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Add Peter King To The Newton To Carolina Hype Train

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In Sports Illustrated's draft preview -- on newsstands Wednesday -- senior writer Peter King predicts Newton will be the first name Goodell calls April 28 in New York.

In the SI online version, King supports the Panthers' choice of Newton, who has been criticized for character issues and his ability to handle an NFL offense after starring one season in Auburn's spread.

"Touchdowns scored in the NFC South last year: Atlanta 47, New Orleans 44, Tampa Bay 39 ... Carolina 17," King writes. "While you may not want to blame Jimmy Clausen for being in the wrong place at the wrong time as a rookie last year, you have to be skeptical of him after the Panthers' offensive meltdown.

"Hard to pass on a player with Newton's talent, even if the supporting cast in Carolina may not give him the chance to show it right away."

http://blogs.charlotte.com/panthers/2011/04/gruden-panthers-will-select-newton.html

take it as you will.

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so now the supporting cast of Williams, Stewart, Smitty, LaFell, Gettis, Kalis, Otah, Gross, etc.. will not allow "Newton to showcase his talent".

Sounds like people are already starting to make excuses for him.

Sounds like the lame excuses in Atlanta when Vick was there....saying he had no WR's. Yet, Ryan came in and lit it up with those same WR's.

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so now the supporting cast of Williams, Stewart, Smitty, LaFell, Gettis, Kalis, Otah, Gross, etc.. will not allow "Newton to showcase his talent".

Sounds like people are already starting to make excuses for him.

Sounds like the lame excuses in Atlanta when Vick was there....saying he had no WR's. Yet, Ryan came in and lit it up with those same WR's.

I think that's more of an indicator that Peter King doesn't have a clue about football teams outside of Foxboro than an indictment on Cam.

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so now the supporting cast of Williams, Stewart, Smitty, LaFell, Gettis, Kalis, Otah, Gross, etc.. will not allow "Newton to showcase his talent".

Sounds like people are already starting to make excuses for him.

Sounds like the lame excuses in Atlanta when Vick was there....saying he had no WR's. Yet, Ryan came in and lit it up with those same WR's.

Holy ridiculous leaps Batman!!!

All he said is our team sux, which is what the rest of the country thinks.

Are they wrong? probably but no guarantees

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so now the supporting cast of:

Williams,

Might not be here.

Stewart

Solid

Smitty

Might not be here. Also is going to be 32 this year. Definitely is past his prime.

LaFell

Unproven. Might be great, might be bad. We don't know.

Gettis

Unproven. Might be great, might be bad. We don't know.

Kalis

??? You mean Kalil? Solid.

Otah

If we ever get him off IR.

Gross

Quite possibly may be on a downhill of his peak years of production.

, etc.. will not allow "Newton to showcase his talent".

So out of all the people you just listed, two are potentially not going to be panthers. Two are past their prime production. One is plagued with injury. Two are unproven rookies, who had bad numbers, entering their second year. And two are solid.

Yeah... I think we have some issues on Offense still. What we need is someone who can bring so much talent to the field, they will elevate their play.

Sounds like the lame excuses in Atlanta when Vick was there....saying he had no WR's. Yet, Ryan came in and lit it up with those same WR's.

Oh come on man... its WAY too early to be drawing comparisons like this. And we DO have some problems on Offense. Mostly our QB right now though. Which is why we are bringing in Newton.

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so now the supporting cast of Williams, Stewart, Smitty, LaFell, Gettis, Kalis, Otah, Gross, etc.. will not allow "Newton to showcase his talent".

Sounds like people are already starting to make excuses for him.

Sounds like the lame excuses in Atlanta when Vick was there....saying he had no WR's. Yet, Ryan came in and lit it up with those same WR's.

King:

"Hard to pass on a player with Newton's talent, even if the supporting cast in Carolina may not give him the chance to show it right away."

Yeah, that's a pretty dim statement.

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Holy ridiculous leaps Batman!!!

All he said is our team sux, which is what the rest of the country thinks.

Are they wrong? probably but no guarantees

Wrong AGAIN there skippy. Read the damn quote. Said exactly what I said.

"Hard to pass on a player with Newton's talent, even if the supporting cast in Carolina may not give him the chance to show it right away."

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