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HOT SPORTS TAKES - A man who won't stand for the anthem is an act that we as Americans shouldn't stand for (1 Viewer)

This ####in guy :lmao:

@JonHeymanCBS: cespedes may be the fastest man in baseball. some other contenders: jarrod dyson, peter bourjos, mike trout

@JonHeymanCBS: alex gordon: best LF in MLB (maybe ever) #royals

 
Eric Hosmer is the best firstbaseman to ever make an error in the 8th inning or later in a World Series game. We know this, but what we don't know is the feeling of pure joy Hosmer felt after Gordon tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, forever removing the horns from the goat.

 
Courtesy of Joe Buck

"This is when baseball is at its best. Game on the line, guy on the mound with a ball in his hands, a guy at the plate with a bat in his hands. May the best man win."

 
"The Mets have nothing to hold their head downs for, except they didn't play that well and they gave away this World Series"--Frank Thomas

 
In between posting pictures of her hand-knitted Barbie cozies to Pinterest, this Mom churns out takes so hot that nuclear fusion happens spontaneously in paragraph 3.



Tennesee Titans fan Rosemary Plorin of Nashville attended Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers with her fourth-grade daughter. On Monday, she sent us this note she wrote to Panthers’ quarterback Cam Newton:

Dear Mr. Newton,


Congratulations on your win in Nashville today. Our team played well, but yours played better. Kudos to the Panthers organization.

That game happened to be my nine year old daughter’s first live NFL experience. She was surprised to see so many Panthers’ fans sitting in our section of the stadium; that doesn’t happen much at fourth grade football games. And she was excited we were near the end zone, so we would be close to the “action,” particularly in the second half.


Because of where we sat, we had a close up view of your conduct in the fourth quarter. The chest puffs. The pelvic thrusts. The arrogant struts and the ‘in your face’ taunting of both the Titans’ players and fans. We saw it all.

I refuse to believe you don’t realize you are a role model. You are paid millions of dollars every week to play hard and be a leader. In the off season you’re expected to make appearances, support charities, and inspire young kids to pursue your sport and all sports. With everything the NFL has gone through in recent years, I’m confident they have advised that you are, by virtue of your position and career choice, a role model.

And because you are a role model, your behavior brought out like behavior in the stands. Some of the Panthers fans in our section began taunting the hometown fans. Many Titans fans booed you, a few offering instructive, but not necessarily family friendly, suggestions as to how you might change your behavior.

My daughter sensed the change immediately – and started asking questions. Won’t he get in trouble for doing that? Is he trying to make people mad? Do you think he knows he looks like a spoiled brat?


I didn’t have great answers for her, and honestly, in an effort to minimize your negative impact and what was otherwise a really fun day, I redirected her attention to the cheerleaders and mascot.

I could tell she was still thinking about it as we boarded a shuttle back to our car. “I guess he doesn’t have kids or a Mom at home watching the game,” she added.

I don’t know about your family life Mr. Newton, but I think I’m safe in saying thousands of kids watch you every week. You have amazing talent and an incredible platform to be a role model for them. Unfortunately, what you modeled for them today was egotism, arrogance and poor sportsmanship.

Is that what your coaches and mentors modeled for you, Mr. Newton?

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article45163665.html#storylink=cpy
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Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
In between posting pictures of her hand-knitted Barbie cozies to Pinterest, this Mom churns out takes so hot that nuclear fusion happens spontaneously in paragraph 3.



Tennesee Titans fan Rosemary Plorin of Nashville attended Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers with her fourth-grade daughter. On Monday, she sent us this note she wrote to Panthers’ quarterback Cam Newton:

Dear Mr. Newton,


Congratulations on your win in Nashville today. Our team played well, but yours played better. Kudos to the Panthers organization.

That game happened to be my nine year old daughter’s first live NFL experience. She was surprised to see so many Panthers’ fans sitting in our section of the stadium; that doesn’t happen much at fourth grade football games. And she was excited we were near the end zone, so we would be close to the “action,” particularly in the second half.


Because of where we sat, we had a close up view of your conduct in the fourth quarter. The chest puffs. The pelvic thrusts. The arrogant struts and the ‘in your face’ taunting of both the Titans’ players and fans. We saw it all.

I refuse to believe you don’t realize you are a role model. You are paid millions of dollars every week to play hard and be a leader. In the off season you’re expected to make appearances, support charities, and inspire young kids to pursue your sport and all sports. With everything the NFL has gone through in recent years, I’m confident they have advised that you are, by virtue of your position and career choice, a role model.

