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NFL.com now says "completion percentage isn't everything" after Cam's 71% game.


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1 minute ago, MasterAwesome said:

Why does everyone get in a blind fit of rage when it comes to Cam? They’re clearly talking about our offense being inefficient...not Cam. That whole excerpt talked repeatedly about how Cam’s receivers let him down...there was nothing at all derogatory about Cam in that article.

Cam played well but many cam nut huggers here lol

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17 minutes ago, MasterAwesome said:

Why does everyone get in a blind fit of rage when it comes to Cam? They’re clearly talking about our offense being inefficient...not Cam. That whole excerpt talked repeatedly about how Cam’s receivers let him down...there was nothing at all derogatory about Cam in that article.

No, but his mention about completion percentage was unwarranted. The media been pumping up his completion % bullshit and in a loss just had to mention it being irrelevant for whatever reason whether we lost or others didn't perform as well

 

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27 minutes ago, beastson said:

No, but his mention about completion percentage was unwarranted. The media been pumping up his completion % bullshit and in a loss just had to mention it being irrelevant for whatever reason whether we lost or others didn't perform as well

 

And you can honestly say that if they DIDN’T mention his completion percentage whatsoever, that people wouldn’t be upset?? Then the narrative on here would be “Wow the media loves to criticize Cam’s completion percentage when it’s low, but now that he’s averaging ~70% in the first two games, CRICKETS”. That’s why you have to take what they’re saying in context. What they said in that article is a perfectly valid statement: they highlighted that Cam is completing a high percentage of his passes but saying that doesn’t necessarily correlate to an efficient offense. In the context of that statement, they said that the run game wasn’t working and that our receivers weren’t helping him out whatsoever. Yet somehow that equates to them hating on Cam...

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1 hour ago, MasterAwesome said:

And you can honestly say that if they DIDN’T mention his completion percentage whatsoever, that people wouldn’t be upset?? Then the narrative on here would be “Wow the media loves to criticize Cam’s completion percentage when it’s low, but now that he’s averaging ~70% in the first two games, CRICKETS”. That’s why you have to take what they’re saying in context. What they said in that article is a perfectly valid statement: they highlighted that Cam is completing a high percentage of his passes but saying that doesn’t necessarily correlate to an efficient offense. In the context of that statement, they said that the run game wasn’t working and that our receivers weren’t helping him out whatsoever. Yet somehow that equates to them hating on Cam...

Wouldn't you take that offensive performance every week?  It's a silly premise, the Panthers don't have a dependable running game, so the offense is designed around their best players/weapons.  It does correlate in the context of what they are doing offensively....they don't know what they're talking about.  The defense has issues and I don't see it getting any better anytime soon.  This isn't the Panthers D of a few years ago.

This offense is much better than years past, it gets the ball out of Cam's hands so he isn't as often target practice.  The offense was not the problem in this game...run defense (back up runner) and Falcon's wide ass open receivers.  When the offense and Cam are inept (which has been a problem), I'll be the first to the point the finger....but not this game.

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  • Completion percentage is and has become the most conflated and overrated stat in football. Cam's game and the offense he was asked to execute most of his career never lent itself to a high completion percentage. He was always asked to throw intermediate to deep throws before last season, he was never going to be in the 65% range. But now, its hilarious that the media wants to change the narrative on Cam now that he is doing what they wanted him to do, but still finding a way to criticize him. Point blank, most people just dislike Cam Newton because he is having fun playing a kids game.
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If you watched that game yesterday and thought that Cam was our problem, or the reason we lost, you are stupid.  Most days an offensive performance like that should get you a W.  Our defense and WR's (well, pass catchers) let us down big time yesterday.

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