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Newton starter vs Bengals, Week 1 starter TBD

Sword

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Proudiddy Grand Master

Proudiddy

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To compare Cam's performance to MM's was absurd to begin with. Matt Moore has been a starter in the NFL in the past, AND has been in the league for how many years? So comparing what he did against 2nd and 3rd stringers (in some positions 4th and 5th stringers) against what a rookie did against the 6th best defense in the NFL in his first start as a rookie is logical to whom? That's just stupid.

Did Matt Moore look like the same QB he is now, last year, or when he was moved to starter after Jake's injury in 09 back when he filled in as starter as a rookie in 2007. Even in 2007, Matt threw 3 INTs as a starter before he ever threw a TD. He DID show more consistent accuracy in the preseason, but again, he wasn't getting reps against starting defenses, so what does that mean? Nothing.

Cam is a rookie. Being a rookie, we should expect imperfections. We should expect ups and downs. We should expect awesome plays and some bad ones in between. But, the guy brings a lot more good than bad and potential for incredible plays that most QBs can't make due to his physical abilities, both in passing and running. So, wading through the bad to get to the good will be well worth it.

To play against the 6th ranked defense in the NFL, with possibly the best DB group in the league, and complete 50% of his throws without any turnovers in his first start is a good outing in my book. Not where we want him to be in the long-haul, but that's the first step to it. Anyone that ignores that is clearly "just hating."

So, people can keep hating and waiting for him to fail, but I don't want to hear nan when he is winning games this year and eventually leading us to perennial playoff appearances and success year in and year out.

A lot of his problems and inconsistencies right now can only be resolved through reps and live game action, so he needs the 3 quarters come Thursday. If it was up to me, MM would've been re-signed and he could go into the season starting while Cam was worked in throughout games in specific plays and packages so we could ease him in. But, we don't have MM on our roster, we have Clausen, Anderson, and Pike outside of Cam... With those options, there isn't any reason that Cam should be sitting on the bench come 9/11.

And again, as a side note, it has become apparent that many people on this board completely ignore how costly turnovers are for a QB.

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You can make 100 good posts then you post stuff like this that undermines your credibility. :(

If I had my pick of project QBs, it's Colin hands down, especially considering the price for each.

For the record, 100 to 1 is roughly 100 times better than most posters' ratio around here.

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If Cam starts I think everyone realize it will be a bumpy season for the team and Cam. I just hope we are patient and understand that it takes time for anyone to be successful in this league.

Glad we're being all fair and balanced to first time starting QBs here at the Panthers.

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I think Arizona wouldn't be a bad starting place for Cam.

Arizona's defense isn't that great, they only have one RB, and they're going to try and throw the ball all over the field, which could give our DBs some chances to intercept the ball with nice field position.

Oh yeah, our DBs aren't good.

At all.

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If I had my pick of project QBs, it's Colin hands down, especially considering the price for each.

For the record, 100 to 1 is roughly 100 times better than most posters' ratio around here.

We didn't have a 2nd round pick. He was picked in the 2nd round . So you would have picked Coiln # 1 overall???

Thank god you're not our GM!!!

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