NFL.COM Ranks The Top 51 Number 1 Overall Draft Picks. Guess Where Cam Newton Lands?

[Hoenheim]

http://www.nfl.com/photoessays/0ap3000000797366/ranking-all-52-no-1-picks-of-the-nfls-commondraft-era

... at number 14, which is pretty damn good considering he's only going into his age 30 season and could easily play 6-8 more. Keep in mind this list has 51 overall number 1 picks.  Can't really argue too much with the players ranked ahead of him besides Stafford, who's much less accomplished than Cam but his passing numbers are great. 

Its a pretty cool article. Although its bizarre they only seem to focus on the past couple of seasons in his little synopsis and not mentioning him having a crazy rookie season, the 2015 MVP/SB run, or the fact that hes got more rushing TDs than any QB in NFL history. 

And friendly reminder of these QBs who won their first SB later in life : 

• Payton Manning : Age 30 (and went to 4 SBs in his 30s)
• Jim Plunkett : Age 33 (won another at age 36)
• John Elway : Age 37 (another at 38)

Everything is a bit up in the air with his recent shoulder injuries, but here's to hoping for a revitalization and winning the first SB for the Panthers. 

[Panthers8969]

Don’t they come out with this list every year/ every few? Stanford is always ahead of cam. No one seems to know why

[Hoenheim]

5 minutes ago, Panthers8969 said:

Don’t they come out with this list every year/ every few? Stanford is always ahead of cam. No one seems to know why

Like I say, probably because his passing numbers are really good for an age 30/31 QB. He's also had a few pretty good seasons, but those are drowned out by several bad or mediocre ones . 

Most notably he's not done anything in the playoffs, which should bump Cam up to 13 and him down to 14. 

Cam should def be in the top 10 after all is said in done if his shoulder is okay. But he wont get in the top 5 unless he wins at least 1 SB. I don't really think he'd need to win multiple ones to compete with the other QBs that have multiple, since he's such a unique talent. 

[Panthers8969]

6 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

Like I say, probably because his passing numbers are really good for an age 30/31 QB. He's also had a few pretty good seasons, but those are drowned out by several bad or mediocre ones . 

Most notably he's not done anything in the playoffs, which should bump Cam up to 13 and him down to 14. 

Cam should def be in the top 10 after all is said in done if his shoulder is okay. But he wont get in the top 5 unless he wins at least 1 SB. I don't really think he'd need to win multiple ones to compete with the other QBs that have multiple, since he's such a unique talent. 

Right so, again, I have no idea why MS is above camvp

[Shocker]

17 minutes ago, Panthers8969 said:

Don’t they come out with this list every year/ every few? Stanford is always ahead of cam. No one seems to know why

Stanford?

[Hoenheim]

3 minutes ago, Shocker said:

Stanford?

He meant Matthew Stafford , the guy who plays in Detroit, who is ranked one slot above Cam on this list at number 13 

[Shocker]

5 minutes ago, Hoenheim said:

He meant Matthew Stafford , the guy who plays in Detroit, who is ranked one slot above Cam on this list at number 13 

Ahhh...that was stumping me.

[JARROD]

44 minutes ago, Panthers8969 said:

Don’t they come out with this list every year/ every few? Stanford is always ahead of cam. No one seems to know why

Well,... in Stafford’s defense,.. he plays with the worst professional sports organization ever,.. like worst team ever,...

if he had been drafted by like the Steelers for example and won 2-3 Superbowls— he would have no question marks.

same for Cam for example.

[Panthers8969]

45 minutes ago, Shocker said:

Stanford?

Auto correct. Other dude was correct, I meant stafford 

[fortyrod]

44 minutes ago, JARROD said:

Well,... in Stafford’s defense,.. he plays with the worst professional sports organization ever,.. like worst team ever,...

if he had been drafted by like the Steelers for example and won 2-3 Superbowls— he would have no question marks.

same for Cam for example.

He's had some pretty top-shelf receiving talent though.

[Hoenheim]

6 minutes ago, fortyrod said:

He's had some pretty top-shelf receiving talent though.

 yea, just imagine if cam got Calvin Johnson instead of Kelvin Benjamin LOL 

[jfra78]

1 minute ago, Hoenheim said:

 yea, just imagine if cam got Calvin Johnson instead of Kelvin Benjamin LOL 

Or if he had Smitty for more than just 1 year

[fortyrod]

2 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Or if he had Smitty for more than just 1 year

Indeed.

[Hoenheim]

2 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

Or if he had Smitty for more than just 1 year

but he had S.Smith for his first 3 seasons?  More like if he had a young or prime age Smitty instead of well past prime but still good version