And because you are a role model, your behavior brought out like behavior in the stands. Some of the Panthers fans in our section began taunting the hometown fans. Many Titans fans booed you, a few offering instructive, but not necessarily family friendly, suggestions as to how you might change your behavior.

My daughter sensed the change immediately – and started asking questions. Won’t he get in trouble for doing that? Is he trying to make people mad? Do you think he knows he looks like a spoiled brat?


I didn’t have great answers for her, and honestly, in an effort to minimize your negative impact and what was otherwise a really fun day, I redirected her attention to the cheerleaders and mascot.

I could tell she was still thinking about it as we boarded a shuttle back to our car. “I guess he doesn’t have kids or a Mom at home watching the game,” she added.

I don’t know about your family life Mr. Newton, but I think I’m safe in saying thousands of kids watch you every week. You have amazing talent and an incredible platform to be a role model for them. Unfortunately, what you modeled for them today was egotism, arrogance and poor sportsmanship.

Is that what your coaches and mentors modeled for you, Mr. Newton?

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article45163665.html#storylink=cpy
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That's the cherry on the top of this molten hot take. Can't have the black man pelvic thrust, but those cheerleaders are AOK.

 
Sammy3469 said:
Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
In between posting pictures of her hand-knitted Barbie cozies to Pinterest, this Mom churns out takes so hot that nuclear fusion happens spontaneously in paragraph 3.



Tennesee Titans fan Rosemary Plorin of Nashville attended Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers with her fourth-grade daughter. On Monday, she sent us this note she wrote to Panthers’ quarterback Cam Newton:

Dear Mr. Newton,


Congratulations on your win in Nashville today. Our team played well, but yours played better. Kudos to the Panthers organization.

That game happened to be my nine year old daughter’s first live NFL experience. She was surprised to see so many Panthers’ fans sitting in our section of the stadium; that doesn’t happen much at fourth grade football games. And she was excited we were near the end zone, so we would be close to the “action,” particularly in the second half.


Because of where we sat, we had a close up view of your conduct in the fourth quarter. The chest puffs. The pelvic thrusts. The arrogant struts and the ‘in your face’ taunting of both the Titans’ players and fans. We saw it all.

I refuse to believe you don’t realize you are a role model. You are paid millions of dollars every week to play hard and be a leader. In the off season you’re expected to make appearances, support charities, and inspire young kids to pursue your sport and all sports. With everything the NFL has gone through in recent years, I’m confident they have advised that you are, by virtue of your position and career choice, a role model.

And because you are a role model, your behavior brought out like behavior in the stands. Some of the Panthers fans in our section began taunting the hometown fans. Many Titans fans booed you, a few offering instructive, but not necessarily family friendly, suggestions as to how you might change your behavior.

My daughter sensed the change immediately – and started asking questions. Won’t he get in trouble for doing that? Is he trying to make people mad? Do you think he knows he looks like a spoiled brat?


I didn’t have great answers for her, and honestly, in an effort to minimize your negative impact and what was otherwise a really fun day, I redirected her attention to the cheerleaders and mascot.

I could tell she was still thinking about it as we boarded a shuttle back to our car. “I guess he doesn’t have kids or a Mom at home watching the game,” she added.

I don’t know about your family life Mr. Newton, but I think I’m safe in saying thousands of kids watch you every week. You have amazing talent and an incredible platform to be a role model for them. Unfortunately, what you modeled for them today was egotism, arrogance and poor sportsmanship.

Is that what your coaches and mentors modeled for you, Mr. Newton?

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article45163665.html#storylink=cpy
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That's the cherry on the top of this molten hot take. Can't have the black man pelvic thrust, but those cheerleaders are AOK.
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I couldn't even find any pelvic thrusting in Newton's celebration. And believe me, I tried.

 
And he doesn't get paid millions of dollars every week.....

Any pics of this broad?

 
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Eric Hosmer is the best firstbaseman to ever make an error in the 8th inning or later in a World Series game. We know this, but what we don't know is the feeling of pure joy Hosmer felt after Gordon tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, forever removing the horns from the goat.
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Buckner IMHO

 
i had seen the clip of the dance but didn't see the part where a Titans player comes up to him and he keeps doing the dance in the dude's face. that's pretty awesome. some grade A trolling, wouldn't mind my kid seeing that imo.

