[chessplayer]

Cam Newton's career is going to be all downhill unless he grows up. His team can be losing 40-0, and if he scores a TD he immediateley goes into his Superman routine. And if he doesn't score, he sits with a towel over his head and pouts. Even his team mates are getting fed up with him.

[Carl LaFong]

Isn’t this exactly what Rush Limbaugh said about Donovan McNabb and subsequently had his butt fried by the left-media hive and co-ownership of an NFL franchise denied?

[circlecity]

I believe Rush Limbaugh made essentially this same point years ago and was widely vilified for it.

[trisham]

I remember watching Newton at the combine. I thought that he was an athlete with extraordinary physical talent, but with a weak character. It also appears that he is lacking in leadership ability, since he seems not to consider himself as part of a team.

[wolfman23601]

I hate the Redskins, but have to admit RGIII is looking solid. Problem is, can he stay healthy?

[Cowboy Bob]

Black quarterbacks in the NFL are as successful as Black Presidents in the USA.

But the MSM LOVES them both!

[PermaRag]

Progress is being made, however: Newton cried like a baby after last week’s game, so Carolina fired the white GM who drafted Newton.

Also, a subject more taboo than anything Rush (who was right about Donobun and his media fanboys) ever said, is the issue of intelligence.

Of course it takes more than smarts to be an NFL QB, otherwise Ryan Fitzpatrick would be on his way to the Hall of Fame, but it takes far more than just being an “aff-weet” too.

Wonderlic tests aren’t exactly IQ tests, but IQ tests aren’t allowed to be used in the NFL because liberals say the tests discriminate — whch they do; they discriminate against the stupid. Most positions in the NFL can get by with being staffed by brawn instead of brains, but not QB. Not yet, anyway.

Despite the NFL’s every attempt to redesign the QB position to favor “aff-weets” over players who actually know how to read a defense, lead an offense, call an audible, and make good decisions with the ball instead of panicking, teams are FAR better off with a QB who has brains and enough athletic ability to get the job done, over the... other kind of quarterback.

[Antoninus]

Yup. We've got Mike Vick in the bubble here in Philly. No matter how many times he turns the ball over, no matter how many games he costs us due to bad decisions with the football, you can count on a flock of defenders cropping up to insist he's an elite QB. At this stage in his career, Vick is average, at best, and on the decline. The praise of his defenders is so effusive as to be ridiculous.

Let's get real, people. What makes a Hall of Fame QB isn't running with the football. It's a strong arm, accuracy, quick decision-making, a quick release, the ability to read defenses, nimble feet in the pocket, and the toughness to take the big hit when necessary and not cough up the ball. Running is a plus, but if you can't consistently do all of the above, you can run all you want--you'll never be one of the greats.

[Night Hides Not]

Newton's going through the same thing that happened to Tony Romo: he's been exposed. Defensive coordinators throughout the NFL spent countless hours analyzing game film during the offseason. His flaws have been isolated, and the defensive game plans have been developed to take advantage of his weaknesses.

All NFL QB's have to keep working on their game, or they will not survive.