NFL COMBINE: Cam Newton throws poorly
Auburn quarterback Cam Newton responds to a question during a news conference during the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
(UPDATE)
INDIANAPOLIS – Of the top quarterbacks, Ryan Mallett (Arkansas) had the best day throwing the football on Sunday.
He displayed the strongest arm and was accurate in the first session.
Jake Locker (Washington) also had a solid day.
In the second session, Cam Newton (Auburn) had some shaky mechanics and that led to some wild passes. He was dropping back too slow and then rushing his passes. He was wildly off the mark on three straight passes on 10-yard out routes.
Overall, Newton completed 11 of 21 passes after helping out receivers in the across-the-field gauntlet pass-catching drill.
Newton was two-for-three on deep post-corner routes, his best throws of the day.
T.J. Yates (North Carolina, Pope) had a strong showing and threw his deep passes with accuracy.
” This is when we really get a chance to evaluate these guys and see what they can do,” Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt said. “You never know. We have a guy we got in the fifth round last year, John Skelton that we are excited about. He has a good arm and did some good things for us, but he felt the pressure to be successful and win even though he was a fifth-round pick.
“It comes down to how you evaluate these players and how you think they will fit your team.”
Check out Auburn’s Cam Newton run the 40-yard dash.
–D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Falcons beat blog
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70 comments Add your comment
The Falcons
February 28th, 2011
7:47 am
Topp Dogg. Thinking exam??? I believe all exams require thinking. So what exam are you talking about. Oh, you mean the wonderlic test.
Dan
February 28th, 2011
7:47 am
See make fun of Mark Richt all you want but hey looks like he was right? Newon should have been a Tight End!
What good is a QB that can’t throw in the NFL?
Real Problem
February 28th, 2011
8:37 am
Just hope he gets drafted well before Falcons pick….will free up a real football player for us to choose from. Redskins are so stupid…..they will probably draft the Real Problem. If Mark Ingram’s 4.62 forty drops him in the draft I hope the Falcons pounce on him.
Buckeye
February 28th, 2011
8:45 am
What impressed me overall watching bits and pieces of the Combine was the overall athleticism and physics of these 21/22 year olds.
Only a handful of these guys will become NFL stars, most won’t be in the league 2-3 years from now.
Otherwise, what an informercial for Under Armor. I’m running out today and picking up the skin tights so I can measure my G-force getting off the couch!.
Oz
February 28th, 2011
8:51 am
The only way Cam will be a success in the NFL is if the team he plays for moves him to TE. Can you imagine an athlete like that playing the TE position like Clark does for the Colts?
MikeP
February 28th, 2011
9:13 am
“It’ll be a shock if Newton isn’t the first guy picked,” NFL.com guru, and longtime Dallas Cowboys official, Gil Brandt said. “We all know about the ability, the skills he has. He has a chance to be great.”
Cam Newton is a great leader, teammates and fans love him and he’s plenty smart enough for the job. It took him only a short time to figure out how to run Gus Malzhon’s complicated offense. He hung 49 points on Georgia. ‘Nuff said.
DC
February 28th, 2011
9:28 am
Mullet can throw in this kind of situation…that has never been questioned…but put him on the run..and he starts throwing off that back heel and let the high throws and interceptions rain in…im not impressed with him..
As far as Cam is concerned, He doesn’t need to start out of the gates..I think 1-2 years is a given..he needs to be molded and I don’t think that will be hard..he is an athlete and he will make things happen…oh and people saying he has better mechanics than people are giving him credit..
Josh McDaniels
February 28th, 2011
10:46 am
I’m going to draft him in the first round.
Sid
February 28th, 2011
11:01 am
Yes Carolina, you need Cam Newton……………………..
Insider
February 28th, 2011
12:50 pm
Breaking news this week about Auburn and severe probations exposed !
Outsider
February 28th, 2011
1:28 pm
You Bulldog fans are such haters. If Cam Newton went to Georgia and put up the same numbers and won a national title you punks would have renamed the school in his honor. Get off your high horse pooch pumpers.
Outsider
February 28th, 2011
1:37 pm
Enough with hating on Cam Newton for his “entertainer and icon” comment. First of all, watching him play was extremely entertaining. Second, the numbers he put and the awards he racked up were iconic. Noone else will come close to his stats. 30 pass tds and 20 run tds???? Those are crazy numbers. You don’t have to like him, but you have to respect the numbers and atheletic ability.
MikeP
February 28th, 2011
2:27 pm
Pretty good article about Cam Newton’s personal traits:
http://auburn.247sports.com/Article/Phillips-blog-The-real-Cam-Newton-16575
MikeP
February 28th, 2011
2:36 pm
Insider
February 28th, 2011
12:50 pm
“Breaking news this week about Auburn and severe probations exposed !”
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Oh puhleeze! First the day you describe was going to be the Thursday before the Auburn/UGA game. Then the Wednesday before the Auburn/bammer game. Next it was to be the Friday before the SEC game, then for some odd reason December 22. Christmas present?
Then it was going to be the Wednesday before the BCS game, then January 31st was supposed to be the magic day. Now it’s this week? Bwahahahaha!
Auburn and Cam Newton did nothing wrong. The day you are drooling about is not going to happen. You would do well to find another fantasy. Every time another one of these “days” passes, Auburn beats you again.
John
February 28th, 2011
3:05 pm
headley lamar…The Patroits run their offense out of the shotgun 90% of the time.
John
February 28th, 2011
3:08 pm
Outsider…You are correct, if Georgia fans wish they had Cam. Mark Richt will be the only SEC head coach that hasn’t won the title, and that hurts them deep inside. Misery loves company….
John
February 28th, 2011
3:10 pm
Dan…they had to teach Tebow to throw. What’s the difference if they had to coach up Cam? …other than color of skin?
Delbert D.
February 28th, 2011
3:28 pm
Matt Cassel was a 7th round pick who never played a snap as a QB at Southern Cal.
John
February 28th, 2011
4:52 pm
If Aarron Murray cracked 30 pass tds and 20 run tds in the SEC, Georgia fans would make him Governor. Cam did it against Alabama, LSU, South Carolina, Florida… the top tier defenses, AM loses to Colorado (with A.J. Greene) Until you name another QB to put up those numbers on those teams, his stats are ICONIC…no one else has done it! Furthermore, he is entertaining too…check the T.V ratings when he plays…they speak for themself.
$cam Newton is an imbecile and will be a bust
February 28th, 2011
8:13 pm
yep