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

[micnificent28]

44 minutes ago, iamhubby1 said:

    Thread is bad, and OP is bad for starting it. But hey, you gots to get that pie. Am I right?

 

    Just a few weeks ago Cam said he felt like a rookie again. But all of a sudden he "Has lost interest". LOL I have said it before, but it bears repeating. You folks are killing me.

I agree 100% but the huddle pies the OP for saying bread should be sliced.. this thread is terrible and probably his worst ever.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, micnificent28 said:

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.

Sick of losing, being let down and / or being hurt are all aspects of being "sick of football".

See the above post. Doesn't mean you don't love the game. Plenty of guys love the game but come to the point were they can't play it anymore.

If Newton has come to that point, I don't imagine he came to it lightly.

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, CBDellinger said:

I think you realize you misunderstood the initial question and you're wriggling to get out of it.

You're free to do that, of course. I'll let you off the hook.

[Mr. Scot]

10 minutes ago, Sgt Schultz said:

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.

Bingo.

Guys make this decision every year. Fans can choose to say "thanks for the memories" or "screw you for quitting".

Response number two is generally ill-informed.

[SmokinwithWilly]

It's a legitimate question based on what we saw happen with Luck 2 weeks ago. The injury bug seems to have found Cam and has latched onto him.

No one is trying to push a narrative. All OP is saying is if Cam made a decision similar to Luck's, would you blame him? 

[onmyown]

Just a tip...

Knowing personal details ruins things for people. Whether it be personal relationships, sports players, even actors.

Especially sensitive people.

Want to enjoy football ‘like you used to’?

Don't watch pre game or post game. Don’t read any news about players. Don’t even come here. Focus any interest on information (ex. stats). Finally, watch the game on mute. 

Welcome to the world of pure football.

[332nd]

(Knowing this is hypothetical)

I wouldn't blame any pro football player who decided to hang it up at this point. 

[Mr. Scot]

15 minutes ago, SmokinwithWilly said:

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

Technically, "if" is in the title.

But as I've mentioned before, if I'm starting a discussion thread, I don't necessarily like to tilt the conversation in a certain direction from the outset. That's why I rarely give my opinion up front.

I know some folks like to post "this is my opinion, deal with it" threads. I prefer to leave it open and see where it goes naturally.

Granted, some folks can't seem to grasp the concept 

[CBDellinger]

9 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

I think you realize you misunderstood the initial question and you're wriggling to get out of it.

You're free to do that, of course. I'll let you off the hook.

I understood it just fine.  I think it's silly speculate on how a man feels and doing so is irresponsible at best. 

[Jon Snow]

Just now, onmyown said:

Just a tip...

Knowing personal details ruins things for people. Whether it be personal relationships, sports players, even actors.

Especially sensitive people.

Want to enjoy football ‘like you used to’?

Don't watch pre game or post game. Don’t read any news about players. Don’t even come here. Focus any interest on information (ex. stats). Finally, watch the game on mute. 

Welcome to the world of pure football.

I've been doing this for a couple of years now.  Makes the games watchable at least.  Definitely use the mute button.  I couldn't watch the Monday night game without it being muted.  I watched one series in the 4th quarter.  Couldn't tell what the score was or who was playing.

[Mr. Scot]

1 minute ago, CBDellinger said:

I understood it just fine.  I think it's silly speculate on how a man feels and doing so is irresponsible at best. 

Uh huh 

The vast majority of the discussion on this forum is speculation. Always has been.

And I don't really buy that you don't understand the nature of asking "what if".

Throw in that discussion on this forum doesn't exactly affect the direction of Western civilization, so... irresponsible? Come on. 

[332nd]

22 minutes ago, Davidson Deac II said:

The refs are the same they have always been, ie they are human.  They made mistakes back years ago, and they make the now.  There are two primary differences now.  1. The explosion of media (social and otherwise) means everything is hyper analyzed to the nth degree.  2.  The rules have become more and more complex.  Its far more difficult to figure out what a catch is, or if PI happens, etc....

 

I do think that one reason some are getting tired of football is that there is such a glut of it.  In the old days, football happened two days a week.  Saturday for college, Sunday for pros.  Now when in season, football only takes tuesday and wednesday off.  

The bold is one of the main reasons for me. 

I'm at the point I'm waiting for a player to make an acrobatic catch off balance, stumble 10-15 yds into the end zone, only to have it called incomplete because a possum was hiding behind the goal post.

[Mr. Scot]

6 minutes ago, 332nd said:

(Knowing this is hypothetical)

I wouldn't blame any pro football player who decided to hang it up at this point. 

Neither would I.

I don't blame guys when they sign free agent offers, I don't blame guys for trying to protect their health, and I sure as heck don't blame them for making the decision to walk away from a game they love because it's best for themselves or their families.

I don't think anybody should.

[Mr. Scot]

2 minutes ago, 332nd said:

The bold is one of the main reasons for me. 

I'm at the point I'm waiting for a player to make an acrobatic catch off balance, stumble 10-15 yds into the end zone, only to have it called incomplete because a possum was hiding behind the goal post.

Possums are tricky.