Dan Graziano on Cam Newton

[TheSpecialJuan]

A lot of people have had a lot of negative things to say about Newton since before he was even drafted. He has contributed to some of it with his own mistakes and missteps, no doubt. Please do not think I'm here to defend things like "It's funny to hear a female talk about routes."

But Newton also has been the subject of a mountain of unfair and unsubstantiated criticism on other matters. In 2011, around the draft, there was a debate about the sincerity of the young man's smile. Come on.

Personally, I've loved watching him play and sincerely hope we all get to see it again -- whether in Carolina or elsewhere. This is a completely unique player in NFL history who started setting records in his rookie year and, I firmly believe, is three or four more years' worth of high-level production away from a legitimate Hall of Fame case. I wish he were more open and accessible because (a) I want to know more about him, and (b) I think it would broaden the deserved appreciation of him. But he is who he is, and the brilliance of who he has been as a player shouldn't be lost in the injury cloud under which his 2019 season never got going.

The I-told-you-so-ers who revel in believing they were right that the way he played would cut his career short are missing the point. Even if he never plays again, this is a tell-your-grandkids-about-him player.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28030571/could-kyle-allen-carolina-dak-prescott-why-ultimate-bargain

[chknwing]

Juanderful

[1of10Charnatives]

8 minutes ago, chknwing said:

Juanderful

You took the word right out of my keyboard.

[TheSpecialJuan]

24 minutes ago, chknwing said:

Juanderful

i like 

[Forty-Eight]

[rippadonn]

1 hour ago, TheSpecialJuan said:

A lot of people have had a lot of negative things to say about Newton since before he was even drafted. He has contributed to some of it with his own mistakes and missteps, no doubt. Please do not think I'm here to defend things like "It's funny to hear a female talk about routes."

But Newton also has been the subject of a mountain of unfair and unsubstantiated criticism on other matters. In 2011, around the draft, there was a debate about the sincerity of the young man's smile. Come on.

Personally, I've loved watching him play and sincerely hope we all get to see it again -- whether in Carolina or elsewhere. This is a completely unique player in NFL history who started setting records in his rookie year and, I firmly believe, is three or four more years' worth of high-level production away from a legitimate Hall of Fame case. I wish he were more open and accessible because (a) I want to know more about him, and (b) I think it would broaden the deserved appreciation of him. But he is who he is, and the brilliance of who he has been as a player shouldn't be lost in the injury cloud under which his 2019 season never got going.

The I-told-you-so-ers who revel in believing they were right that the way he played would cut his career short are missing the point. Even if he never plays again, this is a tell-your-grandkids-about-him player.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28030571/could-kyle-allen-carolina-dak-prescott-why-ultimate-bargain

If I were him I'd move to Charlotte like Kemba did. It would be mutually beneficial in both public perception and shows serious commitment to the community that loves him the most, not about football.

 

[GoPanthers123]

Cam is a wonderful human being, that smile is genuine, he is selfless to a fault.  His character is the one of face of the franchise.