If Cam Newton wasn't a Panther...

[mc52beast]

As Panthers fans, we love our qb. We defend his on field antics, we defend him when he walks out during pressers, we love the guy no matter what.

So my question is this; Cam Newton is wearing a Falcons jersey, he comes to BOA and does his usual celebrating... are you still ok with this or do you join the media and other fans in condemning it?

[Squirrel]

Oh this should be good.  

 

90% of the Panthers fans here would be calling him a thug and crybaby.  

[Frizzy350]

Using the Falcons as an example isn't a good one.

Also Cam wasn't celebrating when he went to Atlanta this year.

[332nd]

For me, yeah. I just scream for the D to get him next time. 

[top dawg]

You damn straight these hypocritical crybabies would be calling him every other thing but Satan himself.

[Toker Smurf]

I've loved hating on RG3, Kaep and RW because they are opponents but deep down I don't think that are bad humans. However, if I thought the media was assassinating their character, based at least partially on race, I'd still think that was absolutely wrong.

[CarolinaJami']

I would not hate Cam for his antics. I would hate him for scoring TDs and my team not being able to stop him.

[Darth Biscuit]

Hypothetical questions are like assholes...

 

Or something like that...

[The NFL Shield At Midfield]

yeah it's called being a fan.

steve smith's behavior and antics weren't nearly as cute when he was doing it to the panthers wearing another team's uniform

[London Loves Luke]

3 minutes ago, top dawg said:

You damn straight these hypocritical crybabies would be calling him every other thing but Satan himself.

What's hypocritical about loving a QB on the team you support and hating a QB on a rival team? 

[top dawg]

Notice the "ghetto" remarks in the other thread. No one said a peep about them. If Cam was anywhere but Charlotte, these same types would be tacitly approving the labeling of Cam as  ghetto thug.

[Wyank]

Is it preseason yet?

[CPcavedweller]

The problem with your question is that he is the Panthers quarterback. You call them antics which carries a negative connotation which may have an impact on the answers you receive. I have no problem with his actions. The same way I don't care that Peyton threw his teammates under the bus after the Super Bowl or ran off the field without congratulating Brees (which Cam did by the way). 

People have their moments and in this case it's a matter of recency bias. People take his answers out of context after press conferences and don't add context to the other press conference situation. Before information came out that the Bronco's were in the same room giving answers NFL Network had already aired a knee-jerk segment on him walking out. This without doing any prior research for similar situations of "poor sportsmanship" from other QB's, namely Peyton Manning. 

Now if Cam is going to be upset for losing, so be it. This isn't an "I take this poo seriously" moment. He was upset, he was probably upset he didn't dive for the ball (see Roby head hunting when Cam clearly slid feet first at one point in the game). The good thing, is having a player as visibly upset as Cam is, he is hurting more on the inside. The only way to correct that discomfort is to drive yourself to be better and I think in the same way that losing to the Falcons was a good thing, for our future, losing this game may have the same effect. 

So SUCK IT OP.

[tondi]

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