Mad props to Cam Newton

Cam is the real deal.

It's still way too soon to be saying that, just as it would be to claim he's a bust if he were doing bad.

It's still way too soon to be saying that, just as it would be to claim he's a bust if he were doing bad.

True, 8 games is too soon to make an absolute statement, but if we changed the discussion to about Cam Newton's likeliness/probabilityto succeed, well, the outlook looks extremely bright.

He had another phenomenal game at the expense of the Redskins. I gave it up for him in the game day thread.

It's still way too soon to be saying that, just as it would be to claim he's a bust if he were doing bad.

I think it's completely fair to look at what he's done so far and come away impressed. Especially for a rookie QB coming in with a shortened offseason. He's much better than anyone really expected him to be at this point. If he keeps working at improving, the sky's the limit for him.

I figured an NFL record 400 yards passing in his NFL debut was worth it's on thread. I'll say I was one to call him a total bust but now I think this dude could be for real. Yes it's only one game but that's a damn good sign for panthers fans.

Half these props need to go to Haslett for his conservative scared game plan...

I think it's completely fair to look at what he's done so far and come away impressed. Especially for a rookie QB coming in with a shortened offseason. He's much better than anyone really expected him to be at this point. If he keeps working at improving, the sky's the limit for him.

I think his second year is going to be the true indicator. He's a new QB in a new offense in which nobody has game film on. As far as what he's done so far, I'd say it's very impressive to say the least. The guy still runs way too much at this point and it's eventually going to catch up with him. He took some shots yesterday he had no business taking as a QB.

I better Cam Newton jerseys will be flying off the shelf this Christmas, and rightly so, he has been impressive so far.

Half these props need to go to Haslett for his conservative scared game plan...

I liked the game plan, the execution just sucked in the 2nd half. Earlier in the week I was thinking they would blitz him a lot, but as Aikman said rookie qb's are more likely to run & he is dangerous. So, they played for coverage & made him make the right reads. He just so happened to do that most of the time.

I was just disappointed that in the 2nd half we didn't get any pressure w/the 4 or 5 man rush. Doherty blitzed a couple times off the edge but they picked it up easily.

A couple guys had their worst games IMO. Namely Landry & Rak. Rak was shut down for the most part, his sack was on a play he was unblocked. Landry didn't get off many blocks all game.

I liked the game plan, the execution just sucked in the 2nd half. Earlier in the week I was thinking they would blitz him a lot, but as Aikman said rookie qb's are more likely to run & he is dangerous. So, they played for coverage & made him make the right reads. He just so happened to do that most of the time.

I was just disappointed that in the 2nd half we didn't get any pressure w/the 4 or 5 man rush. Doherty blitzed a couple times off the edge but they picked it up easily.

A couple guys had their worst games IMO. Namely Landry & Rak. Rak was shut down for the most part, his sack was on a play he was unblocked. Landry didn't get off many blocks all game.

I hated the game plan. And I have not blamed coaching for anything since Shanny got here. That soft lay back defense is not the idenity they are building here. it took all the life out of them. How do you let a rookie dictate what kind of game your gonna call? He should have been blitzed on every other play so that he could never get comforatable back there. And frankly...the Redskins CB's are not good enough for the kind of game plan he tried to use. Without pressure and the ball coming out quick those guys are cooked...TERRIBLE job by Haslett.

I think his second year is going to be the true indicator. He's a new QB in a new offense in which nobody has game film on. As far as what he's done so far, I'd say it's very impressive to say the least. The guy still runs way too much at this point and it's eventually going to catch up with him. He took some shots yesterday he had no business taking as a QB.

We're going into week 8 now, I think it's safe to say there's some film out there on him.