Will The Real Cam Newton Please Stand Up?

[NAS]

I have been a Cam believer from day 1.  But I find myself asking since last year.  Who is the real Cam? The one who looked unbeatable against the Patriots and the Lions, or the one who threw 5 interceptions the last two games.

 I have never seen him be this inconsistent.  It's time for him to own it and show us who he is.  No more excuses.  Bad scheme or protection aside, he is making bad throws and decisions at the worst possible times. If he is ever to be great, he must be able to overcome adversity and lead this team.  Come on Cam, focus and step up man.

[Jon Snow]

This will not end well for you.

[Hoenheim]

Go back and look at all the interceptions, and see which ones are actually his fault and which ones are just dumb assery by receivers and backs fumbling, bobling , and tipping balls to the opposition. 

[Saca312]

More "let's blame the only guy who gives a poo about this team" bullshit.

Puts his body on the line and does everything for everyone. But he'll always be crucified while guys like Alex Smith get passes for being inaccurate and bad.

[NAS]

I am not blaming him for the losses. I am calling for him to step up and lead the team through adversity.  Right now, they're all playing as front runners.  

[t96]

Cam is the most bipolar player on the field ever. He's very rarely just solid, he's either stupid other worldly good, or flat out terrible. It's a pain to watch, when he really should be just damn good all the time, like some of the other all-time greats. When Cam is bad, and it's happening fairly often lately, he is like Johnny Manziel and The Golden Calf of Bristol bad. And when he's good, there's never been another player to play as well as him. Before this year I had never questioned that Cam would be the one to get us our first win, but now I'm starting to wonder if he'll be here after his current contract, and whether we'll win one before then or not... 

 

Disclaimer: Before you all get your panties in a wad, let me share what I think is the biggest factor in Cam's play... TERRIBLE offensive coaching staff his entire career.

1. He's never had a good QB coach to actually teach him how to throw the ball properly and not just rely on his arm strength all the time. Cam wouldn't be sailing balls half the time if he had been taught this correctly from day 1. And not just that, but learning from his mistakes. He had his best year by far in '15 by being patient and looking for different reads,and then in '16 reverted back to locking onto one guy like Kaepernick. This year, he's had glimpses of terrible Kaepernick-like play, and then goes and does something like that unbelievable KB TD in the Lions game where he looked off the safety and delivered a beauty. That lack of consistency is on coaching.

2. The other massive issue is that Cam has been beaten to death as a runner because, yet again, the entire offensive coaching staff since he's been here is either flat out stupid, or lazy, and has only ever built the run game to go completely through Cam without the ability to sustain itself. For all the other great running QBs, NONE of them have had the same type of offense, where it's built 100% around the QB. Cam is the only one in the history of football, and it's not even close. That's a HUGE problem when your QB is being relied upon like he's a bruising FB and is taking hits at an unprecedented and unmatched pace. Sure you can factor in poor OL play too, but many other QBs have had to deal with that. It's mainly the coaching staff running him to death because of their ineptitude or laziness.