Anybody watching Cam?

[jmar]

Did he say he knows people?  No he did not.  But he knows a person who alleges he knows people.  Does he trust him?  Why shouldn't he?  And yes he does.  Is this person right about everything?  Of course not.  How could anyone be right about everything?  But let me tell you something, he trusts him.  And why wouldn't he trust him?  This person has known a lot people over the years and has been right about a lot.  So all he's saying is that he may or may not know people if his friend or person knows the people he alleges to know.  I'll take a lie detector test to prove what I'm saying is right.

Has anyone noticed that Sheridan actually talks that way?

Sure I speak broken Sheridanese. Been known to write similarly and take abuse for it. I don't apologize for it. Maybe if I had a combover, or not...it doesn't matter. What does matter is that Auburn should win nine, ten games this year. Will they? I don't know but it's Chizik's fourth year with those top five recruiting classes, actually his third full season. Secondly, he won the title in his third year but this is his fourth full season. And lastly, no nothing surprises me Paul.

[AUChizad]

In case you didn't see it.

[AUChizad]

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/24896/putting-cam-newtons-debut-in-perspective

Putting Cam Newton's debut in perspective
September, 12, 2011
Sep 12
8:20
AM ET

By Pat Yasinskas
Let’s turn to ESPN Stats & Information to put the debut of Carolina rookie quarterback Cam Newton in perspective.

Newton threw for 422 yards in a loss to Arizona. That’s the most passing yards ever -- by far -- for a player in his first NFL game.

The previous record was set in 1950 when Hall of Famer Otto Graham threw for 346 yards. Before Newton only five players had even passed for 300 yards in their debut and one of those was Peyton Manning in 1998.

If you go back as far as 1960, only three players had more passing yards in a season opener and those were Manning, Kurt Warner and Dan Marino, who already were established starters. Those three quarterbacks have combined for seven Associated Press Most Valuable Player awards.

About the only record Newton didn’t set was the Carolina record for passing yards in a game. He missed it by one yard. Chris Weinke threw for 423 yards in a game against the Giants in 2006. The Panthers also lost that game.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:6959691

 

[Kaos]

Oh, but Matt Leinart once threw for 405 yards in his rookie season.  And Ryan Leaf threw for nearly 200 yards in his debut. 

That was all I heard this morning. 

[Buzz Killington]

Chris Weinkie > Cam Newton

[Kaos]

Tom Jackson on ESPN was speechless. 

Give Cam a little bit of experience and the sky's the limit.  No cap on how great he could potentially be, Tom says.

He saw.  He believes.  And what was funny to me is that he was surprised.  Did they not watch him make an absolute mockery of the college game?  Did they not see him work his ass off during the off-season?   Why be surprised? 

[Kaos]

Will ESPN start to love Cam again? 

From Wojo -- who is an asshole.

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- It wasn't a debut, but a revelation. It was the kind of game -- even though his team lost -- that made you think, He can't make it look that easy, can he?

Cam Newton can, and did. He wore his 2011 draft status on his jersey (No. 1), but didn't play like a rookie making his first-ever NFL regular-season start. He played like he's been in the league for years, not months.

The Arizona Cardinals threw everything at him except Camelback Mountain. They blitzed him up the middle, from the edges, and I'm pretty sure from the upper deck of University of Phoenix Stadium. They tried to intimidate him and knock him into neighboring New Mexico.

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Newton acted as if he were playing against Mississippi State, which, come to think of it, he was almost a year ago to the day. Anyway, he stayed upright long enough to complete 24 of 37 passes for 422 yards and two touchdowns, a rushing TD and, yes, one knucklehead-rookie throw into double coverage that resulted in an interception.
His Carolina Panthers lost 28-21, but it wasn't the usual, mind-numbing kind of defeat that characterized last season's two-win team. That's because last season's team didn't have Newton.

Afterward, Newton, wearing dress socks, a T-shirt and shorts, sat in a folding chair in front of his locker and stared straight ahead. He hadn't lost a game since Oct. 31, 2009, when his Blinn College team lost to Navarro College. Since then, nothing but W's -- until Sunday.

He sat in that chair, elbows on knees, as the rest of the Panthers dressed and made their way to the team's charter bus. Told that Newton seemed to be taking the loss hard, tight end Greg Olsen said, "I don't know why. He was a big reason why we had a chance.''

Minutes later, Olsen walked over to Newton and offered some encouraging words. Not that it mattered much. Newton isn't used to being on the wrong end of the scoreboard.

"What you want me to say: It feels great?'' Newton said to reporters later. "It's not a comfortable feeling for me.''

Nobody is going to confuse the Cardinals' defense with the Baltimore Ravens', but what Newton did -- NFL debut ... on the road ... thinner playbook ... pressure of being the No. 1 overall pick. Blah, blah, blah -- was in the zip code of extraordinary.

