Anyone else find it funny that suddenly, "sophmore slumps" arent even possible anymore?

[CharlottePanther]

Can anyone name one single media analyst that even mentioned a sophmore slump even being in the realm of possibilty for Luck, RGIII, Kaepernick or Wilson? You hear nothing but absolute praise for these 4 QBs 24/7, I havent even heard a single time where it was even brought up even as a very slim remote possibility. Infact, its almost as though the media as traveled in the future and know for a fact all these 4 QBs have amazing seasons and none of them struggle whatsoever.

Now, rewind to last year.. How many times do we all remember hearing this about Cam.. "Cam's rookie season a fluke?" "Sophmore slump for Cam?" "Will defenses figure out Cam?"

I just find it funny that the media has already decided that its not even in the realm of possibility for the "big 4" to have a down year. Poor Cam, if only he was drafted a year later, he would then have been drafted in the post sophmore slump era!

[xclr82xtc]

man its because he went to carolina.. if he would have went to ANY other team he would be God Child.  The media hates the panthers.

[fieryprophet]

Actually, they're now calling Andrew Luck underrated: http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000237343/article/andrew-luck-flying-under-radar-in-year-2-with-indianapolis-colts

Adam Schein is someone I would enjoy breaking in half.

[usmcpanthers]

The only sophmore slump espn reported was for Brandon Weedon....wtf who cares...way to go out on a limb ESPN lol

[CharlottePanther]

The only sophmore slump espn reported was for Brandon Weedon....wtf who cares...way to go out on a limb ESPN lol

Im sorry but Russell Wilson is in the perfect senario for sophmore slump. No offensive weapons and the rookie season wasnt that amazing to begin with and he has the most amount hype aside from RGIII

[FootballMaestro]

I wouldn't be surprised if they all struggle, and/or don't live up to expectations. 

 

What would the media do then?  :stuff:

 

In all honesty, it's not like most of them really had great years, with any pressure anyway. 

 

Seattle, San Fran, and Wash, were all running teams. So it's amazing how their QB's get so much of the credit, as if they carried the load and the burden the way Cam (and yes, though he's over hyped) Luck did. 

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Im sorry but Russell Wilson is in the perfect senario for sophmore slump. No offensive weapons and the rookie season wasnt that amazing to begin with and he has the most amount hype aside from RGIII

Agreed about russel he had way to few ints for a rookie believe that catches up with him this season hopefully starting this sunday

[teeray]

I'm a homer but give me Cam over any of em

[AKPantherFan]

I think the deal with Cam was he was sooo outstanding as a rookie everyone thought it was going to be impossible to repeat.. And Hell, he did almost just that...

 

Cam set the bar very high and was able to put up good numbers last year.

 

I have said and stand by it that the 3rd year is the show me year, and Cam will do just that!

 

As far as the new young QB's, its great for football. When was the last time you remember having this many electric QB's playing at once?

 

However, we will see these guys take a step back. Statistically one of them will do great, but there is just too much film on them now, much like Cam of last year.

 

And the read option, its the wildcat 5 years ago, it wont last and defenses will have it in check this year....

 

We could see some of those guys struggle big time...

 

But Its going to be a fun season watching Cam flip off the whole league and lead this team to a SB...

[Frizzy350]

Im sorry but Russell Wilson is in the perfect senario for sophmore slump. No offensive weapons and the rookie season wasnt that amazing to begin with and he has the most amount hype aside from RGIII

 

Ehhhh well him and Kaep are on far superior teams than RG3 and Luck which goes a long way toward racking up wins.

 

If RG3 has a down year they will blame it on injuries.

 

In terms of raw talent I think Wilson is actually the best.  Uses his mobility properly, has great footwork, he's sharp as a knife and he's very accurate.

 

I think Luck is most likely to have a disappointing season.  Its gonna be hard for him to get those picks lower with a complete lack of a running game and a cruddy oline, not to mention a sketchy defense.  It's likely that defense doesn't hold those 3-4 pt leads he gets with 10+ mins left on the clock.

[RudieCantFail]

Kaepernick is not a sophomore.

[PhillyB]

they'll talk about russell wilson's sophomore slump after week one :)

[Herbert The Love Bug]

All I know is I tired of rg3 this rg3 that 24/7 non-stop rg3 coverage. What has that ugly dude ever done to deserve that much attention. I mean holy poo

[KillerKat]

I have a feeling RG3 will get exposed this season. Possibly Luck too.