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IMO the upside outweighs the risks. He's a guy who I wouldn't expect to get regular PT at least 2 seasons. Just remember...Aaron Rodgers had a couple of seasons on the pine before he got the keys to the car. There were a lot of questions around him as well...He was a Jeff Tedford product. Again...in some instances the upside outweighs the risks.Originally Posted by KingJames23
Originally Posted by DoubleJs07
KingJames23 wrote:
DoubleJs07 wrote:
Nick Flair...that's a good one.
Gunna better start trademarking this !+%*....
As long as Cam Newton doesn't go to a division rival, I'm getting a jersey. It's amazing (reading comments on other MBs and on ESPN) the amount of hate the kid gets. Folks basing their opinion of him off of the Nat'l championship game where he was playing hurt...It's like they don't even look at the whole body of work this kid put in during SEC play etc....ESPN had a stat that showed how much he improved on his deep throws in his last 6 games. He had something like a 30% improvement...I love the upside and I'm in the camp that believes that he'll turn out to be a real good NFL player.
I agree about his upside it might be the best of an QB in the class (with Locker).
But if I were a GM I'd never draft a QB from a spread option type offense (add in the up tempo system). The learning curve is so huge. He sees so many vanilla defenses. And a lot of cover 1 stuff because of that extra safety coming up in run support. He also gets spied a good amount taking another guy out of coverage. The system dictates coverages and looks he gets are nothing like he'll get in the NFL. He has to make huge leaps in progression reading and reading a defense. Also needs a lot of mechanical work. Those are very massive questions to be answered (not the mechanical work), that I wouldn't be willing to risk a 1st round pick on. The physical tools and upside will get him drafted in round 1, but I just couldn't take that risk. He's a great college player but that doesn't always translate to the NFL.
As far as Cam's mechanics, what do you see that needs fixing? I don't see his mechanics being that bad to the point that it's a real knock. David Carr was messed with and ended up regressing.
Ideally he would need to sit but the reality is rarely the case, look at Tebow. Tebow needed a few years on the bench but thrown into the fire year 1.
As far as mechanics, the throwing motion I find to be awkward and he needs to move his release point. He also gets sloppy with his footwork, when he uses proper footwork he throws a good ball. He can't get away with that in the NFL. He'll also need work on dropping back from under center. I'm a stickler for mechanics, mechanics set the foundation for everything the QB does.
Even though Cam is way more inexperienced than Tebow, he's still WAY more polished as a pure passer. If Denver didn't take Tebow in the 20's, there were rumblings that he wouldn't be selected until the 3rd round. Do you remember how poorly Tebow fared in the Senior Bowl practices? Dude was God awful.
