Montgomery Advertiser fisks Jon Gruden for comparing Lynch to Cam

[KB_fan]

This is just a great read.  

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/rankinfile/2016/04/30/gruden-paxton-lynch-comparison-to-cam-newton-not-on-point/83752786/

Awesome.  They still love Cam in Alabama

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Gruden should go back and watch tape of Newton when he was at Auburn. Check out the run against LSU when he broke a tackle, shook two more defenders and beat the fifth overall pick in 2011 with 4.3 speed Patrick Peterson to the end zone.

Now that’s athleticism. That’s a freak of nature. That scared the (bleep) out of college teams and had pro scouts foaming at the mouth.

Lynch is not that. Not even close. He only ran for 239 yards, two touchdowns and averaged just 2.7 yards a carry last season. Lynch was sacked 17 times and went 1-4 in his last five college games.

In those four losses, Lynch completed 60.3 percent of his passes for 848 yards, but only threw three touchdowns, was intercepted three times and got sacked six times. In the last two losses to Temple and Auburn, Lynch passed for a total of 262 yards and didn’t throw a touchdown.

In his final game against a 6-6 Auburn team, Lynch went 16-of-37 for only 106 yards and got picked. To put that in perspective, Eli Jenkins threw for 277 yards, a touchdown and interception in Jordan-Hare Stadium in nearly leading Jacksonville State, a FCS school, to a stunner over Auburn.

Not Eli Manning. Eli Jenkins. And Lynch is like Newton? Ridiculous.

Newton threw for 2,854 yards and 30 touchdowns, completed 66 percent of his passes and ran for 1,473 yards and 20 touchdowns in his one-and-done year. He did all this in an offense that was basically Newton study body left, study body right, fake it and throw – and if all else fails, make a play.

No other offensive skilled player was drafted from that 2010 team. Offensive linemen Lee Ziemba and Brandon Mosley got picked – in the seventh round.

So with minimal future NFL talent around and playing against the nation’s best competition in the SEC, Newton put up ridiculous numbers, won the Heisman Trophy, didn’t lose and won a national title with the pay-for-play cloud hanging over his head – and Gruden is comparing Lynch to him?

Stop it.

 

 

[KB_fan]

By the way, Hat tip to Bill Voth for linking the above in a great "What they're saying" today at BBR.

http://blackandbluereview.com/wts-may-3/

Some really nice links there.  Go check them out.

[Allaine]

Gruden only did that because when speaking with him Lynch said he modeled his game after Cam.  Actually Gruden tried hard to  convince Lynch that he didn't really want to compare himself to Cam.  Anyway, in my opinion Gruden is a tool.

[Cookie Lyon]

I laughed when Gruden made that comparison. He is an idiot.

[tiger7_88]

2 hours ago, KB_fan said:

Awesome.  They still love Cam in Auburn, Lee County, most of Montgomery, a large portion of Huntsville, and a small section of Mobile.

Fixed for accuracy.  :P

[KB_fan]

4 minutes ago, tiger7_88 said:

Fixed for accuracy.  :P

LOL.  Yeah, I figured there might be some Roll Tide fans who still don't like him!

[The_Rainmaker]

2 hours ago, Cookie Lyon said:

I laughed when Gruden made that comparison. He is an idiot.

The comparisons was mostly based of size , Gruden is pretty knowledgeable, he was king of a actual coach in the NFL and did win a SB

[L-TownCat]

Cam is a legend in Auburn.  

Cam is a legend in Blinn, TX.

Cam is a legend in Charlotte, NC.

 

Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence.  3 times is a pattern.

 

 

Cam is a legend.

[tiger7_88]

6 minutes ago, KB_fan said:

LOL.  Yeah, I figured there might be some Roll Tide fans who still don't like him!

DAT DANG (S)CAM NEWTON IS A DANG CHATER!  AND HE DAYNCES, MABLE!  HE DAYNCES AFTER SCARRING A TETCH-DOWN!  HAY'S ONE COCKY SUMBITCH DAT DANG (S)CAM NEWTON!  NOW GIT ON OUTTA HAR AND SKEDADDLE DOWN TO DA CARNER MARKET AND FETCH ME A CARTON'A SMOKES AND SOME PBR!  HAYUL NO YOU CAYN'T HAVE THE KEYS, MABLE!  YOU CAN WALK YO AZZ DOWN THAR! 

:P

(P.S. I had to use the parentheses so the filter wouldn't kick in... lol.)

[Pejorative Miscreant]

I don't really like Gruden but he did preface it by saying he was doing it because he didn't have anyone else to compare him too. 

 

More contrasts than similarities between the two IMO but suspect Gruden was using it for context.  

[tiger7_88]

8 minutes ago, Pejorative Miscreant said:

I don't really like Gruden but he did preface it by saying he was doing it because he didn't have anyone else to compare him too. 

 

More contrasts than similarities between the two IMO but suspect Gruden was using it for context.  

The linked article actually DOES state a past QB that makes an excellent comparison as college players entering their rookie year.

[motocross_cat]

Cant take everything gruden says super serious.  Dude just gets so fuging excited about football he says dumb things from time to time.

[chknwing]

ELI Jenkins!

[CatMan72]

...drop the mic

Basically, a QB who has demonstrated any degree of athleticism in compared to Cam these days. On one level it's flattering to be the standard by which all comparisons are made. On the other hand, comparing anyone to Cam is laughable. There has never been anyone like him and there may never be, he is a singular talent.