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Cam Sets Rookie QB Rushing TD Record; 2 TDs behind League Lead

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Happy to see Cam/Panther love from PFT so here is their article:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/11/21/cam-newton-sets-a-rookie-rushing-touchdown-record/

Says Cam is 2 TDs behind the league leader Adrian Peterson in rushing TDs for the year (how awesome would that be?). AND, Cam is on pace to have 14 rushing TDs for the year, which would tie Walter Payton's career-high, amazing stuff.

If you don't feel like clicking, here you go:

Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is blaming himself for Carolina having just two wins this season, but he shouldn’t. Newton is doing things with the ball in his hands that we’ve never seen a rookie quarterback do.

Newton has reached the end zone nine times —

— as a runner, giving him the most rushing touchdowns for a rookie quarterback since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger. Newton had two running scores on Sunday in Detroit, breaking the previous record of seven rushing touchdowns for a rookie quarterback, set by Vince Young in 2006.

If he continues on this pace, Newton would finish the season with 14 rushing touchdowns. To put that in perspective, 14 is the most rushing touchdowns Walter Payton ever had in a season. And he was pretty good.

Newton also has a chance to lead the league in rushing touchdowns this season; only Adrian Peterson with 11 and LeSean McCoy with 10 are ahead of him right now.

Former Patriot Steve Grogan has the single-season record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback, with 12 in 1976. Just last year, NFL.com listed Grogan’s record as one of the five NFL records least likely to be broken. But that was before Cam Newton arrived in the NFL. Newton might just be a couple games away from breaking it.

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No, he should blame himself because that's what competitors do. Do not like fans with the perspectives of soccer moms.

Also it is a good year for rookie QBs. Andrew Dalton has the third most passing TDs ever for a rookie after 10 games behind Marino and Manning with 14 (they had 15) and could still break Manning's rookie TD passing record of 26.

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No, he should blame himself because that's what competitors do. Do not like fans with the perspectives of soccer moms

Or fans with the perspective of a nazi skinhead. "Cam Newton is another JaMarcus Russell". Remember you typing that before the draft? It'd be one thing if you owned up to your stupidity, but you just hop on the next QBs wagon and try to scream Im partial. Your opinion on Cam is useless until you get over your racial bias. Now go in NFL Football Central and make another thread about how some other team's QB is making you feel proud about yourself. :rofl:

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I'd prefer that our very highly paid HB earn his paycheck in the redzone. I don't wanna break our perfectly serviceable QB by using him instead.

Then again, if you're Cam, you know you've gotta take it in by yourself... which he did. Chud's redzone playcalling is consistently horrific.

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He can't get in if he doesn't get the carries...25 total touches between Williams and Stewart vs a team that's biggest weakness has been labeled as their "run defense".

Williams 10 carries, 73 yards, (7.3 ypc), this is coming down to play-calling. I don't know if it's because we can't or because we won't (I believe it's a combination of both) but we have got to run more inside the ten yard line (maybe we're running more than I'm noticing) but it feels like 4 of 5 plays is a pass once we are that close.

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