"He was everything that everybody didn't expect him to be,'' said Carolina's veteran wide receiver Steve Smith, who caught eight of Newton's passes for 178 yards and two touchdowns.

I'll admit it: I didn't expect him to throw for more than 400 yards. Or 300 yards. Or maybe 200 yards. And I guarantee you the Cardinals didn't, either.

At least, most of them didn't.

"I played against Newton last year,'' said Cardinals rookie cornerback Patrick Peterson, whose 89-yard TD punt return midway through the fourth quarter turned out to be the game-winner. "I told you guys from the beginning that he is a great athlete and is definitely going to be one of the greats in this league.''

Newton threw for more than three times as many yards (136) as he did against Mississippi State last September. He threw for 157 more yards than he did during Auburn's BCS Championship win against Oregon in this same stadium nine months ago.

To put a nice stats ribbon on the day, think of those 422 yards this way: Tom Brady, Terry Bradshaw, Fran Tarkenton, Bart Starr -- some of the absolute greats of the game -- have never thrown for as many yards as Newton did Sunday.

He made it look spectacularly simple, which, of course, it isn't. The NFL is littered with rookie debuts in which quarterbacks needed Depends.

But Newton, working with a simplified Panthers playbook (for now), picked apart the Cardinals' secondary and recorded the highest yardage total by an NFL quarterback in his first game. And he did it with seemingly half of the Arizona roster blitzing him.

"I would have done the same thing [Cardinals defensive coordinator Ray Horton] did, I'll tell you that right now,'' Panthers head coach Ron Rivera said.

"They brought the house the whole time,'' Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis said. "He managed it well. Those are things for veteran quarterbacks to overcome.''

Newton took two shots that resulted in roughing-the-passer penalties. Arizona defensive tackle Darnell Dockett took a little extra time removing himself from Newton after a tackle. Newton tried to slap him away.

"He's had the world on his shoulders for a year now and I think he's getting used to it,'' Carolina offensive tackle Jordan Gross said. "This is a tough game. He got hit a lot. Crowd noise, but he had incredible composure out there against all odds. He was as advertised.''

There were mistakes. His tried to squeeze a pass through double coverage to Smith, but it was intercepted by linebacker Daryl Washington. One play later, Cardinals quarterback Kevin Kolb, who was making his Arizona debut after an offseason trade, lobbed a 48-yard touchdown pass to a wide open Jeff King to tie the score, 14-14, in the third quarter.

On the Panthers' final drive, Newton completed 60 yards' worth of passes and had Carolina on the Cardinals' 11 with 1 minute, 30 seconds remaining to play. A touchdown would have tied the game.

Instead, he threw three consecutive incompletions and his fourth pass, an underneath route to running back Mike Goodson, was a yard short of a first down.

"A lot of bad throws on my part at the end,'' Newton said.

He was hard on himself. Too hard.

"Cam is very disappointed,'' Smith said. "I'm encouraged by that.''

And so he was also encouraged by Newton's play and potential, right? Smith scoffed at the suggestion.

"So 'encouraged' is selling him short,'' Smith said. "And I'm not going to sell him short.''

Nobody is going to do that. Not after Sunday's performance.

Newton didn't do what he wanted, which was make possible a Panthers' comeback. But he did something almost as important.

He made believers.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=wojciechowski_gene&id=6959739&sportCat=nfl

[GH2001]

Tom Jackson on ESPN was speechless. 

Give Cam a little bit of experience and the sky's the limit.  No cap on how great he could potentially be, Tom says.

He saw.  He believes.  And what was funny to me is that he was surprised.  Did they not watch him make an absolute mockery of the college game?  Did they not see him work his ass off during the off-season?   Why be surprised?

Jackson is one of the few analysts on ESPN that Ive always thought was on the up and up. He seems to know his shit and calls it like he really sees it. Maybe its just the NFL call it more objectively than the college pricks.

Fuck Terry Bradshaw. Overrated cocksucker. Steeler D made him....fucking made him!

[AWK]

Jackson is one of the few analysts on ESPN that Ive always thought was on the up and up. He seems to know his shit and calls it like he really sees it. Maybe its just the NFL call it more objectively than the college pricks.

Fuck Terry Bradshaw. Overrated cocksucker. Steeler D made him....fucking made him!

Yep.  During the post game show yesterday, all of the analysts on Fox were bragging about Newton...except Bradshaw.  They asked him if the performance today changed his mind about Newton?  His response? ...  I just don't like him. 

What the fuck did he ever do to you, you bald fucking hulk Hogan look-a-like?

[Saniflush]

Fuck every one of them!  My wagon is full.  They had their chance to get on months ago.  Now I hope Cam steamrolls every fuckin' one them!

[AUChizad]

Tom Jackson on ESPN was speechless. 

