Cam campaigned for McCaffrey over Fournette per team source relayed by Jonathan Jones

[PantherWake]

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Newton campaigned pre-draft for McCaffrey over Leonard Fournette, according to a team source, because he believed Fournette was too similar to Stewart and that McCaffrey could offer something the Panthers have never had before. Newton does not have Kobe-like pull in this organization but clearly his input matters. Everyone there has hitched their wagon to him, from the owner who, 24 years ago, promised Charlotte a Super Bowl in the first 10 years of the franchise, to Rivera who, after a dozen or so job interviews, got his first head coaching job in 2011 and four months later joined Newton at the hip, to those in uniform who swear by him.

Many within the Panthers’ organization whispered that Newton had too much on his plate last off-season.

https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/07/26/nfl-cam-newton-carolina-panthers-offense

[Jeremy Igo]

Good. Hope they can develop chemistry quickly.

 

 

[Ivan The Awesome]

Cam looking to evolve the offense. 

[Steve_Smith_Sr.]

Makes sense.  CMC and Samuels are so versatile and will keep defenses guessing.  Fournette is a beast but I'm really happy with the direction our offense is taking with the new guys.

[Daeavorn]

This is good news. Means Cam is locked in on the new style of Offense. 

[*FreeFua*]

He doesn’t want to sit there and say, ‘I don’t like this play’ or ‘I don’t like that guy at that position.’ In his mind, he’s going to fix it and make it work.”

 

 

This says a lot about Cam's character. Cam could very easily trash half the guys at their positions yet he just takes upon himself to try and make things work. Lebron is running Kyrie out of town while Cam puts it on himself to earn a pay cheque for scrubs like Remmers and Shula.

[SCP]

That article is ducking phenomenal


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[Johnny Rockets]

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Agree - JJ did a great job with it. 

[SOJA]

good article from Jonathan 

[The Huddler]

[Hoenheim]

That's obvious.. and understandable. Cam has had sub par receivers in most of his NFL career and has never played with RBs that were anywhere near as elusive as McCaffrey.  And maybe Cam was watching Super Bowl 51 just like the rest of us and proceeded to watch James White shred the living daylights out of the Falcons D through the air and on the ground.

 

[Hogmolliesmaht]

“I’ve had to drag it out of him in terms of, ‘What do you see? What can we fix?,” Rivera says. “It always starts with him. He doesn’t want to sit there and say, ‘I don’t like this play’ or ‘I don’t like that guy at that position.’ In his mind, he’s going to fix it and make it work.”

 

 If this is true, then Cam is just as much at fault for bad play calls as Shula. This is his offense too and they need his input, regardless of whether it hurts anybody's feelings for not.

[TheRumGone]

4 minutes ago, Hogmolliesmaht said:

“I’ve had to drag it out of him in terms of, ‘What do you see? What can we fix?,” Rivera says. “It always starts with him. He doesn’t want to sit there and say, ‘I don’t like this play’ or ‘I don’t like that guy at that position.’ In his mind, he’s going to fix it and make it work.”

 

 If this is true, then Cam is just as much at fault for bad play calls as Shula. This is his offense too and they need his input, regardless of whether it hurts anybody's feelings for not.

Yeah he's going into year 7. He needs to be more vocal about what he sees and what works best for him even if it undermines someone. Just part of being the leader of the offense. He'll get there.

[MCC]

This needs to be pinned for a while. Best article of the offseason, imo.