Cam Newton Thread - Back to Carolina

[Jigga94]

All that money allocated to their QB position and they could've just drafted Fields or Jones.

I said it's just like Teddy going to Denver. Just draft a QB and hope for any better

[gogobradyarm]

I might be in the minority here, but Cam hasn't been good in years. I don't think he helps this team a whole lot.

[mild]

I might be in the minority here, but Cam hasn't been good in years. I don't think he helps this team a whole lot.

He's not going to be "good" per se, but you might need to re-examine exactly how BAD Darnold has been.

I already put it in the Darnold thread, but:

Sam Darnold has thrown 160 passes over the past five games.

373 QB have thrown at least 160 passes in a season over the past decade. His stretch would rank:

372nd in Y/A
371st in TD%
370th in INT%

It almost literally cannot get worse.

Even if Cam just allows them to play smash football, that's an improvement. He need only hit the occasional downfield shot, run for 1st downs, and feed the unholy hekka out of C-Mac in the short game.

By no means do I think this team is going anywhere of note. But they can definitely get a lot more competitive from "slightly below average" QB play if the alternative is "all time, no good, historically bad" Darnold snaps.

[Jigga94]

So what I'm hearing is feed CMC just so they can miss the playoffs. Hope he can stay healthy... Seriously, look at the remaining schedule. They are 7-10 at best