but to me it looked like Kalil was already diving for it and he saw that and paused. Probably thinking that if they both dive for the ball they'd collide and it'd have popped out. OOOOR we could pretend like Cam is a huge pussy that doesn't value winning over taking a big hit...

[TheRed]

Basically what is happening right now is, some of the insanely bitter "fans" around here have literally been waiting months for our QB to make a mistake just so they can gloat, and say I told you so, even if it's at the expense of a Super Bowl title. That is literally how low some of these individuals are. They give pond scum a bad name.

[propagandamachine]

VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY SMART MOVE... 

what happens if his arm gets broken... i respect him for being smart. 

CAM is the poo. 

 

[Mr. Scot]

I think it was just a bad decision made in a split-second, something that frankly happens a lot in football.

Don't buy for a minute that he consciously gave up on it.  He just misjudged what was going on.

Like I said, it happens, even to the best players in the league.

[emhoward]

People that think it was an issue of effort or cowardice needs their heads checked. Cam literally runs the ball into defenders dozens of timed a game but he's scared to dive on the ball? 

He outsmarted himself, he either thought a teammate had it or that the ball would bounce his way. That's it. Jesus!

[DamnItJake!]

Cam play was disappointing tonight.. high balls thrown and that play.. what is the 1st thing instilled u as a player jump on any ball as its live..and Cam showed his lac-daziness as I call it it!!

[Carl Spackler]

Why don't y'all get mad at who caused the fumble

[bobcat91]

The last time saw a QB dive at a ball like was Drew Brees at San Diego.  He had to have total reconstructive shoulder surgery.  Not what I want to see from our Franchise QB.  Sorry but he wasn't recovering the fumble. 

[SportsCrazie4172]

1 hour ago, Carl Spackler said:

Why don't y'all get mad at who caused the fumble

this^

[jfo89]

It looked like he thought Kalil had it and didn't want to dive in and knock it away.

[tiger7_88]

4 hours ago, JawnyBlaze said:

there's a gif in another thread of it.  he obviously didn't just run away and try to avoid getting hit or something, he was trying to reposition to make a play on it.  he couldn't bend over and get to it faster than the guy that was already on the ground, so the hop back was his way of trying to flop on it.

Dude, people are gonna wish-cast what they've always wanted to believe (including the idiot TV announcers, of whom the people in this thread are proudly joining).

Same as it ever was with Cam.