Give Cam a little bit of experience and the sky's the limit.  No cap on how great he could potentially be, Tom says.

He saw.  He believes.  And what was funny to me is that he was surprised.  Did they not watch him make an absolute mockery of the college game?  Did they not see him work his ass off during the off-season?   Why be surprised?

I have wondered the same thing.

Auburn fans in general are mystified by anyone's ability to doubt this guy.

Preseason last year, the experts predicted he would be a lower tier SEC QB. Brantley was going to be the talk of the SEC. I thought "Really? This guy is clearly a monster. This guy won the Juco National Championship seemingly with ease. Why assume he's going to fail at Auburn?" A couple of weeks into last year's season, any time anyone bet against Auburn, I'd think "Really?" "What makes you think that? Dude does what it takes to win, every single time" People saying he would probably be an NFL bust. "Really? What makes you want to bet against him this time?"

[Kaos]

I have wondered the same thing.

Auburn fans in general are mystified by anyone's ability to doubt this guy.

Preseason last year, the experts predicted he would be a lower tier SEC QB. Brantley was going to be the talk of the SEC. I thought "Really? This guy is clearly a monster. This guy won the Juco National Championship seemingly with ease. Why assume he's going to fail at Auburn?" A couple of weeks into last year's season, any time anyone bet against Auburn, I'd think "Really?" "What makes you think that? Dude does what it takes to win, every single time" People saying he would probably be an NFL bust. "Really? What makes you want to bet against him this time?"

I guess I sort of get that.  I saw the highlights in juco and said to myself (and others) "no way he can do those same things in the SEC.  No way.  He could just as easily turn out to be Brent Schaffer as he could Tebow."

What changed it for me was seeing him live and in person.  Standing on the field and watching him toy with people.  Like an enormous, well proportioned tiger pawing at a mouse.   Jamarcus Russell was 6-whatever, 2-whatever, too.  But when I looked at him he was all disproportionate.  He had an enormous ass and big thick legs.  Cam looked like somebody had taken a Ken doll and brought it to life.  Perfectly proportioned and simply enormous.  And he was just goofing around.  Playing. 

If you've never stood beside him and watched how scary good he really is, how little of his monstrous talent he's truly tapped -- and Jackson hasn't, Bradshaw hasn't, etc. -- I guess you just can't fathom it. 

[Snaggletiger]

I guess I sort of get that.  I saw the highlights in juco and said to myself (and others) "no way he can do those same things in the SEC.  No way.  He could just as easily turn out to be Brent Schaffer as he could Tebow."

What changed it for me was seeing him live and in person.  Standing on the field and watching him toy with people.  Like an enormous, well proportioned tiger pawing at a mouse.   Jamarcus Russell was 6-whatever, 2-whatever, too.  But when I looked at him he was all disproportionate.  He had an enormous ass and big thick legs.  Cam looked like somebody had taken a Ken doll and brought it to life.  Perfectly proportioned and simply enormous.  And he was just goofing around.  Playing. 

If you've never stood beside him and watched how scary good he really is, how little of his monstrous talent he's truly tapped -- and Jackson hasn't, Bradshaw hasn't, etc. -- I guess you just can't fathom it.

I'm feeling an enormous man crush going on here.

[Kaos]

I'm feeling an enormous man crush going on here.

I won't even try to deny it.  I can't tell you the last time I listened to an NFL game and gave half a shit. 

I did yesterday. 

I fell in love with Cam completely against LSU.  And it wasn't the long run or the "Heisman moment."  It was just a short little dive into the left side of the line that got maybe three or four yards.  He was laying there on the ground, face down and his shoulders were shaking.  I was like "oh, holy fuck.  He's hurt.  He's hurt bad."  Then he popped his head up and I realized the man was laughing.  Laughing like a crazy person.  He kept laughing, looked right at the guy who tripped him up and wagged his finger at him and was like "ok, you got me that time, but you won't get me again."   Then he skipped back to the line.  Skipped.  Like a ten-year old. 

I went from admiration to adulation in 0.25 seconds. 

[War Eagle!!!]

I won't even try to deny it.  I can't tell you the last time I listened to an NFL game and gave half a shit. 

I did yesterday. 

I fell in love with Cam completely against LSU.  And it wasn't the long run or the "Heisman moment."  It was just a short little dive into the left side of the line that got maybe three or four yards.  He was laying there on the ground, face down and his shoulders were shaking.  I was like "oh, holy fuck.  He's hurt.  He's hurt bad."  Then he popped his head up and I realized the man was laughing.  Laughing like a crazy person.  He kept laughing, looked right at the guy who tripped him up and wagged his finger at him and was like "ok, you got me that time, but you won't get me again."   Then he skipped back to the line.  Skipped.  Like a ten-year old. 

I went from admiration to adulation in 0.25 seconds.

Fucking awesome story...