The most disappointing thing about Sunday was the offense's reaction to the headshot on Cam

[Sam Mills Fan]

When Cam nearly had his head taken off, the only person on the team willing to do anything about it was Torrey Smith, a guy that just got here in March. None of the guys on the offensive line did jack poo, in fact, someone held Smith off Kazee. Ryan Kalil has been here forever and didn't do poo. Devin Funchess didn't do poo. Christian McCaffrey didn't do poo. If a killshot like that had happened to just about any other QB in this league, there would have nearly been a bench clearing brawl. Yet our soft guys just stood there and didn't get the Franchise's back against a division opponent.

This team has been sorely lacking in edge since guys like Steve Smith and Josh Norman were shown the door. Torrey Smith apparently has some edge so good for him. I think Donte Jackson has edge too and wouldn't have tolerated something like that if he had been out there. But I hope Tepper has a different philosophy from Richardson in that he won't be afraid to sign players that are willing to actually defend their fellow teammates out there. It's what we're lacking most.

[joemac]

There was nearly a bench clearing brawl.  Were we watching the same game?

[Sam Mills Fan]

1 minute ago, joemac said:

There was nearly a bench clearing brawl.  Were we watching the same game?

Not really, there was some posing and grandstanding and that's it. Go to YouTube and find some video of some other QBs that have taken killshots and look at how THEIR teammates reacted. 

[Ship]

I agree we have mainly some softies on this team. Our real fighters got kept on the bench. A lot of the ruckus on the field was our guys holding up our own. Props to smith for doing something. I wish we had an OL like Lewan who is a mean dude and not afraid to beat some ass. Oher was similar. Need more mean dudes on this team.

[JayNasty]

1 minute ago, joemac said:

There was nearly a bench clearing brawl.  Were we watching the same game?

Nearly... There should have been one or a little more action.  

I expected for that guy to get his ish knocked in the dirt.

[Sam Mills Fan]

1 minute ago, Professor Chaos said:

My CAN sense is tingling.

Oh wow this is classic. I've been accused of being an anti-Cam troll for literally years and now I'm a "CAN". This is truly the best site on the Internet with the smartest people.

[DaGreat_98]

I would like to take this time to apologize to you because our guys didn't handle things exactly the way you wanted to see it done. I do think there are some holes in your argument though:

 

Cam Newton just scrambled for 20 yards after a pass play. Of course Torrey Smith would be the first one there, he went out for a route. The lineman came flying on the screen, but it was after the damage was done. What sense does it make for anyone else to hit, kick, stomp, the man that's already been knocked on  is arse? I saw the lineman come in and minor scuffles broke out but no punches were thrown. Why? Because that's automatic ejection and a 15 yard penalty and discipline from the league.  With our offensive line in shambles, I believe they handled it the best way that they could. There was some shoving, but they won't throw a flag for that... Who is McCaffrey gonna hurt? I saw Funchess standing off against Defensive Lineman? come on man.......You are entitled to your argument, but it may be a little extreme...lol

[Khyber53]

And yet even with only Smith reacting, we managed to wipe out any yardage that would have been gained from the penalty.

 

[CPF4LIFE]

Tyler Larsen was on the radio interview yesterday and when he was asked about it he kinda had a "whatever"  attitude as well. Just didnt seem too worried about it. 

[RumHam]

I fuging hate the Falcons. I really didn't want to lose this game and almost beat someone's ass in a bar after this. 

[steven8989]

So your saying we should have just starting punching guys out and get all of our 3rd string lineman thrown out of the game. Yep that sounds smart we only have like a 10 percent chance of winning that game with the guys we had out there anyway. I thought Saca, Ace_Aladdin, and some others started some crappy threads but this might have just went near the top of dumbest one ever!

[Dunn]

I have a feeling if Turner was out there, he would have leveled that guy as well.  

[UncleWillie]

This seems to happen to Cam quite often. If someone on the team retaliated and did the same thing to opposing quarterbacks they would think twice about it.

[JJman Returns]

It was a late hit. I don't think the guy meant to go helmet to helmet on cam. He just made a bad judgement call. You don't just go and committ aggravated assualt on a guy because he hit your teammate with a late hit. Especially when it's a hit that wouldn't of been called a penalty 10 years ago. 

If you really want to get revenge, you get ready for the next play and beat them on the field. 

You might as well become a UFC fan if you just want to see guys knocking each other's heads off.