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Full analysis from Joe Person

Mr. Scot

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This feels like the beginning of the end of Cam Newton's time with the Panthers

I'd strongly encourage those of you who are able to do so to read the entire article (it's worth the read) but here are some relevant excerpts:

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The Panthers put Newton on injured reserve Tuesday in a move that ended his season, and very possibly his Carolina career.

Newton will be 31 by the start of next season. He’s undergone two shoulder surgeries in recent years and tried unsuccessfully to fight through a Lisfranc injury this season.

And the Panthers can save $19.1 million against the salary cap by trading or cutting him, which is what the NFL front office personnel I’ve spoken to across the league believe will happen.

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Now it will fall on Hurney, who has vowed not to let his emotions get in the way of his decision-making, and owner David Tepper to make the call on Newton’s long-term future here. And those discussions will certainly include using some of that $19.1 million for a new contract for running back Christian McCaffrey and, potentially, quarterback Kyle Allen.

Allen somehow has gotten overshadowed in all of the speculation and questions about Newton. But the Panthers might have been willing to wait another month on Newton if Allen had bombed his two-month audition behind center.

No, Allen isn’t anything close to the dual-threat athlete that a healthy Newton is. But the second-year quarterback, who never found his footing in college, has displayed a good arm, an ability to read NFL defenses and the confidence of a first-round pick, not an undrafted free agent.

And if you listen carefully to what Hurney and Rivera have said about Allen, who’s 5-1 this year and 6-1 in seven career starts, it sounds like they may view him as more than just a bridge quarterback until third-round pick Will Grier or some other quarterback from the 2020 or ’21 draft is ready.

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Rivera was impressed with the way Allen bounced back from his first bad start — a three-interception, seven-sack game in a 38-point loss at San Francisco. Though Allen overthrew a couple of receivers deep in Sunday’s 30-20 win against Tennessee, he avoided big mistakes, directed a 90-yard touchdown drive and finished with 232 yards and two TDs on 17-of-32 passing.

“Like I’ve always told you, it doesn’t seem like a lot of things faze him,” Rivera said. “He had a good week of practice. I just don’t think it fazed him, I really don’t. He looked confident out there during practice, had a good week.”

Assuming he stays healthy, Allen will have another eight weeks to prove he’s more Jake Delhomme than Matt Moore.

He’ll do so against the meatier half of the schedule, beginning Sunday in Green Bay, but won’t have to wonder when Newton might be back to reclaim the job.

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There figures to be a couple of teams who will look at Newton’s linebacker’s build, the MVP award on his resume and his competitive drive, and decide he has something left. And he very well may.

But as the weeks and wins have stacked up since that fateful August night in Foxboro, it has seemed less and less likely the Panthers will be among them.

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As much as I grouse about the tone of a lot of Mr. Scot's posts, he's right, Joe Person is writing really good stuff for the Athletic. I think having the time to do deep dive articles suits him better than having to do the gossip style click bait he and all the others were pretty much forced to do at the Observer. 

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This is the information that's out there, people.

If it happens to be something you don't want to hear, sorry but denial doesn't actually change anything.

You can ignore, run down, insult and discredit every single source that doesn't say what you want it to say. It'll have exactly zero effect on what's going to happen.

Reality is reality.

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1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Joe Person's opinion and speculations are now "information".

Yikes...

@Mr. Scot are you getting kickbacks for selling subscriptions for The Atlantic or something? LOL!

More speculation for your reading pleasure...

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/scott-fowler/article237027629.html

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It pains me to say this, because Newton has entertained us all for nine years. But I think we’ve already seen the last two games of Newton’s career with Carolina. They were the first two of this 2019 season, when he was a shadow of himself, playing on a bum foot in two home games that the Panthers lost.

Here is my speculation. Allen limps us into the playoffs and we roll CAM out for the WC game because YOLO. And CAM wins the Superbowl on an 86 yard QB draw play with :01 left against the patriots. And we extend him and he wins three more superbowls and goes to the hall of fame. Then unretires and wins one more superbowl. Then gets elected POTUS and brings an unprecedented era of world peace.

That is all.

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