Where will he rank....

[Pejorative Miscreant]

With some of the best or some of the others?

Obviously. there are other stats to consider but here are a few to ponder.

Rookie Name Year Yards TD INT Rating

Dan Marino 1983 2,210 20 6 96.0

Ben Roethlisberger 2004 2,621 17 11 98.1

Vince Young 2006 2,199 12 13 66.7

Matt Ryan 2008 3,440 16 11 87.7

Joe Flacco 2008 2,971 14 12 80.3

Mark Sanchez 2009 2,444 12 20 63.0

Sam Bradford 2010 3,357 18 14 78.0

Troy Aikman 1989 1749 9 18 66.6

J. Clausen 2010 1558 3 9 58.4 :svengo:

P. Manning 1998 3739 26 28 71.2

E. Manning 2004 1043 6 9 55.4

C. Newton 201? ???? ? ? ????

[SorthNarolina]

clean that up

[Kuech Da Sneak]

clean that up

For some reason, Sorth, every time I see your avatar it reminds me of this

[Swarly]

around Mark Sanchez

[Joan Jett]

Flacco

[Panthercougar68]

I might be crucified for having Cam with more interceptions then touchdowns but if Cam came out of his rookie year with something like 17TDs and 20INTs I would be HIGHLY pleased. Interceptions are gonna happen for a rookie but as long as he still shows signs of progress I think we'll have a keeper.

[DoWorkBson]

Did not know Clausen was pretty on par with Eli's rookie year. Eli does have a ring but I still think he's a bum. He is the only active super bowl winning qb that I wouldn't trade cam for. It wouldn't even be a question.

[TruCatzFan]

E: none of the above!

He'll set the bar for rookie QB's... 30 TD's 12 INT's

Who cares that 24 out of the 30 will be rushing TD's!? I won't

**Let the games begin**

Edit: after all, there's nothing else to argue about these days

[DoWorkBson]

What is the rookie record for rushing td's? Hope cam doubles it and he williams stewart and goodson all go over 1000 yards.

[Mother Grabber]

Who the fug knows.

[Ivan The Awesome]

I hope he throws more TDs instead of running them in.

[Verge]

Hopefully compared to Carson Palmers rookie year.

[YourManInAmsterdam]

There are way too many variables in the way to make any real predictions.

Among those variables are:

• Whether or not they bring a veteran QB of one variety or another.
  
  
• When he starts in 2011, if he does at all.
  
  
• Health of the offensive line and other supporting cast members (Jeremy Shockey, for instance, could make a huge difference for good or ill).
  
  
• Whether Steve Smith is traded AND whether the Panthers explore other WR's in FA or trades.
  
  
• Development of existing young WR's (including A. Edwards).
  
  
• Coaching, playbook modifications and play calling.
  

If we're honest, there are just too many question marks to make well thought out predictions about any aspect of the Panthers 2011 season, especially the rookie season potential of Cam Newton.

If the lockout gets lifted in early June, we might be able to seriously talk about this kind of thing in August, but even that seems like a stretch to me.

And if the lockout continues into July or August, we're talking about things being completely up in the air for a team like the Panthers throughout the season considering we have so many young players and a new coaching staff.

[Catalyst]

Impossible to say until we know how much time he'll have in camp.