Greg Bedard should get his head out of his ass

[UNCrules2187]

3. I think Cam Newton is so bad at play-fakes that the Panthers shouldn’t even bother. Smart, veteran inside linebackers are going to easily read Newton and know what’s coming. In the Eagles-Panthers game last Thursday, Philadelphia inside linebacker DeMeco Ryans was dropping into coverage before Newton even finished the fake. It boggles the mind that someone—if Newton is listening—hasn’t told Newton, “You know what separates the best quarterbacks in the game? The little things, like play-fakes. Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees—go down the list of elite quarterbacks—are the best play-fakers in the game. Do you sense a trend there?” Newton is tremendously talented, but you have to do everything well to rise in this league. With the Panthers reemphasizing the traditional running game, it becomes even more important for Newton to do his part from under center.

 

http://mmqb.si.com/2013/08/20/nfl-preseason-takeaways-part-2/

 

and yet...

 

The play-action pass is another playbook favorite that’s barely emerged. Of Newton’s 45 snaps, four have involved play action. When Newton hit a stretch of five full games without an interception late last year, he went 31 of 44 in play-action passes with 562 yards and six touchdowns.

 

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/08/17/4242703/using-a-vanilla-offense-this-preseason.html

 

No Greg, what "boggles the mind" is that your dumbass gets paid to write blatant trash on a national website. fuging idiot.

[Kurb]

I'm going to find out how many playaction fakes Cam did last week. 

 

 

 

 

I will say this much, it's not been one of his strong points, but it's something that should be corrected by coaching already.

[teeray]

There was this one play where a linebacker made a good read and therefore that one play is now my entire basis of fact.

#journalism

[UNCrules2187]

Greg A. Bedard ‏@GregABedard14m

@UNCrules2187 Noticed at the game I was at against the Bears as well. Who cares how many times it happened? He still stinks at it

 

Apparently this asshat has never heard of small sample size.

[Rules&Regulations]

Greg A. Bedard ‏@GregABedard14m

@UNCrules2187 Noticed at the game I was at against the Bears as well. Who cares how many times it happened? He still stinks at it

Apparently this asshat has never heard of small sample size.

Happened a couple times = happens all the time ;)

[SevenSixes]

He obviously wants to take attention away from the "Hernandez is a good kid at heart" interview he did.

 

If he can get Hernandez wrong when he was in his back yard in Boston, I don't hold out much faith that he did much of any research on Cam or us for that matter..

 

[Kurb]

Yeah

 

Cam ran 2 Playaction plays Against the Eagles...

[cranky]

 

 

No Greg, what "boggles the mind" is that your dumbass gets paid to write blatant trash on a national website. fuging idiot.

What's the big deal. Newton's always been bad at it. Can't you see that when you watch the game?

[Peppers90 NC]

oh no, another reporter doesnt like our QB.  what else is new?

[Peppers90 NC]

What's the big deal. Newton's always been bad at it. Can't you see that when you watch the game?

then he must be terrible at non-playaction passes because his best stats are from PA

[fieryprophet]

I'm not going to even count the number of times I've seen Cam start to execute a play fake and the RB is running the wrong way. I don't know whose fault that is but it needs to be fixed.

[Swaggasaurus]

He could certainly improve. Stats schmatz. At this point in his career the only thing that Cam excels at is having a giant arm and open field running and runs at the goal line. 

[Delhommey]

Dan Marino was one of the worst at play action in living memory.

 

That being said, yes it'd be nice if they worked on it.

[TheRumGone]

i think Cam gets lazy sometimes with it, but other times i have no idea where the fug the ball is