SACTOBILLSFAN Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Why do they compare him to Russel? Russel is nowhere near the athlete Newton is. My guess, as sad as it is....he's black. I'd take Newton over any QB in this draft not named Luck. Not sure what other reason, other than the color of his skin, that he doesn't get the respect. He's got size, strength, speed, sees the rush coming and decent touch on his passes. He may not be the most polished "passer", but he's nowhere near where jamarcus was in college, he's much better. I'm not a big fan of Newton, but I do think he's got a good chance to help a team win in the nfl. You mean how every white receiver is now compared to Wes Welker and before him Ed McCaffery? If I had a dollar for everytime Jordan Shipley was compared to Welker I'd have a **** load of dollars. The race thing is tired. Newton to Russell on the other hand has more to do with great athletic ability questionable character and a huge arm. I think cam is a better QB than Russell but he has question marks but there are some similarities. In fact, Jamarcus had better stats as a passer the season before he came out Jamarcus 67.8 comp % 3129 yards 28 TD 8 INT Cam 67.1 comp % 2589 yards 28 TD 6 INT Yup racism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuntheDamnBall Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 You mean how every white receiver is now compared to Wes Welker and before him Ed McCaffery? If I had a dollar for everytime Jordan Shipley was compared to Welker I'd have a **** load of dollars. The race thing is tired. Newton to Russell on the other hand has more to do with great athletic ability questionable character and a huge arm. I think cam is a better QB than Russell but he has question marks but there are some similarities. In fact, Jamarcus had better stats as a passer the season before he came out Jamarcus 67.8 comp % 3129 yards 28 TD 8 INT Cam 67.1 comp % 2589 yards 28 TD 6 INT Yup racism. This. It has to do with his size and attributes, and knocks on his character. I wouldn't, for example, compare him to McNabb, who I think has had a fine career but is really much more of a pocket passer, or Vick, who I think is more elusive and less of a "tough to bring down" kind of guy. Newton might even be more of a "Roethlisberger with better arm" player. Regardless, I just see question marks and they mostly owe to the fact he's had just one year of starts in a D1 program. Don't think that that doesn't give Nix pause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 Newton reminds me a lot of Randall Cunningham, who was incredibly talented, but took time to mature as an NFL QB. To me he's a bit like Spiller. He could be a key piece of the puzzle - but which puzzle are they putting together at OBD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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