By: Mike from Pittsburgh
It’s come to my attention that this blog has been flooded with Lions content since it launched earlier this year. No offense to the Polish Prince, but if I wanted to watch large cats get neutered every Sunday I’d visit my local animal shelter.
Speaking of neutered cats, yesterday Carolina Panther’s quarterback Cam Newton stated he no longer feels safe during games and that unflagged hits were taking the fun out of the game for him. Cam Newton plays a sport were 220-350 pound men are paid to hit him. He also plays a position where he holds the game's most important object, thus subjecting him to a hit, almost every play he’s on the field. He doesn’t slide when he runs past the line of scrimmage, nor does he get rid of the ball quickly when big men with bad intentions are disregarding Newton’s safety.
Speaking of neutered cats, yesterday Carolina Panther’s quarterback Cam Newton stated he no longer feels safe during games and that unflagged hits were taking the fun out of the game for him. Cam Newton plays a sport were 220-350 pound men are paid to hit him. He also plays a position where he holds the game's most important object, thus subjecting him to a hit, almost every play he’s on the field. He doesn’t slide when he runs past the line of scrimmage, nor does he get rid of the ball quickly when big men with bad intentions are disregarding Newton’s safety.
Cam Newton’s job is to move the ball towards the goal line. There are eleven men whose job it is to prevent Newton from moving forward by any means necessary. Newton’s criticism of the officials failing to protect him is also unfounded when you consider he has benefited from more roughing the passer penalties since 2013 than Ben Roethlisberger, Aaron Rodgers, and Tom Brady.
The NFL also tracks the number of missed roughing the passer penalties per game and since 2013, the refs have failed to protect Newton three times. Eleven other quarterbacks have had more missed roughing the passer calls against them, but I don’t expect you’ll be hearing Geno Smith or Andrew Luck requesting a meeting with Roger Goodell to discuss how the commissioner can make football more fun for them.
Cam Newton is a selfish whiner. This is a guy who didn’t dive after his own fumble during the most important game of his career.
Cam Newton is a selfish whiner. This is a guy who didn’t dive after his own fumble during the most important game of his career.
Now, leading a 2-5 Carolina Panthers team, Newton’s not enjoying himself. Of course that couldn't possibly be due to the fact that he has the lowest completion percentage and quarterback rating of his career, or that his team is in a better position for the #1 overall pick in the draft as opposed to the #1 seed in the NFC.
Cam Newton had an incredible 2015 season behind one of the best offensive lines in football, with a terrifying defense to match. This year things haven’t come so easy for Cam and the rest of the Panthers. Newton’s complaints about not having fun or feeling safe aren’t the words of leadership you’d expect from the face of a franchise. Cam wants to get back to celebrating and giving footballs out to kids. It turns out it’s not as fun being a losing quarterback. Remember how much he enjoyed "dabbing" last year? Opposing defenses sure do.
EDITORS NOTE: "Mike from Pittsburgh, I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of blogging skills. Skills I have acquired over a very short career. Skills that make me a not very intimidating presence for people like you. If you stop going for my seat on the blogging throne now that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you."- The Polish Prince
EDITORS NOTE: "Mike from Pittsburgh, I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom I can tell you I don't have money, but what I do have are a very particular set of blogging skills. Skills I have acquired over a very short career. Skills that make me a not very intimidating presence for people like you. If you stop going for my seat on the blogging throne now that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you, but if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you and I will kill you."- The Polish Prince