Comments on Cam from Giants

[CatMan72]

Comments from the Giants on Cam last night:

"I made a mistake watching him throw in warmups. Once the game started, he threw the ball really well. I was surprised how accurate he was. He passed well, he stayed in the pocket, and with experience and more reps, you can see him becoming a franchise-type quarterback. I was expecting him to run out of the pocket, but he didn’t. A lot of rookies, especially if they ran a lot out of the spread in college, you expect to take off. But he didn’t do that. He stayed in and did a good job of throwing the ball.” — Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell, who sent a lot of blitzes at the rookie.

“I was surprised when I saw him try to block me, but I wasn’t going to let a quarterback block me. ... I was actually surprised he stayed in the pocket as much as he did. A young guy starting his first game, we expected him to get a little loose, but he did a good job of staying in there even when he took a couple of sacks.” — Giants DE Dave Tollefson, the target of Newton's block on a reverse

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[TylerDurden]

buh buh buh, Clausen looked teh bestest!

[Wither]

buh buh buh, Clausen looked teh bestest!

Let me guess, you're a Cam fan?

[Ricky Spanish]

cam looked fine and jimmy looked fine too. neither really stood out to me. both had good plays both had boneheaded plays.

[Highlandfire]

I am proud of Cam trying to stay pocket passer. But at the same time he has skills he needs to use. Learning when to take off is going to be the key, but again kudos to the kid for trying to learn to be a QB first.

[SMH Pickles]

Wait a minute! Cam blocked??

[Snake]

Im just happy both are progressing. Thats always a good thing and I hope they push each other to win. If Clausen does well he will find himself starting somewhere.

[jtnc]

I am proud of Cam trying to stay pocket passer. But at the same time he has skills he needs to use. Learning when to take off is going to be the key, but again kudos to the kid for trying to learn to be a QB first.

And get lit up in a preseason game? No thanks.

[Munch4455]

cam looked fine and jimmy looked fine too. neither really stood out to me. both had good plays both had boneheaded plays.

When did Cam have a boneheaded play? I don't recall him throwing any near picks, or any horribly inaccurate passes? His worst pass all game was probably that one on that hitch to Clowney or whoever was out there, where he threw it too far back. But I don't mind throwing it there bc the defender cant pick it in that situation, rather way behind than on the front shoulder. 8-19 doesn't look great but a few of those incompletions were from great defending or dropped balls(3 from def and 1 drop from armanti). If half those get caught all of a sudden he is 10-19, which is a little over 50%, much better stat wise.

[footballisasport]

Comments from the Giants on Cam last night:

Good to see those who actually had contact with this kid is speaking of his performance.

Shhh..don't show TRD these quotes...lol

Cam has way to many haters for a kid who simply enjoys playing football.

[gotsmart?]

The reason Cam's performance was impressive was not due to stats or how he overtly did. It showed how much he has progressed, and that he is working on his basics to become our franchise QB. He is a spread QB who likes to run, but he spent the entire game in the pocket, going from under center. He just needs to adjust to the game a bit more, but already he is looking good.

[Zod]

Its funny how many of you can take "Cam looked decent, needs improvement but shows promise" and turn it into "hating on cam".

[Chimera]

Almost as funny as nobody hating on Cam in this thread.

[footballisasport]

The reason Cam's performance was impressive was not due to stats or how he overtly did. It showed how much he has progressed, and that he is working on his basics to become our franchise QB. He is a spread QB who likes to run, but he spent the entire game in the pocket, going from under center. He just needs to adjust to the game a bit more, but already he is looking good.

Actually, he came from a spread offense where his running skills were utilized by the coaches. Too say that he likes to run as if that is his first instinct comes across very stereotypical, IMO. If anyone of these QBs who showned quickness to take off as soon as he feels threatened during his pre-season debut was Blaine.

Also, it seems as if those who want to see this kid fail is doing everything they can to handicap him while allowing the other QBs to get away with doing whatever helps them..Sad

I believe Cam more likes to do whatever it takes to help his team win. Something many seem to overlook cause they are to busy regurgitating everything the media spews out.