if they call it a rupture i'll worry about the long term.

we finally get all 3 linebackers healthy and this shit happens. dan connor keeps hanging around

9/12/2011 4:27:51 PM

Quote :

"Sucks, but I'd rather have it happen this season than two or three years from now when we may be a playoff team. We need another high draft pick or two at WR, OL, DT and/or CB before we're ready to be an annual contender."

spot on

9/12/2011 4:41:06 PM

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"CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Cam Newton played a great game Sunday afternoon. Not exactly Bo Jackson in Tecmo Super Bowl great, but still great. Newton, Carolina’s rookie quarterback, threw for 422 yards in his first NFL regular season game, breaking a record set by Otto Graham in 1950. His stock may have gone up in the eyes of Panthers fans, but his rating will also go up in a more tangible way: from 77 to 81 on Madden NFL ’12. In that video game, players are rated on a scale of 0 to 100. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, for example, is a 99. Rookies are rated lower than veterans simply because they’re unproven, says Donny Moore, EA Sports’ Madden NFL Ratings Czar (he has that on his business card). Newton, the number one overall pick, didn’t exactly have the Czar’s toes a’tapping at first. Cam didn’t crack Madden’s list of the top ten rookies. As we’ve learned from Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s, people who come up with ratings don’t always get it right. Before this week, Newton’s best attribute, according to Madden ’12, was his throwing power (94). His weakest was awareness (49). Yesterday, Newton won rave reviews for his poise. He hit his targets consistently, completing 24 of 37 passes. Moore says Newton’s accuracy rating will go up across the board. Madden ’12 will now consider him to be a better quarterback than Donovan McNabb. All of this surprised the Czar and EA Sports’ team of guys who sit around, week after week, digesting statistics and watching football to diagnose how good NFL players really are. “I think people were expecting [Newton’s] ground game to lead the way,” said Moore. “And then we all went 'whoa,' this guy is looking like a legit passing quarterback.” Moore calls Newton’s four-point jump “significant.” He’s not the only guy whose ratings went up. Steve Smith, who caught two touchdown passes and picked up 178 yards on Sunday, will go from 89 to 91. Wide receiver Brandon LaFell’s rating will increase from 71 to 73. The biggest ratings jumps tend to go to unproven players who prove themselves. Houston’s Arian Foster was a fourth-string running back last year before he exploded on to the scene. Over the course of the season, his Madden rating went from a 67 to a 92."

http://www.wcnc.com/sports/football/Madden-12-We-may-have-underestimated-Cam-Newton-129680748.html

9/12/2011 5:14:27 PM

Further proof that the ratings systems for games are a complete joke

Quote :

"Moore got his job by winning an NCAA Football 2000 tournament on the Playstation. EA Sports saw him play, and decided to hire him as a tester. "

[Edited on September 12, 2011 at 5:38 PM. Reason : Hey this guy is good at the game, lets let him decide the ratings for 1500 players!]

9/12/2011 5:37:02 PM

i think anyone who devotes that much time to a video game is a complete joke.

[Edited on September 12, 2011 at 8:33 PM. Reason : meaning NCAA football/Madden to the point where you're in a national tournament]

9/12/2011 8:32:59 PM

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"Cool stat I just saw on ESPN, Tom Brady has never thrown 422+ yards in his entire career."

and that stat is no longer true. brady must have caught wind of the article.

9/13/2011 11:54:42 AM

Class Act

Quote :

"To say that I was overwhelmed by the swamp of text messages and mentions on Twitter would be an understatement. Before the game was even over, my phone literally would not stop buzzing, to the point where I just had to turn it off. So I wanted to respond to everyone, and I decided a blog here would probably be the best way to do that. In my opinion, there are three things that define someone’s life: spirituality, family and career. It’s amazing the amount of time we spend in our lives dedicated to our career. It’s almost like you work to live and live to work. There’s a huge distinction between athletes and other people who are just as dedicated to their profession. People always wonder how someone could put their body through so much torture, and really, it defines you. Steve Jobs and the Zuckermans of the world can all relate to doing more than what’s expected, or doing what the common person wouldn’t do, to be successful. Those types of people never look back, they just look forward. There’s no plateau for them. Simply put, it’s the difference between good and great. One of my favorite quotes is from Martin Luther King, who said, “A man is not fit to live if he hasn’t found something that he’ll die for.” Obviously, it’s not on the same scale, but I think everyone should have something in their life that is vital to them. If I had to do it all over again, and go into that game with my Achilles injury, I would. Because football defines who I am. Sometimes you have to do something that you’ve never done to get something you’ve never had. The motivating factor is simple for me. To win, and not fear failure. These setbacks and obstacles are all a part of it. Nothing worth attaining comes easy, and I know that. I’m convinced I did everything in my power to play the game I love. That’s why today I can’t say I’m mad or upset, because I went at it with everything I had just to contribute for the team. A lot of people say, hey, he rushed back too soon. But actually, I didn’t. I told my teammates and myself that I would only play if I could help the team. I felt ready to do that. Myself and the Panthers’ medical staff were convinced that I was healthy enough to play in the opener versus the Cardinals. To have something so important taken away from you is a tough pill to swallow. But all I can do now is focus on the future, have the surgery, rehab and come back with a vengeance. That’s my goal and that’s all I have to hang my hat on now. The goal will never change. I’m still focused on winning a Super Bowl, being the best player I can be and leaving my mark on the game as a guy who never quit. Though I will be out of sight and out of mind for a long time, know that I’m working extremely hard to not just be back, but to come back better than ever. I just want to thank the fans for their support and ask that you continue to stand by the Panthers as we build something special here in Charlotte."

