Ask a Panthers fan

Technically he wouldn’t count, but Armanti Edwards fits that bill since he didn’t get hardly any playing time last year (for whatever reason). It’s a touchy subject in Panther land because there are three camps: those who think he should be the starting QB, those who think he will be fine after a year or two of seasoning at WR, and those who think he sucks and should be cut. He’s greatly improved his receiving ability and punt return ability in the offseason, even though he had a ill-timed fumble on a punt return last week against the Bungles.

To me, Kealoha Pilares was going to be “that guy”, but he suffered a high ankle sprain earlier in the week and he may go on IR. We don’t know yet what the team plans to do with him, but he was a 5th round pick that has a chance to be dynamic.

it;s hard to take him down. Being theyre both big men he is 1 of the examples of how we want Newton to perform. Freeman from the Bucs is another qb a lot of us want him to be like. But not too much like either of them, jsut a bit of both along with himself.

I want Cam to be like Ben in that I want him to go 15-1 as a starter with a trip to the NFC Championship game.

What the majority of Panthers fans want is a franchise QB. We’ve never had one. The best QB we’ve ever had is Jake Delhomme (or Steve Beuerlein, depending on how you look at it). We don’t have a Joe Montana, or Troy Aikman, or Dan Marino in our history…we want one, and a lot of fans think (or hope, depending on how you look at it) that Cam can be that guy.

Our strength is our running game, especially DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart. But, you won’t see much of them because they’re already in regular season form. Tonight’s game is honestly going to be Rivera’s opportunity to see who gets cut and who doesn’t, so expect a lot of our 2nd and 3rd units playing 95% of the game.

does that count? I think he gets a $10,000 check from a Colgate sponsorship everytime his teeth sparkle during a game.

Watch #58 in the first quarter. He has been beasting out the last two preseason games.

What I meant was particularly after using your highest pick last year for a qb

But I was glad they pulled the trigger on Cam. There are a lot of criticism’s and he has a lot of work to do; however, he seems to have the drive and the upside for Cam as a QB goes pretty far up. I also was never a big fan of Clausen though I support him as a Panther.

A lot of Panthers fans are torn on the decision to spend our first pick two years in a row on QB’s and there are still fans that don’t believe Newton was worth the 1st pick overall. We’ve heard it all over and over again (Spread QB, not enough experience, not smart enough, run first pass second) and it’ll really come down to how he performs.

In the end, the choice was either Cam Newton at QB or Marcel Dareus at DT. The majority of the fanbase wanted Newton.
As one who felt DT was the way to go, I am good with the Newton pick and completely understand it. He’s dynamic and has the tools to succeed. My reasoning for DT was a dire need to improvement at that position and the strength of the QB draft class next year. Also, wanted to see if Clausen showed any type of improvement over a horrid rookie season.

I don’t think there is a consensus yet. That being said, I think the majority are cautiously optimistic regarding Cam Newton. It can’t be understated just how bad Jimmy Clausen was last year, and it has nothing to do with him being a 1st year QB, or his box scores. Clausen showed no ability to lead an NFL team in 2010, he was shaky under center, ran away from perceived pressure too often and he didn’t seem to trust his receivers enough as he threw the ball into the stands on a throw away more than he tried to get it to a WR.

Personally, I hope the 2010 Carolina Panthers season echoes the 1997 San Antonio Spurs… for that NBA team their season was lost due to extenuating circumstances and injuries, the result was that they got to draft Tim Duncan. Carolina deserved to go 2-14 last year, but talent wise they’re not a 2-14 team. Cam Newton was the right decision because I don’t think this team will be drafting top 3 next year.

As it stands Newton’s box score doesn’t show it but he looks a lot better in the preseason that I thought he would based on how raw he was at Auburn. I’m really excited to see him deal with your defense tonight… that will tell me a lot about his development.

African or European?

every single time and i dont know why other than to saw the word swallow…

We called him Dick. We were glad to see him go.

He hasn’t practiced yet, so depending on whether or not they think he’ll be able to suit up in a few weeks will determine whether he’s on the 53 or on IR for the season.

Seems likely in watching him so far in this preseason. Of course, coaching staff may be giving orders to use the run as an absolute last option right now.