CSR-Monday Morning Optimist

[Guest Setfree1012]

Always an interesting take from the an inferior site Group after a win or a loss...Enjoy.

http://www.derp/2011/11/21/2576802/carolina-panthers-monday-morning-optimist-11-21-11#storyjump

[Happy Panther]

Cam Newton- Extremely Pessimistic Before we all rage, please remember this is a one game ranking. When it's all said and done Newton will be great, of that I have no doubt. On Sunday though he laid an egg though. Cam ran the ball well, but so did DeAngelo and J-Stew, so it's hard to quantify whether he did anything they couldn't have. In passing he was sailing his passes, being inaccurate and making bad decisions. Over 100 of Newton's passing yards went to safe screen and swing passes, he didn't throw the ball down field very well at all. Cam is at his best when he uses his arm to allow his WRs to make plays on the football, and he's at his worst when he falls in love with his arm and tries to force plays. Yesterday he was focusing too much on forcing plays, and that's where he faltered.

I had to listen to the game on radio. Is this characterization true?

[TylerDurden]

Yes, which is again, because Detroit, as the Titans did, are dropping a majority of their guys deep every play and rushing with the linemen. They are playing the deep and intermediate routes so the flats are there.

[chknwing]

Cams shoulder may still be giving him trouble making him throw higher.

[Zod]

CSR, almost as good as reading a huddle thread.

[X-Clown]

The throws to the running backs were the right throw for him to make the majority of the time.

[Lumps]

I had to listen to the game on radio. Is this characterization true?

To some extent I suppose this could be correct. But it's just not that simple, too many varibales including who your throwing against. The Lions stayed back and putting it in an area would have had to been accurate as well.

Personally I disagree. I think Cam will play his best when we have a team to help him. We scored 35 points with Cam and I think he played good enough for a win. I am not saying he is perfect, there are things he really needs to work on. But to blame this game on his is ridiculous. How can people not see the Lions just scored 50 points on us, that's why Cam is playing bad. What kind of plays do you feed a rookie QB to catch up to a 50 point game? Probably ones that don't support his growth or have high chances of success. Asking too much of him.

Bottom line, we are asking too much of Cam. He will start playing more comfortable when we can stay ahead in games. The offense and ST showed up today and the defense hasn't shown up all year.

[Miaoww]

an inferior site, almost as good as reading a huddle thread.

Much, much better I'd say.

[Guest Setfree1012]

Much, much better I'd say.

Agreed their threads/forums for members may be "Huddle" quality, but the main topics that the guy who runs it posts are usually pretty fair assessments.

[Chaos]

He was high on many of his throws, but his short throws looked good. While Detroit was killing us with passes underneath, that wasn't there much for Cam. With Shockey out though, he was missing perhaps his best target for the short routes (non RB).

What surprised me was Olsen's lack of participation, given that Shockey didn't play. Didn't he just have that one catch late?

[Kurb]

an inferior site, almost as good as reading a huddle thread.

james does a pretty damn good job with an inferior site

[Jase]

website rivalry.

Cute.

[Cyberjag]

I think that Newton took a little long on a lot of his throws, and as a result couldn't step into them as well as normal. That's where the sailing balls came from.

He's going to get better, which is amazing when you consider where he's starting from. :)

[Marguide]

I like an inferior site as well. They are held back though by that crappy SB Nation format.