When you are asked to throw the ball as much as he does, you are bound to have a higher amount of interceptions than the average QB. Only 2 QBs have a higher number of passing attempts than Newton, and one of those two has more interceptions than Newton. Newton has the 2nd highest number of total yards out of any QB this season. How is that bad?
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When you are asked to throw the ball as much as he does, you are bound to have a higher amount of interceptions than the average QB. Only 2 QBs have a higher number of passing attempts than Newton, and one of those two has more interceptions than Newton. Newton has the 2nd highest number of total yards out of any QB this season. How is that bad?
He also has a chance to break all kinds of GOOD records for a rookie QB. He is taking a team that was getting blown out every week and playing tough games against tough teams. His defense puts him in position to throw INTs, he is actually a very accurate passer. It should be apparent to anyone watching the Panthers games this year that Cam Newton is an amazing player for a rookie. You just hate on him cause you're a Carolina hater.
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Yeah thats right. And i know all about the Rooney connection. Dan was over here last year talking about how hes trying to take the International game off the Brits and give to us. Sweet. Lots of Steelers fans here too.
But I'm a Ravens fan. Which wouldnt go down well with yourself haha! Im not even going to say I hate the Steelers and all that cos i dont but i know it doesnt work that way for fans in the States. You guys are Geographical fans so you dont make the choice whos your favourite. You're just born into it! Got hooked the 2000 season and Baltimore is named after an Irish guy, is an Irish name and is also a town near me. Then "The Wire" came along so that was that!
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suburu
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Hes played half a regular season against some tough teams and dragged a piss poor team up the field with great leadership for a 22 year old rookie. Im sure theres a few teams out there wishing they had Newton throwing the ball. Id love to see a Jones-Drew, Ray Rice or Peterson beside him and watch the damage they could do. Peyton Mannings rookie season he threw 28 INT and won 3 games.
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lolwat
you think we like getting force fed news and information?
my local team is the eagles, and myself and most of my friends fucking hate them
Methadone84
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10 TDs to 9 ints isnt good no matter how many times you throw it. I know hes a rookie and has lots of potential but they still cant expect to win more games then lose if you lose the turnover battle EVERY week.
Methadone84
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mines eagles too and i hate them
Methadone84
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He has some really good players around him on offense and the reason panthers sucked last season was because they had jimmy clausen starting who didnt even deserve to play in the nfl. and i dont know how u can call him a very accurate passer hes got ok accuracy at best.
Methadone84
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look at this. Cam Newton fumbled twice vs. vikings that led to 14 points when besides that the defense only let up 10 points. thats the reason they lost the game. dont blame their defense there.
suburu
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Well im sure theres plenty who do support their local teams. Thats the way it is with Rugby here. Im from a place called "Munster". If i suddenly decided tomorrow im going walk around wearing a "Leinster"(the enemy) jersey, baseball bat and kneecaps might quickly come to mind.
Anyway, your the Rams guy. Why follow them?
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because i'm loyal to my teams, through the good and mostly bad
i sort of hated football sundays cause my mom was such a retarded steeler loon, and the outcome of their games effected the house's livelyhood
i became a ram's fan in week 5 during the '99 season, coincidentally, they were 4-0 going into that week, something i discovered just prior to kick off
why st.louis? because i liked using them in the madden football game that year, there was something i really liked about isaac bruce, and had marshall faulk on my first ever fantasy football team
turns out they were really good(by surprise!) that year, and won the super bowl
i sort of hated football sundays cause my mom was such a retarded steeler loon, and the outcome of their games effected the house's livelyhood
i became a ram's fan in week 5 during the '99 season, coincidentally, they were 4-0 going into that week, something i discovered just prior to kick off
why st.louis? because i liked using them in the madden football game that year, there was something i really liked about isaac bruce, and had marshall faulk on my first ever fantasy football team
turns out they were really good(by surprise!) that year, and won the super bowl
suburu
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Yeah i too got the NFL bug which ended in a Superbowl win. Easy to pick up when that happens.
Hasnt really been a bundle of joy since!
Hasnt really been a bundle of joy since!
suburu
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Well i blame the kicker and the hold they got penalised for. Newtons final drive was very impressive and the kicker couldnt put over a 30 yarder. Panthers have scored a lot of points this year too. I wouldnt dismiss the good things he has done for a few rookie errors when other vetern QBs are doing worse.
Methadone84
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yeah kicker shoulda made that but vikings missed a field goal too so kinda cancelled each other out. and i wouldnt say a few rookie errors more like a lot
suburu
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Im sure watching Phillip Rivers doing his jekyll and hyde impression will make him feel better.
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the upside of changing my pick to KC and being one of the only people to pick them if they won was attractive, but looking at the points per game they allow, i just couldn't justify it. i hope they prove me right.
Methadone84
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chiefs should win this. Chargers havent looked to good all season and i just saw that they are missing like 7 of their defensive starters this game i think they said
crazy how if they win they will be #1 in their division
crazy how if they win they will be #1 in their division
I see what you did there, you St Louis El Camino driving Ozark mountain/Hoosier hick-boy!!
damn, those are good reasons to go with Baltimore. tbh I do hate them because they're our bitter rivals, but honestly, I've got MAD respect for the team because
1) Baltimore's got soul, fuck DC
2) the Wire
3) their food; Baltimore's delicious crabs (stfu in advance!) and their hot pit-beef sammiches w/ horseradish sauce
4) they play good defense, and are a fellow tough-as-nails footbaw team like my Pittsburgh Steelers. in the pussy-assed era of Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Drew Brees tossing up insane numbers to the point of banality, it's nice to see teams play footbaw the WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE PLAYED
OMG is Kansas City going to best the Chiefs? I woulda only lose two games but now it's looking like three. why are these MNF games, that appear to be as fun as watching a steaming pile of shit, so absurdly close this year??
and this is a lie, don't listen to him you good-hearted, loyal, Irishman
people who "like teams just because they are awesome," might as well be Nancy Boys that pick an NFL team to win because they have real pretty and swell jersey designs/colors
although it might seem strange for some of ya'll, that I am the biggest Steelers fan in the Great State of Ohio, but it's not that wild, really --
I live in the best city in Ohio, Columbus (it is without that certain Cinci/Cleveland skeez charm), and it lies equidistant from those aforementioned Ohio cities. if you are from Central to East/South East Ohio to North East Youngstown Ohio chances are that you will be a Stillers fan, unless you have some certain ties to Cleveland. a good man from Ohio should never follow Cincinnasti, as they basically are an Ohio front that parades around as an actual city in the South. tons of Kentucky fans like Cinci, and Cinci sux because any city that wants to be a Southern city is most likely wrought with the affliction of being a right-wing, conservative haven like Cincinasti actually is
some of the biggest Stillers fans reside in Eastern/Southern Ohio, as both them and the inhabitants of Pittsburgh share being at the beautiful start + foothills of the Appalachia
my dad was from Pittsburgh (RIP pops) and since the day I pimp-walked from my momma's woman hole I have been dressed in black + yellow, forever lucky at my fortune due to not sharing the collective misfortune of being a Bengals or Browns fan
if you're going to pick a team at random, why don't you throw a steaming pile of shit with a blind-fold, on your apartment's formerly nice white walls, with flash cards taped to said walls with NFL teams, at random, written on their faces? whichever one you shit-toss at is your new, lifelong, favorite team??
#trollingownforum
^ lol.
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