SportingNews: Let's See How Many Superhero Riffs We Can Fit In One Article on Cam

[fieryprophet]

http://aol.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2012-06-14/cam-newton-carolina-panthers-minicamp-ron-rivera

Less than three months away from the much-anticipated sequel to Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton's marquee rookie year, all signs point to another box-office smash.

Although Newton favors striking a Superman pose on the field, when it comes to action-hero encores his goal should be stacking up to blockbuster movies The Dark Knight and Spider-Man 2. Newton set the bar high in his debut by throwing for 4,051 yards, rushing for another 706 and producing 35 total touchdowns.

Newton made that single bound despite a lengthy NFL lockout that kept him from getting the typical full offseason program in 2011. Now that he is immersed into 2012, he has become a sponge.

"He's just going to be more comfortable," Panthers tight end Greg Olsen said. "It's tough, especially as a young quarterback, getting thrown into the fire in the middle of training camp, but he did an amazing job handling it last year."

This summer, a few days before Newton takes the field in camp, there will be another installment in the Batman series. But Newton's second season really has the feel of the sooner-to-be-released Spider-Man flick—a thrilling reboot rather than just the next chapter.

Now that his secret identity as one of the league's most talented quarterbacks has been revealed, Newton is about to face a tougher rogues gallery — getting the best of what defenses can throw at him. There is good reason, however, to think he'll keep getting better.

[PhillyB]

aol sports makes yahoo sports look like profootballfocus

[rayzor]

rg3 really wears cam newton socks.

[rayzor]

Now that his secret identity as one of the league's most talented quarterbacks has been revealed, Newton is about to face a tougher rogues gallery — getting the best of what defenses can throw at him. There is good reason, however, to think he'll keep getting better.

i'm sure he got the best at what defenses had last year. having a year to prepare won't have them anymore prepared to face a cam newton with a year of experience in the nfl and the system with a full offseason with his coaches and teammates to prepare.

[Frizzy350]

Saying there is some secret defensive strategy to beat Cam Newton is just ludicrous and untrue, we saw every type of different defense last year and everybody tried everything in their books to stop the guy. Ever since Cam's debut every DC in the NFL changed things up against him. The defensive strategy to beating Cam is the same as a guy like Brees or Rodgers, just play really good defense. It's not special trick. Tennessee was the only team really successful in shutting down Cam and they didn't do anything fancy. They played very disciplined, dominated the trenches and covered well. They were almost always playing a standard cover 2.

[PhillyB]

i'm sure he got the best at what defenses had last year. having a year to prepare won't have them anymore prepared to face a cam newton with a year of experience in the nfl and the system with a full offseason with his coaches and teammates to prepare.

this. by the last half of the season teams had seen everything they needed to see to know what cam was capable of, and by the end of the season he was routinely handling everything thrown at him. game planning is trumped by execution every time, and cam has shown the ability to consistently execute.