9/13/2011 5:00:14 PM

anyone going to the Vikings game OCT 30th??

9/13/2011 5:03:16 PM

thought it was a Cam Newton letter till I got to the part about the Achilles lol

9/13/2011 5:10:04 PM

me too, haha

9/13/2011 5:12:31 PM

Quote :

"anyone going to the Vikings game OCT 30th??"

i'll be there

9/13/2011 5:54:55 PM

Ill be there....but i'll be wearing purple

9/13/2011 6:05:00 PM

I'd hate to have to rock purple all the time

9/13/2011 7:16:28 PM

so i'm going to my first panthers games this year. kinda want to get a jersey beforehand... and recommendations on places to check them out in raleigh?

9/13/2011 8:34:36 PM

i, too, thought cam wrote that until I saw "achilles"

9/13/2011 8:43:33 PM

ebay for jerseys

9/13/2011 8:57:50 PM

<a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/video?vid=5589891a-5e5c-4994-a29e-f5d2bae40708" target="_new" title="">Coach Speak: Coaching Cam</a>

9/14/2011 11:53:49 AM

This was the play right before Peterson's return

Not saying he takes it all the way, but just look at all that green grass

9/15/2011 10:58:52 AM

NFL admits that the Marshall 'roughing the passer' penalty shouldn't have been called (the one that erased the interception)

9/15/2011 11:00:47 AM

Cam is more of a Megatron than Megatron.

9/15/2011 11:29:44 AM

Ron Pitts and Jim Mora, Jr. for Sundays game

9/15/2011 12:03:09 PM

there were at least 3 shoestring tackles on Cam last week that saved big runs

9/15/2011 12:19:46 PM

He needs to get his feet up and high step it a bit more when he's taking off for a run.

9/15/2011 12:41:18 PM

Otah (concussion) out on Sunday

what a career

9/15/2011 12:45:25 PM

Saves us at least two false starts

9/15/2011 2:53:59 PM

Frank Garcia was straight up calling him out on the radio at lunch today

9/15/2011 3:05:38 PM

Cool

9/15/2011 3:12:30 PM

That's one of the best produced game recaps I've ever seen, amateur or professional.

9/15/2011 4:33:12 PM

somewhere in the 3rd quarter when Cam was dropping back to pass, I felt safe. i wanted the camera man to pan out immediately so i could see the open receiver because I never felt like he was throwing to someone who was covered.

i haven't felt like that with a Panthers team in forever...it felt like watching ncstate last year with The One.

9/15/2011 4:56:20 PM

Anyone got a stream for today's game? The Twitters are quiet on this front.

9/18/2011 1:03:13 PM

this is awesome.

9/18/2011 1:06:47 PM

Cam newton looks sharp

9/18/2011 1:07:53 PM

wow

and a nice touchdown, too!

[Edited on September 18, 2011 at 1:09 PM. Reason : argh, wtf, penalties]

9/18/2011 1:09:06 PM

G-REG!

Wait...well fuck

9/18/2011 1:09:44 PM

Shitty stream http://castamp.com/channel/mj1809112

9/18/2011 1:09:59 PM

DANG IT ALL

9/18/2011 1:10:38 PM

Cam's making it look easy.

9/18/2011 1:10:59 PM

rookies aren't supposed to be this composed

9/18/2011 1:13:29 PM

wow...nice pass and catch.

9/18/2011 1:14:36 PM

hmmmmm

9/18/2011 1:15:44 PM

wow.. I thought Newton was supposed to be some sort of neanderthal

9/18/2011 1:16:02 PM

impressed as hell

9/18/2011 1:16:48 PM

football sure is a funny game

9/18/2011 1:18:17 PM

hahaha Cam "Let's go mother...."

9/18/2011 1:18:28 PM

I am going to name my firstborn Camnewton

9/18/2011 1:18:40 PM

Maybe this isn't gonna turn out to be a waste of a number one draft pick after all

9/18/2011 1:19:56 PM

WE'RE GOIN TO THE SUPERBOWL

9/18/2011 1:20:56 PM

Packers fucking suck

9/18/2011 1:21:25 PM

Cam Newton forced that fumble with his mind

9/18/2011 1:21:54 PM

Cam Newton is your Daniel Evans

Enjoy the ride, jerks

9/18/2011 1:22:23 PM