Dear pundits and fans, re: QB sliding

[tiger7_88]

Cam knows what he's doing.

 

He's a big LONNNNNNG body and baseball sliding (especially on unpredictable playing surfaces) are more dangerous to him than hitting the deck and going fetal.

 

The way he does it, he protects his head and leaves his shoulder pads to take most of the brunt of any hit.  Plus, he wears the flak jacket around his midriff and that provides protection there.

 

He has great field awareness when he's running.  I have yet to see him get blind-sided in either college or the NFL.  And with that awareness is a signal inside his head that tells him when to get down.

 

He's FINE doing it the way he is doing it.

[Care-Oh-Linuh]

True. I'd rather him do it his way anyways. He's going to get hit Either way. I'm sure he prefers his giant ass back over his front. Cool with me........

[L-TownCat]

Agreed. Although Orakpo decleated Cam his rookie year on a blindside hit. He's been popped a few times, but then again he's 6'5" 245 lbs.

[Sloth]

I have no problem with his slide, he's very good at getting down before taking a shot. It just cracks me up every time because he looks like he took a tranq dart to the neck.

[Mr Mojo Risin]

Plus there's something about being 6'5 and 245 pounds bending your knee underneath you with other 245 pounders jumping on you...I'd much rather him do it the way he's most comfortable

[Squirrel]

Until he gets a helmet to helmet hit and has a concussion. Or worse a knee to the head. 

[Herbert The Love Bug]

I think him sliding leg first and a defender taking a shot at his legs poses more risks than him getting down head first

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[TheRed]

Until he gets a helmet to helmet hit and has a concussion. Or worse a knee to the head.

Why even say stuff like this?

[BigBoss]

Any panther fan whos watched his sliding knows that it's of no concern. The guy gets down early and protects himself well, we all can see that. It's when a guy comes in and still gets hit 2 seconds after the fact, like the first slide, that Cam can't help or do anything.

 

Point and case: Check out Robert Griffin the turd and how banged up he continues to get already, him and Mike Vick just have no clue how to take hits or when to slide....

 

Cam meanwhile shows intelligence in protecting his body. Thus a long career is much more likely.

[Squirrel]

Why even say stuff like this?

 

 

Because people are saying they have no problem with Cam diving head first.  I'm just pointing out that it would be bad for his career.  No I don't want him hurt but their reasoning is flawed. 

[TheRed]

Because people are saying they have no problem with Cam diving head first.  I'm just pointing out that it would be bad for his career.  No I don't want him hurt but their reasoning is flawed. 

 

Sliding feet first hasn't always worked out great for every quarterback either. Things happen sometimes.

 

Cam is smart about it, he knows what he's doing out there.

[Salvo]

With the condition of the field tonight, I'm glad Cam didn't slide the "traditional" way. Sliding forwards, he could have gotten his foot caught in a mole hole or exposed sprinkler head, ripping his ACL.

[Brooklyn Bully]

He gets more yards doing it his way, but he needs to stop. He is going to get popped one day.

[RelaxImaPro]

Cam is very conservative when it comes to running, hell most the time he goes down when the closest defender is a good 3 yards away.  He'll be fine doing it the way he does it unless some jackass takes a cheap shot, and you can't avoid those no matter how you slide.