Panthers’ Newton spreads ball to 9-0
Other than the Carolina Panthers’ quarterback, Cam Newton, being in the news for all of the wrong reasons, nobody cares about his play, they care about all his other actions, the Panthers have a lot of passing statistics that need to be looked at going into week 11.
Not necessarily wrong reasons Newton is in the news, it is more of the reasons that the media and fans are trying to pick something wrong out with Cam because they do not expect him to have led the Panthers to a 9-0 record with the wide receivers he has.
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Newton is making magic happen with the following bunch of wide receivers after Kelvin Benjamin went down with a torn ACL in training camp.
Since nobody expected Cam to do so well with these receivers, they have to monitor everything Cam does to find a flaw, which is so out of line.
The following chart is courtesy of the Carolina Panthers’ web site http://www.panthers.com/team/statistics.html
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | YDS/REC | LONG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Olsen | 45 | 664 | 14.8 | 52 | 5 |
| Ted Ginn | 25 | 408 | 16.3 | 55 | 3 |
| Corey Brown | 17 | 233 | 13.7 | 39 | 3 |
| Jerricho Cotchery | 15 | 196 | 13.1 | 59 | 1 |
| Devin Funchess | 12 | 202 | 16.8 | 52 | 1 |
| Ed Dickson | 11 | 90 | 8.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Mike Tolbert | 9 | 96 | 10.7 | 40 | 1 |
| Jonathan Stewart | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 9 | 0 |
| Fozzy Whittaker | 6 | 48 | 8 | 15 | 0 |
| Brenton Bersin | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 30 | 0 |
So when you look at the above names, you can easily see that Greg Olsen leads the Panthers in receptions,
Nov 15, 2015; Nashville, TN, USA; Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen (88) comes up short as he dives for the goal line against Tennessee Titans free safety Michael Griffin (33) during the first half at Nissan Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jim Brown-USA TODAY Sports
yards and touchdowns. This is no surprise, as Olsen is Cam’s security blanket. But, Olsen is considered a tight end, so essentially, you have to take him out of this equation.
Or do you have to take Olsen out? The list also has Ed Dickson, another tight end, and running backs Mike Tolbert, Jonathan Stewart and Fozzy Whittaker.
Plus, if you look at the top five leading players, it could be said that the ball has been equally distributed.
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Narrow it down and what it tells you is that Cam has distributed the ball to all of his weapons for the success of him and the Panthers in getting to 9-0.
So back off from bashing Cam, praise him for using his complete team.