 
Reminds me of my Brady take. I love re-reading this thread.

Premier said:
"Dad...did the Patriots really cheat?"

I immediately knew I had a problem when my 7-year-old son came down the stairs without his beloved Tom Brady jersey this morning.

"Well maybe Randy. The NFL is still looking into it. Nobody knows yet." I tried to explain the situation to him, but to be honest, I am not sure of the answers myself.

"But you said cheating is bad and cheaters never win. If cheating is bad, can I still root for Tom?"

My heart broke. You've finally gone too far New England. You've finally gone too far Bill and you've finally gone too far Tom. I hate to have to explain this to my kid. I mean, when does it stop being a game, and when does the NFL start to impact life lessons?

Welcome to the new reality for Roger Goodell, who is facing his worst crisis in his time as NFL commissioner. And as far as I can see, there is only one thing he can do:

After a decade of cheating, Goodell needs to blow Tom Brady and Bill Belichick out of the NFL.

That's right. Suspend the duo for the Super Bowl, if not more. You don't want to play by the rules? Then you need to teach them a lesson. Like I do with my son. You need to not let them play.

The proof that the Patriots are habitual cheaters has been there for years. From Spygate to deceptive play calls to deflating footballs so your QB can get a better grip...I mean, it's gone too far.

"But I don't want to root for Seattle daddy. They have mean players."

This is where the NFL is in 2015. On one side of the Super Bowl you have a loudmouthed, arrogant cornerback along with a running back who grabs his crotch every time he scores a touchdown. And on the other side you have a gang of cheaters who can't even go through one playoff run without having "-gate" added to the narrative.

"Dad when does baseball come back?"

That was the last thing my son said to me as I dropped him off at his mom's this morning. I told him in a few months, but the reality is, it's not soon enough.

Maybe we'll do something else Super Bowl Sunday. Maybe I'll take him bowling or to putt-putt and show him how to play fair in real life.

Because if the NFL isn't willing to be good role models, it's time to take the air out of their product.
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Naming a 7-year-old Patriots kid "Randy" is really my greatest moment IMO

And "as I dropped him off at his moms" :lmao:

Sorry for laughing at my own post. It's funny and I haven't read it in a while.

 
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TobiasFunke said:
Sammy3469 said:
Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
In between posting pictures of her hand-knitted Barbie cozies to Pinterest, this Mom churns out takes so hot that nuclear fusion happens spontaneously in paragraph 3.



Tennesee Titans fan Rosemary Plorin of Nashville attended Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers with her fourth-grade daughter. On Monday, she sent us this note she wrote to Panthers’ quarterback Cam Newton:

Dear Mr. Newton,


Congratulations on your win in Nashville today. Our team played well, but yours played better. Kudos to the Panthers organization.

That game happened to be my nine year old daughter’s first live NFL experience. She was surprised to see so many Panthers’ fans sitting in our section of the stadium; that doesn’t happen much at fourth grade football games. And she was excited we were near the end zone, so we would be close to the “action,” particularly in the second half.


Because of where we sat, we had a close up view of your conduct in the fourth quarter. The chest puffs. The pelvic thrusts. The arrogant struts and the ‘in your face’ taunting of both the Titans’ players and fans. We saw it all.

I refuse to believe you don’t realize you are a role model. You are paid millions of dollars every week to play hard and be a leader. In the off season you’re expected to make appearances, support charities, and inspire young kids to pursue your sport and all sports. With everything the NFL has gone through in recent years, I’m confident they have advised that you are, by virtue of your position and career choice, a role model.

And because you are a role model, your behavior brought out like behavior in the stands. Some of the Panthers fans in our section began taunting the hometown fans. Many Titans fans booed you, a few offering instructive, but not necessarily family friendly, suggestions as to how you might change your behavior.

My daughter sensed the change immediately – and started asking questions. Won’t he get in trouble for doing that? Is he trying to make people mad? Do you think he knows he looks like a spoiled brat?


I didn’t have great answers for her, and honestly, in an effort to minimize your negative impact and what was otherwise a really fun day, I redirected her attention to the cheerleaders and mascot.

I could tell she was still thinking about it as we boarded a shuttle back to our car. “I guess he doesn’t have kids or a Mom at home watching the game,” she added.

I don’t know about your family life Mr. Newton, but I think I’m safe in saying thousands of kids watch you every week. You have amazing talent and an incredible platform to be a role model for them. Unfortunately, what you modeled for them today was egotism, arrogance and poor sportsmanship.

