Why Cam Newton Sucks

****Warning, this is a sports related post!!****

I really dislike Cam Newton as a football player. To be fair, I don't know him personally so all I can base this vitriol on is what I see on TV. That said, I have disliked this guy since he was primping for the cameras at Auburn. This has nothing to do with him being African American. It is because he is an asshole. Hey, Ben Rothsjkhskjhfkjdkjsfburger is white and I think he is a dick too, and a rapist. The problem with Cam is it is always about Cam. His first statement before ever stepping onto the pro filed was how he wanted to be an icon. He wears goofy outfits, and has his whole superman thing. He does his dumb dances and mugs for the cameras. It is all about fun for Cam. That is great, you should have fun, it is a fun job. But dancing after every single play you make makes you look like a clown. I am sure Brady and Manning are having fun. I bet Montana had a ton of fun, so did Staubach and Starr. Let's get race out of the way, Warren Moon was a great QB and he never dabbed after his million touchdowns. They took it back to the huddle and got ready for the next series. Every now again one of these guys had a truly pivitol moment and then they really let their emotions show, but since you only got a few of these outbursts they meant that much more because you knew how fired up the guy really was. Cam might as well be playing wide receiver because he acts more like one of those dough heads. Guys like Terrell Owens are a good comp.

So yeah, he acts like a total asshole but the talent more than makes up for it right? Not really. He had a pretty good season but that Panthers played a historically bad schedule. Green Bay was the only team that had a winning record at the time they played during the regular season. Every other team was below .500 at the time of the game (The Seahawks and Redskins managed to get in the black later in the season). In the playoffs the win over the Seahawks was ok but a middle school team could have beaten the Cardinals. With no pressure on him at all Carson Palmer was throwing the ball up for grabs all over the place. So Cam was able to ride his awesome defense to some pretty optimal opportunities on offense. Still, it was a pretty good season against pretty bad competition.

So this guy says people don't like him due to his race and because they are scared of his incomparable skill set. Well, it is actually very comparable. There was a guy named Randall Cuningham that everyone forgets about. He was a dynamic athlete w/ a big arm who didn't always run but certainly could and did when it made sense. I will exclude 1991 because Randall was hurt and only played 1 game, but once Cunningham took the starting role in his third season this is a comparison of both guys first 5 seasons as starters...

	pass yards/game	attempts/g	TD/game	int/game	rush yds/game	rTD/g	Rate+
Newton ('11-'15)	234	31	1.5	0.82	41.1	0.55	102
Cunningham ('87-'92)	216	31	1.6	0.89	43.2	0.31	110

Hey, that looks pretty similar? I suppose you could compare the stats to another mobile QB like Steve Young but then Young was so much better (and had better weapons) it is not really a fair fight. As I recall though, people really liked Cunningham until the fact he did not perform well in the post season overwhelmed the things he did in the regular season. Point being, Cam is not so special, he is another in a long line of mobile QB's that looks pretty good for a few years and then move to the has been file. Go ahead and write it down, this guy will be doing the Michael Vick backup gig in 4 years. 

So, Cam, you better hope Carolina continues to load up talent around you particularly on the O-line and defense so you can push your 15 minutes of fame to 20. I can't believe I will be rooting for Peyton HGH Manning this weekend. Shit.