Can someone shed some light on this idea that Newton is dumb?

[Panthercougar68]

I have lately been hearing and reading mulitple comments(not on here) that attack Newton's inteligence and not just his football smarts either.

I have heard people call the kid stupid with things like "he probably couldn't count the money he got at Auburn" and other things. I know most of them are just sheer stupidity coming from divison rivals, read the comments on any NFCS blog post about Cam on espn and you'll see that.

What disturbs me is the ammount of these comments I'm hearing from Panther fans on the street.

Where are they getting this idea that Cam has no brain.

:cam:

u mad?

[PantherFan52]

He's done some pretty fuging stupid things. Like buying a previously stolen laptop, then throwing it out the window when the cops got there.. Also getting caught cheating twice is pretty hard to do, especially when you're a football player at Florida.

That being said, all of this is done off the football field, and it's never affected his performance so I could care less.

[chef17]

He's done some pretty fuging stupid things. Like buying a previously stolen laptop, then throwing it out the window when the cops got there.. Also getting caught cheating twice is pretty hard to do, especially when you're a football player at Florida.

That being said, all of this is done off the football field, and it's never affected his performance so I could care less.

This. He has made some dumb decisions. Some think it was just him being young, others use it to say he's dumb

[SCMunnerlyn1]

I have lately been hearing and reading mulitple comments(not on here) that attack Newton's inteligence and not just his football smarts either.

I have heard people call the kid stupid with things like "he probably couldn't count the money he got at Auburn" and other things. I know most of them are just sheer stupidity coming from divison rivals, read the comments on any NFCS blog post about Cam on espn and you'll see that.

What disturbs me is the ammount of these comments I'm hearing from Panther fans on the street.

Where are they getting this idea that Cam has no brain.

:cam:

u mad?

I'd be willing to wager 10% of it is based on his race alone .. yes i said it .. " They be hatin cause he be black mmhm "

[Panthercougar68]

I can understand the whole Florida thing with the laptops. Everyone has a dumb moment in their life at some point with some being worse then others, but to attack a kid like i've been hearing latley...man people are harsh.

What I'm saying is these people think it's to the level where he doesn't know 2+2...

it equals 5 of course :D

[SCMunnerlyn1]

I can understand the whole Florida thing with the laptops. Everyone has a dumb moment in their life at some point with some being worse then others, but to attack a kid like i've been hearing latley...man people are harsh.

What I'm saying is these people think it's to the level where he doesn't know 2+2...

it equals 5 of course :D

and here i always thought it = Fish :(

[KaseKlosed]

some people are just sad people, they love to complain, they are in no position of power, so the label others in order to feel that they are....pay them no mind....because they barely use theirs!!!!!

[DoWorkBson]

I think it has a lot to do with the way he speaks. He uses some slang. Says things like "cammy cam juice". Just because he doesn't speak like brady or manning doesn't mean he's dumb though. I never heard anything about his wonderlic anyone know how he scored?

[MadHatter]

I'd be willing to wager 10% of it is based on his race alone .. yes i said it .. " They be hatin cause he be black mmhm "

Wow....only took 4 posts for some fuging idiot to play the race card. Thanks for not letting any of us down.

The major questions around his intellingence are probably related to:

1. Getting caught cheating multiple time....not that big of a deal to me.

2. Making the very poor decision concerning the laptop.

3. The continued discussion on how the Auburn offense was "simplistic". Whether this is true or not is debatable. Some want to believe that the Auburn offense was the way it was because of Newton, as opposed to just the fact that it is the offense that the HC and OC wanted to run.

Personally, I have made absolutely no judgements about his intelligence. We will see whether he has the work ethic and gray matter to learn and master an NFL offense. I hope and bet that he will.

[DoWorkBson]

Found the wonderlic scores. Gabbert 42 Newton 21. Personally id still take Newton

[JawnyBlaze]

Gabbert's wonderlic was originally erroneously reported. It was something like a 31, not a 42.

[DoWorkBson]

How would they screw that up? Ponder was up there high along with McElroy. I've never understood its barring. its a common sense test so if you score above 10 you should be able to play football.

[Fiz]

it's because he's black and we live in a very racist country.

[Catalyst]

The laptop thing and his past mistakes aren't a result of a lack of intelligence. They're the result of a lack of maturity at the time. It certainly seems he's turned the corner and realizes what's good for him and how much he stands to gain by staying out of trouble.

And really, it's not like the guy was accused of raping two women or anything. Or hit & run. Or killing someone while driving drunk. Plenty of NFL players have done a LOT worse than buy a stolen laptop, get a few traffic tickets, and take money to play college ball.