Newton: "The offense I ran at Auburn was NOT 'simple'.

[Ruff]

So the other team doesn't know what they are talking about when shouting a play from the sidelines.

In other words... super secret codes.

Couldn't it easily be called "FIRETRUCK, WATERMELON, PIPSQUEAK 7-4-55-1"?

lol, it just seems like every team in the NFL has "Eagle", "X", and "Smoke" in their play names.

[HSCBandit07]

Him saying the Offense wasn't simple could be taken as it was challenging for him. That would be a huge issue with learning a pro playbook. Does it mean he can't learn it? No, but it does mean that he may struggle. It doesn't matter how athletic you are, if you don't know the play that the coaches are calling you WILL NOT PLAY. Is that so hard to realize? I think he will need at least a year to digest the Panthers offense and may just see spot duty or goal line situations next year. It really just depends on how much he is going to work at it. I would move into Chud's basement if I were him haha

[Pox 08]

Yep.................... Auburn's offense was so simplistic that every defense knew the plays at the time they were being called and easily stopped them and their vanilla offense.

Auburn's offense was probably about four times as complicated as the stuff we were doing last season.

[bleys]

Him saying the Offense wasn't simple could be taken as it was challenging for him. That would be a huge issue with learning a pro playbook. Does it mean he can't learn it? No, but it does mean that he may struggle. It doesn't matter how athletic you are, if you don't know the play that the coaches are calling you WILL NOT PLAY. Is that so hard to realize? I think he will need at least a year to digest the Panthers offense and may just see spot duty or goal line situations next year. It really just depends on how much he is going to work at it. I would move into Chud's basement if I were him haha

and I don't think that's a bad thing.. I hope he does sit a year..

Yep.................... Auburn's offense was so simplistic that every defense knew the plays at the time they were being called and easily stopped them and their vanilla offense.

Auburn's offense was probably about four times as complicated as the stuff we were doing last season.

I believe that.. maybe I'm just hating though. :)

[rayzor]

That is true.

However, Cam DID NOT call the motions, formations, check-downs, etc. They were hand signalled in from the sideline. this may or may not have been due to limitations of Cam...we don't know.

The fact is that he WILL have to do those things in an NFL offense. I am not saying that he is incapable of learning this. Only that he has to learn something that he was never asked to do at Auburn.

Given a shortened offseason, the absolute best thing that can happen to Newton is for him to see the field sparingly this season.

they were all part of the plays. they all knew when they heard the play what they were supposed to do. newton got the play call from the sidelines and he let the guys on the field know what it was and they all knew their responsibilities. it was cams job to know all of their responsibilities and make sure they knew what they knew they were supposed to be doing each play.

he'll still be getting those calls either as hand signals or on this nifty little thing they have in the QBs helmets that allows the OC to communicate with the QB.

also, disagree with the best thing for him being only hitting the field sparingly. he needs to get on the field as early and often as possible. key thing for them all is to make sure the offense is something that he can run and that he's ready to run it. handle him the same way other teams have handled their starting rookie QBs successfully. you limit responsibility to what they are capable of, but also work with the players strengths and then, as they become more accustomed to what is going on out on the field and as their confidence and knowledge grows, you give them more responsibility for running the offense.

[MadHatter]

they were all part of the plays. they all knew when they heard the play what they were supposed to do. newton got the play call from the sidelines and he let the guys on the field know what it was and they all knew their responsibilities. it was cams job to know all of their responsibilities and make sure they knew what they knew they were supposed to be doing each play.

he'll still be getting those calls either as hand signals or on this nifty little thing they have in the QBs helmets that allows the OC to communicate with the QB.

also, disagree with the best thing for him being only hitting the field sparingly. he needs to get on the field as early and often as possible. key thing for them all is to make sure the offense is something that he can run and that he's ready to run it. handle him the same way other teams have handled their starting rookie QBs successfully. you limit responsibility to what they are capable of, but also work with the players strengths and then, as they become more accustomed to what is going on out on the field and as their confidence and knowledge grows, you give them more responsibility for running the offense.

