Panthers didn't draft newton to sit

[Dpantherman]

Panthers didn't draft Cam Newton to sit

By Pat Yasinskas

The Panthers’ plan is to play Newton right away. In fact, go ahead and pencil him in as the opening-day starter.

“He’s not drafted to be a franchise savior,’’ Rivera said. “He’s drafted to be a part of what we do and how we do it. If this team is going to win a championship, we’re going to get back to running the football the way we did and the way we can.’’

Translation: The Panthers believe they’ve got enough offensive talent in place that they can put Newton in a good situation from the start. Think back to Ben Roethlisberger’s rookie year in Pittsburgh. He sat just briefly behind Tommy Maddox before becoming the starter. Then, surrounded by a very good team, Roethlisberger came on and led the Steelers all the way to the AFC Championship Game before losing to New England. In those days, the Steelers asked Roethlisberger to throw the ball 22 or 24 times a game and they won.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/20569/panthers-didnt-draft-cam-newton-to-sit

note: this is what Pat Yasinskas thinks

[Swarly]

hasn't Rivera said, on multiple occasions, that he completely disagrees with the recent trend of starting rookie QB's immediately?

[countryboi]

man thats tough place to put cam in..

[mav1234]

yes.

and what he said was that Newton would start when he was ready to start I believe

[Snake]

Um Maddox got hurt. Does this mean we will hurt Jimmy mid way threw the season?

[Millions]

Interesting sounds like D-Will is without question going to be resigned at least I hope I think Newton could be productive and at the very least show promise.

[Hoenheim]

wow the board is working again.. right around the time cam was drafted i couldn't access this website at all. uggh

[jpniner]

don't start him when we play the Lions atleast.

[ncbobcat]

I love how Yas can pick a meaning out of a blanket statement like that. Fox is gone, theres' no hidden messages. If they want Cam to start, they will say it. Stop pulling crap out of thin air Pat.

[Millions]

Like someone said earlier Cam needs to BEG Smitty to stay...

[Jackofalltrades]

Better beef up the D, run a lot and dumb down the playbook and it's foreseeable.

[mav1234]

Interesting sounds like D-Will is without question going to be resigned at least I hope I think Newton could be productive and at the very least show promise.

I'm not so sure of that still... but maybe it'll be enough. I really hope it is.

The good news is Miami hasn't done poo for QB yet either. I think as long as they don't we'll have a good shot at keeping DWill.

[ncbobcat]

don't start him when we play the Lions atleast.

There's going to be some nervous QBs facing that DL.

[Millions]

I'm not so sure of that still... but maybe it'll be enough. I really hope it is.

The good news is Miami hasn't done poo for QB yet either. I think as long as they don't we'll have a good shot at keeping DWill.

Yeah I know I was hoping they picked up Ingram to make chances of D-Will staying a little better.