If we learned that Newton is indeed "sick of football"...

[Car123]

It's one of the same stupid threads we've been seeing over the past week. This one is just disguised as a "what if" question. The topic brings morons, who think they have a PhD in psychology, to the conference table.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, CBDellinger said:

youre assuming we know how a man feels about something, when we certainly dont, and you want me to comment of wether or not those assumed feelings are justified or not?

LoL, I'm not going there.   

A question of "what if" is hypothetical by nature. There are no assumptions involved, only speculation.

[The Lobo]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

Hypothetical, for the most part.

People have theorized that Newton doesn't look like he's enjoying himself anymore, but that's obviously not definitive.

Gotcha. I know DA says he cares and like others have said, he says good job to teammates and is fired up when need be. He gets mad when we suck, I don’t see anything wrong with that.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, Car123 said:

It's one of the same stupid threads we've been seeing over the past week. This one is just disguised as a "what if" question. The topic brings morons, who think they have a PhD in psychology, to the conference table.

Well, it brought at least one 

The vast majority of responses in this thread have been along the lines of "I don't blame him" or "I can understand".

You were free to post an opinion of that kind as well, of course. Instead, you chose to show that you didn't really understand what the discussion was about.

 

[SBiii]

8 minutes ago, MountaineerChemist10 said:

If you'll visit this website, you'll see Cam's beginning to follow the same path Luck did:

https://sportsinjurypredictor.com/player/cam-newton/4690

Preseason was the 4th time Cam's injured his left ankle. Already injured his shoulder twice ('16 & '18). Fractured his ribs & back in '14. Concussion in '16, knee strain in '17. Only time he's been 100% healthy are his two best seasons ('13 & '15).

Hate to say it but Cam is ready to retire. I don't think he's "sick of football", but his body is.

Pretty interesting website, thanks.

[Sgt Schultz]

50 minutes ago, Zaximus said:

I sometimes wonder how much I'd care if the team wasn't a hometown team, to be honest.    Anyone else ever think about that?

I wouldn't blame Cam one bit if the title question happened.  He doesn't owe anybody anything in terms of football.  The team's offense has generally ridden on his back since his first game, and when things go badly, his every move is under a microscope.  Now he is racking up injuries.  At some point, it is not worth it.

In terms of Zaximus question, yes, I have.  I've been a huge NFL fan since about 1969.  Then, in 2017 I watched the equivalent of about 3 full NFL games throughout the year, including the playoffs.  2-1/2 of those games were Panther games that were on the tube here.  I watched the final 2 minutes of the Super Bowl, only because my wife wanted to see the end of it. 

The breaking point for me was the rules got so reactionary and convoluted that I could predict with great accuracy when something that was called on the field, and appeared correct by any measure of common sense, but was going to be reversed on replay.  My wife got tired of hearing me say "the guy caught that ball, but they are going to find a way to call it incomplete."  And they inevitably did just that.  It was no longer a game contested on the field, but by two physicists and a mechanical engineer looking at replays to apply Rube Goldberg-type rules.  I started watching hockey well before Christmas, which had been my normal starting point.

Last year I watched more, but not nearly as much as pre-2017.  But, now we want to review PI calls, and that has already led to a fiasco or two.  So, I am waiting for the NHL to start again next month.  It helps that I am a St. Louis Blues fan, but the truth is, their success might not matter.  For me, the NFL is tedious to watch. 

If I were king, the guy I would fire before either Hurney or Rivera is Roger Goodell.  No disrespect to any of you who may be lawyers, but Goodell is a lawyer and he runs the show like a lawyer, and not a very good one.  The man has never seen a windmill that he wouldn't tilt at.

[SmokinwithWilly]

Perhaps you should change the thread title to include "Hypothetical question" so there cant be doubt this is merely a "what if" question.

[CBDellinger]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

A question of "what if" is hypothetical by nature. There are no assumptions involved, only speculation.

the "do you blame?" him assumes we know that he is indeed sick of football, which we dont.  

 

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, The Lobo said:

Gotcha. I know DA says he cares and like others have said, he says good job to teammates and is fired up when need be. He gets mad when we suck, I don’t see anything wrong with that.

I don't either.

Newton doesn't have anything to prove, and as someone else said he doesn't owe the team anything at this point.

I've never been one to blame any player for deciding that it was time to hang it up. I'm not going to start with Newton.

(granted, I might bear a small amount of ill will toward Kerry Collins)

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, CBDellinger said:

the "do you blame?" him assumes we know that he is indeed sick of football, which we dont.  

Again...what...if?

[PanthersNC1984]

Honestly I’m not completely sick of it but I will say I’m not nearly as enthusiastic and passionate as I was the last several years.

The big thing that kills my excitement is it’s so predictable, you know for a fact the Patriots are going to be in the Super Bowl and the Patriots are going to be good and by and large it’s the same teams that dominate every year and frankly it’s getting a lot like the NBA where you know exactly what’s going to happen

[micnificent28]

55 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

...what would you say?

I can't believe your feeding into this. It's one thing to be injuried, it's another to be sick of football. Sick of being injuried maybe. But the way he goes out before each game pregame does a team hand shake hump whatever else he does tells me enjoys the game. Wincing in pain to not looking happy is a product of injury and losing.

Yes I do think he is sick of losing and letting his team down. But sick of football? Few show the exuberance and joy newton does when it's going well. I believe he loves the game as much as the greats and will play as long as his body permits. This sick of football mentality is just people trying to make a story nonsense.

[Mr. Scot]

13 minutes ago, MountaineerChemist10 said:

Hate to say it but Cam is ready to retire. I don't think he's "sick of football", but his body is.

Technically, it's still your brain making that decision based on how your body feels.

I've seen loads of players who dearly loved the game have to leave it because their bodies just couldn't take the pounding anymore.

That's just football.

[CBDellinger]

2 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Again...what...if?