You are incorrect.

From interviews with the Auburn offensive coordinator, he confirmed that they hand signaled in the motions, formations, etc to the other offensive players. Newton was only responsible for knowing the play number and his primary receiver.

Cam may or may not end up being the player many think he will be. But, based on the offense he ran he should NOT see the field this season.

[jtm]

Anyone that answers questions as flawlessly as Newton does is intelligent. Even if the offense was simple, that isn't his fault as he stated.

[bleys]

Couldn't it easily be called "FIRETRUCK, WATERMELON, PIPSQUEAK 7-4-55-1"?

lol, it just seems like every team in the NFL has "Eagle", "X", and "Smoke" in their play names.

it all comes from coaching trees, and although altered, the language is still passed down..

[CRA]

Newton walked onto 2 different teams in 2 years.....picked up the offenses....and won 2 different National Championships.

Even if they are simple, it takes a pretty quick good football mind to pick them up an dominate to the degree he did. Funny how the media tends to ignore that and focus on the "36" type call from the sideline.

[rayzor]

You are incorrect.

From interviews with the Auburn offensive coordinator, he confirmed that they hand signaled in the motions, formations, etc to the other offensive players. Newton was only responsible for knowing the play number and his primary receiver.

Cam may or may not end up being the player many think he will be. But, based on the offense he ran he should NOT see the field this season.

RBs and WRs got the calls from the sidelines, you are correct, but that wasn't because of newton. that was something that malzahn's offense did already. in fact it was something that he did while he was in tulsa.

there is no reason that this kind of playcalling can't happen in the pros and i can promise you that you will be seeing a lot of this happening, not just here, but throughout the league, by progressive minded OCs. not only will you be seeing it, it will be working.

there is no reason that newton shouldn't be able to get on the field as the starting QB and this offense run well. it doesn't matter where he gets the calls from. everyone will know what they are supposed to be doing and newton will know what all of them are supposed to be doing and he'll do well with it. he hasn't shown an inability to grasp what is going on or manage what he is given.

[KARASMATIC444]

I dont even care if he used numbers, i dont understand how that matters. you can have plenty of plays and not run out of numbers. would it make people feel better if he called the play three instead of 3? i dont think what they called it matters. im more concerned about it being a 2 read play and if he had any deciding to do with the football. we will see soon enough if he can or cannot learn the playbook.

[CRA]

You are incorrect.

From interviews with the Auburn offensive coordinator, he confirmed that they hand signaled in the motions, formations, etc to the other offensive players. Newton was only responsible for knowing the play number and his primary receiver.

Cam may or may not end up being the player many think he will be. But, based on the offense he ran he should NOT see the field this season.

Lots of teams use hand signals or even hold up signs so an offense can maximize speed......

you are also implying Cam was a one read or run QB....and Auburn coaching has pretty much poo poo'd that. So do the games.

[ThePantherDude]

I'm not sure how Auburn handled their offense and I'm not sure how Chud is gonna handle Carolina's but if good ole' Jeff Davidson was still here Cam would pick up the playbook in 20 minutes and then he could take that vacation :D.

[KARASMATIC444]

Cam will be on the field this year weather some of you like it or not. might not be the greatest idea, but your kidding yourself if you think we are going to bench him for a year to sit behind Clausen. and I will go ahead and say this, im not a Jimmy hater, like some people. Also i was not the 1st one on the draft Cam wagon, but we need to get the excitement back in in carolina and FO knows this. think about how hard it was for Matt to hold off jimmy. Think about it how long are you going to let jimmy sit there and be average at best. Cam was drafted #1 for a reason and it means the coaches are Cam jock sniffers at this time. they smell what the cam is cooking, he could sell them all stolen Laptops right now. the are under his spell and nothings going to stop that until

he has a bad game or 2.