Cam Newton Thumb Injury Information - Likely Sprain/Contusion: Four Week Recovery

[emhoward]

Was he late or did the ball not have its usual velocity, therefore taking longer to get there?

I guess what I'm asking is, was the throw late or was the ball late?

[SOJA]

4 minutes ago, General_Purr said:

has there ever been a Carolina season where all great players make it thru the entire season? then freak out when we have no plan b or adapt. 

 

pretty much 2015

[Mikey815]

We will need to run more effectively if cam is hurt

[2jakefansinva]

Poor Dickson.....

must lead the league in wide open over throws

[KillerKat]

8 minutes ago, 2jakefansinva said:

Poor Dickson.....

must lead the league in wide open over throws

This is hilarious coming from a Delhomme fan.

[shulasmyhero]

I think it's fairly obvious his accuracy issues yesterday were mostly related to the thumb injury.  Hasnt been that inaccurate without an injury effecting his throws. 

Throws were late and behind due lack of velocity and possibly a momentary flinch because he had to think about gripping the ball.  Which makes all the long sideline throws even more puzzling.  The middle of the field was ignored for the most part yesterday.  I guess they were worried about him floating one across the middle but if he's having trouble putting anything in his throws seems like the outside pass is more dangerous.

[2jakefansinva]

5 minutes ago, KillerKat said:

This is hilarious coming from a Delhomme fan.

And what the fu*k does my user name of 12 yrs have to do with anything ?

[Fox007]

LOL "i watched every throw and Cam wasn't late"

Translation: "my 'tape' watching skills aren't up to par"

Cam was def late on 3 throws at least and Spielman has forgotten more football than you will ever know. poo cracks me up.

[Saca312]

4 minutes ago, Fox007 said:

LOL "i watched every throw and Cam wasn't late"

Translation: "my 'tape' watching skills aren't up to par"

Cam was def late on 3 throws at least and Spielman has forgotten more football than you will ever know. poo cracks me up.

Guess I have to lay it out. Let's start with what Spielman said was a "late throw" from Cam to Olsen in the late second quarter.

So, the situation is third and goal at the 4:13 point in the game. You can go ahead and pull up gamepass to see what I'm talking about in real time if you must.

The point of this play is to get the ball to Olsen. To do so, Cam Newton has to draw the safety using his eyes away from Olsen.

So, during this play, notice how Cam has his heard away from Olsen and daring the safety to do something. Like any good safety does, he waits and reads the eyes to make sure he doesn't second guess himself and sits in the middle. 

Cam's been doing this stuff since his rookie year. Looking off safeties just like any pocket passer. He later turns and throws to what he knew would be a wide open Olsen as a result of holding the safety.

The timing was perfect, because it gave Olsen just enough room to get open. If Cam didn't hold the safety, Olsen would easily be picked up and covered and the throw would likely be intercepted.

The issue is the ball placement. Clearly off and without touch, which a thumb injury explains. This was absolutely not a timing issue.

Here's the play in GIF form so you can see what happened in real time.

[Snake]

His thumb is a non issue. It was more likely because we had a bye and played a good defense. Honestly we moved the ball better than we defended it. 

[CatTower]

Thumb issue is just being used to distract the Saints.  They'll gameplan against a run heavy offense and then Cam is going to come out blasting.  Never believe what you hear before a big game like this.

[Palmetto]

So he'll be healthy come playoffs just in time to go on a 2010 Rodgers,  2012 Flacco  type playoff  run

[iamhubby1]

5 hours ago, CRA said:

He was definately late getting a couple out.  Once late, the window alters and gets bad.   Being late was the reason some throws were off because he missed the natural window a and tried to still get it done.  That creates bad throws IMO. He also had bad throws because pressure didn’t allow him to get good balls off because he couldn’t square around (like the wide open Olsen)

I’m not saying he didn’t have bad throws.  But he always has those.  He struggled on a couple short ones to CMC which are always hard for him to be consistent on and once a game even when on fire he misses a wide open Dickson.  Just didn’t seem higher rate than normal. 

 

    I get what you are saying. But man, 11-28 though. Surely, something was off?

[WarHeel]

This information is extremely contradictory. You can’t have a “grade 2 sprain” and not “have a tear.” And a contusion is not the same thing as a sprain. They lump these terms together as such.