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Would you be happy if Cam Newton could become...


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the next steve mcnair? Granted steve did it 4 years in college and granted i don't want to see cam or any other player end like steve did, but for years steve was a damn good qb.

I reference steve mcnair because coming out from a skill set he had some of the knocks on him like cam does. But steve really learned to sit in the pocket, take his drops, make his reads and deliver the football.

Time will tell.

absolutely!!!!

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I think turning out like McNair or Cunningham would both be fine with me. Part of what you would hope is that Newton is 35 lbs bigger than Cunningham and more durable. The problem with Cunningham was that he only weighed 215lbs which at his height was too thin. You always felt that he was going to get snapped in half. Having his ability in a bigger more durable model with a little more accuracy would be close to ideal.

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If we draft Newton, I want him to become his own positive definition in Pro Footbal. I want him to become something above and beyond any of these other players. I want him to truely change the way QB is played. I want to see him become the first African American QB to win the League MVP, Super Bowl, and Super Bowl MVP and have multiple Pro Bowl appearances. I want to see him have a long career as a Panther that brings us accolades and awards, and be a force of positivity in our community.

If we don't draft him and goes on to all these things, I'll be severely depressed that we might have had him, and he went on to greatness elsewhere.

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