Cam Newton Released

[Mr. Scot]

 

[NAS]

I don't think he gets picked up by anyone immediately.  His only chance is if there is an injury to a QB during the season.  Cam is officially in the journeyman part of his career now. 

 

[Ricky Spanish]

Refusing to get a shot in the arm and ended up shooting himself in the foot.

As far as prospective teams go, I think Houston is probably his best bet. 

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, Zod said:

There is no way he would be here but I could actually see him in Atlanta or Tampa Bay. 

Not Washington or Buffalo?

[NAS]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

 

It means nobody wants him or they would have been calling the Pats to inquire.

[d-dave]

Geez, that sucks.

I still have so much love for what Cam has done for us over his career with the Panthers, and I hoped him well in his post Carolina stops.

Cam won't stay on the streets for too long.  There are teams out there with way worse QB situations than we have, and teams who will look for a spark.  Cam will just have to wait for the inevitable injuries or plain bad QBs to show out the first few weeks.

Will he have success?  Who knows?  How much does he have left as a runner and passer?  Again, who knows.

[NAS]

Just now, Mr. Scot said:

Not Washington or Buffalo?

I think Steelers make most sense if they cut Haskins who looks like garbage

[ENCPantherfan2]

3 minutes ago, Seltzer said:

If I was betting that's where I would pick.  The problem for Cam as a backup is that he is still a high-profile player and anywhere he goes, the minute the starting QB struggles, people will be clamoring for him.

A lot of coaches don't want to deal with that, and would rather have a lesser backup than to deal with the media circus

Dude the starting QB is Ryan Fitzpatrick. He is going to struggle sooner rather than later. If Cam is healthy, he's the best QB on that roster. He already knows the offense, give him a few weeks and he could lead the WFT to a better record than last year. 

[Butterflyj30]

Wow so does he get paid all of that money?

[Zod]

1 minute ago, Mr. Scot said:

Not Washington or Buffalo?

Maybe Buffalo I guess. They don't care about vax up there. Can't see Rivera wanting an unvaxxed guy on the team considering his immune system. 

[trueblade]

9 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Weirdly enough, Belichick was quoted just this morning as saying that Newton was "going in the right direction".

Apparently the right direction was out the door

So what I'm seeing is Rhule isn't the only coach to talk a guy up before kicking him to the curb?

[ColumbusCounty]

If this man ends up on the Saints ... smdh 

[Santee_Panther]

New Orleans makes sense.

Just our luck, he goes there and lights us up twice a year.

[Moo Daeng]

I'm surprised by this move. However, it highlights some real discrepancies between how good our fans see him vs how others see him. Two franchises cut him instead of trading him. He took relatively very small contracts to get on a team. He looked fairly good this preseason but that's now what other's see it.

 

Edited August 31, 2021 by Moo Daeng