Live from Falcons-Panthers: Is Cam still Carolina’s man?
Cam Newton: Is the gifted quarterback the Panthers' leader or a man apart? (AP photo)
The Cam Newton backlash has begun, as if on cue. The man who was going to elevate the woebegone Carolina Panthers, similar to the way he’d lifted the Auburn Tigers on high, has been the subject of much criticism for his play and, most especially, his demeanor.
Cam takes losses hard. When you’re the team leader, you can’t take losses so hard that you depress the rest of the team. (This tends to lead, as night follows day, to more losing.) The wide receiver Steve Smith upbraided Newton on the sideline during the fourth quarter of Carolina’s awful Thursday-night loss to the Giants, and in the 10 days since that has become the talk of the Queen City.
(Side note: Charlotte is known as the Queen City. So is Cincinnati.)
About the Falcons: They’ve looked as good as any team in the league. They should win today. But Cam is capable of extraordinary things. One of his best days came in this building in December 2010. Which isn’t to say I’m picking Cam’s team to win 56-17 today. I like the Falcons by 10.
Whatever happens, I’ll be here to watch, comment and converse. I hope you’ll join me. And I thank you, as ever, in advance.
By Mark Bradley
Tell us what you think about the site
Customer Care »
Vacation stops, manage subscriptions and more
AJC Services
Sections
Other Editions
Visitor Agreement | Privacy Statement
© 2013 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
1,070 comments Add your comment
Choke full of vomit
September 30th, 2012
6:46 pm
You ain’t hurt’n no feel’ns here give it up dude, give it up.
Eric C.
September 30th, 2012
6:47 pm
Cam Newton and the Carolina D brought there A games, the Falcons stumbled and still won, good job.
Choke full of vomit
September 30th, 2012
6:50 pm
Choke, wouldn’t touch that as often you like that kind of thing, you got vomit all over it. The more you on here, the more you choke’n yourself man.
Choke full of vomit
September 30th, 2012
6:55 pm
Chokey, Chokey, is sound’n like a cricket himself, he must’ve took his bottom lip pulled over his head & swallowed, man poor feller, he swallowed & choke’n
Answer this
September 30th, 2012
6:59 pm
And BTW Choke…I am as black as you are….I am a Mike Vck fan …….but I am and will always be a Falcon fan first! So when he left I was still a Falcon fan! In the past, now and in the future! Like I said before in good times and bad times I will always be a Falcon fan! So you stink because you dont respect that Nation!
Answer this
September 30th, 2012
7:04 pm
You stilk whistling JSS?! Lol. Told you who would be whistling at the end!
Please go back and check my original post…..told all you haters Turner would be BIG TODAY( before the game started and during the game early! )I also told you haters this would be a UGA /UT type of game! Right again! We are the Nation…..what is it this week? We let Cam do this? It was Carolina? Come on lets here it!
P Rose
September 30th, 2012
7:14 pm
Noodle Arm?
Matt “Choke” Ryan?
How about a 65-yard BOMB — noodle??
With a minute left to win the game — choke??
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Answer this
September 30th, 2012
7:20 pm
And BTW I got one name chump! You no credit giving loser! Hahahahahahah
Skeptic
September 30th, 2012
7:20 pm
Wake me up when Matt Ryan wins a playoff game.
phil
September 30th, 2012
7:24 pm
You thought the replacement refs messed up on GB?
That call right there was much worse….wow.
phil
September 30th, 2012
7:25 pm
Any Brees sack is a great thing!
LakeDawg
September 30th, 2012
7:30 pm
Who wishes we still had Vick now?
Back 2 The Brown Paper Bags
September 30th, 2012
7:42 pm
Jeremiah Wright
September 30th, 2012
8:23 pm
JSS…………….Alinsky……………..period
Only one winless team left in NFC
September 30th, 2012
8:32 pm
Has anyone seen Seen This B4 today?
Panic fan
September 30th, 2012
9:13 pm
What has happened to this blog page has been going on for the past several years now This will not change due to the fact that they (theAJC)allows it not so sure THEY are not the ones with all the names we have seen (yes before) ( yes choke) FALCONS FAN SINCE1971 AND NOTHING U SAY HERE WILL CHANGE THE FACT THAT FALCONS ARE 4-0
JSS
October 1st, 2012
12:32 am
Panic…
You guys are trying to beat a dead horse… You’ve aligned yourself with a bunch of fringe fans who can’t having been defeated and are like a thirsty fools in the desert coming upon a mirage of an oasis… They’ll get their fill of eating sand eventually… Too immature to blog without adult supervision, sad indeed…
Choke needs to apologize
October 1st, 2012
1:00 am
All that talking and then silence. As soon as the Falcons lose their first game you’ll be on here like I told you so. Worry about your team and stay off the blog k thanks
JSS
October 1st, 2012
8:18 am
Choke needs to apologize
October 1st, 2012
1:00 am
All that talking and then silence. As soon as the Falcons lose their first game you’ll be on here like I told you so. Worry about your team and stay off the blog
You guys have no shame…
P Rose
October 1st, 2012
9:27 am
Matt “CHOKE” Ryan
September 30th, 2012
4:44 pm
Hey what’s up with Smith hitting that Black coach?
Hey Choke — this is FOOTBALL, son. This is a sport for men. Guys are going to get pushed around some. If you can’t stomach the violence, watch women’s tennis instead.