Talk about a lack of respect--NFL Power Rankings, week one

[CarolinaSamurai]

I mean I kinda get it. We are a big question mark. We are also the most inconsistent team year to year than anyone. Heck we are considered the most volatile. See below. 

 

[iamhubby1]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Not going to argue the CMC thing. We very well may have still gotten him. Who knows?

But, my point is that the team/medical staff has the ability to pull the plug on a player. It isn't the player's call. There was ZERO reason for Cam to be in that game. None. Nada. Zilch. Zero potential upside. Even if further injury wasn't a risk, there was no benefit. All the time he spent prepping for that game and playing in that game could've been spent resting/rehabbing. Maybe if that rest/rehab cycle would've started a week earlier they would've realized his injury required surgery that much sooner and he could be that much further ahead in his recover. Maybe he could've had more participation in camp and preseason and developed more chemistry with his new OL and receivers. Ifs, buts, and maybes, but the common theme is that there was zero potential benefit to play Cameron Jerrell Newton in that football game. 

 

It is true that Cam was medically cleared to play. It is also true that Rivera did not want him to play. It is true that Cam playing was probably a silly idea. But...it is also true that Cam WANTED to play for his team mates. And that is what it comes down to. Cam giving his all for his mates.

 

They gave Cam 2 months off before testing his shoulder and deciding he needed surgery. One week would not make that big of a difference.

 

To me, and I know surgery is always the last option. But man, if they would have just gone ahead and done that surgery instead of waiting, things would look so much better now. Although, from what I have heard, Cam has been a full go at practice. So he should be a full go for the 9er game. So we have that going for us.