Is that what your coaches and mentors modeled for you, Mr. Newton?

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article45163665.html#storylink=cpy
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That's the cherry on the top of this molten hot take. Can't have the black man pelvic thrust, but those cheerleaders are AOK.
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I couldn't even find any pelvic thrusting in Newton's celebration. And believe me, I tried.
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I needed two layers of nested quotes to be able to handle this take.

Piling on... All the obscenities and such hurled from Titans fans in the crowd after 6-8 hours' worth of Miller Lite weren't objectionable, but Newton's TD dance was horrifying enough to make an issue of out it.

 
Bruce Dickinson said:
TobiasFunke said:
Sammy3469 said:
Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
In between posting pictures of her hand-knitted Barbie cozies to Pinterest, this Mom churns out takes so hot that nuclear fusion happens spontaneously in paragraph 3.



Tennesee Titans fan Rosemary Plorin of Nashville attended Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers with her fourth-grade daughter. On Monday, she sent us this note she wrote to Panthers’ quarterback Cam Newton:

Dear Mr. Newton,


Congratulations on your win in Nashville today. Our team played well, but yours played better. Kudos to the Panthers organization.

That game happened to be my nine year old daughter’s first live NFL experience. She was surprised to see so many Panthers’ fans sitting in our section of the stadium; that doesn’t happen much at fourth grade football games. And she was excited we were near the end zone, so we would be close to the “action,” particularly in the second half.


Because of where we sat, we had a close up view of your conduct in the fourth quarter. The chest puffs. The pelvic thrusts. The arrogant struts and the ‘in your face’ taunting of both the Titans’ players and fans. We saw it all.

I refuse to believe you don’t realize you are a role model. You are paid millions of dollars every week to play hard and be a leader. In the off season you’re expected to make appearances, support charities, and inspire young kids to pursue your sport and all sports. With everything the NFL has gone through in recent years, I’m confident they have advised that you are, by virtue of your position and career choice, a role model.

And because you are a role model, your behavior brought out like behavior in the stands. Some of the Panthers fans in our section began taunting the hometown fans. Many Titans fans booed you, a few offering instructive, but not necessarily family friendly, suggestions as to how you might change your behavior.

My daughter sensed the change immediately – and started asking questions. Won’t he get in trouble for doing that? Is he trying to make people mad? Do you think he knows he looks like a spoiled brat?


I didn’t have great answers for her, and honestly, in an effort to minimize your negative impact and what was otherwise a really fun day, I redirected her attention to the cheerleaders and mascot.

I could tell she was still thinking about it as we boarded a shuttle back to our car. “I guess he doesn’t have kids or a Mom at home watching the game,” she added.

I don’t know about your family life Mr. Newton, but I think I’m safe in saying thousands of kids watch you every week. You have amazing talent and an incredible platform to be a role model for them. Unfortunately, what you modeled for them today was egotism, arrogance and poor sportsmanship.

Is that what your coaches and mentors modeled for you, Mr. Newton?

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article45163665.html#storylink=cpy
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That's the cherry on the top of this molten hot take. Can't have the black man pelvic thrust, but those cheerleaders are AOK.
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I couldn't even find any pelvic thrusting in Newton's celebration. And believe me, I tried.
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I needed two layers of nested quotes to be able to handle this take.

Piling on... All the obscenities and such hurled from Titans fans in the crowd after 6-8 hours' worth of Miller Lite weren't objectionable, but Newton's TD dance was horrifying enough to make an issue of out it.
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Doesn't really seem like she would get offended easily.

Oh, wait...

 
General Malaise said:
Bruce Dickinson said:
TobiasFunke said:
Sammy3469 said:
Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
In between posting pictures of her hand-knitted Barbie cozies to Pinterest, this Mom churns out takes so hot that nuclear fusion happens spontaneously in paragraph 3.



Tennesee Titans fan Rosemary Plorin of Nashville attended Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers with her fourth-grade daughter. On Monday, she sent us this note she wrote to Panthers’ quarterback Cam Newton:

Dear Mr. Newton,


Congratulations on your win in Nashville today. Our team played well, but yours played better. Kudos to the Panthers organization.

That game happened to be my nine year old daughter’s first live NFL experience. She was surprised to see so many Panthers’ fans sitting in our section of the stadium; that doesn’t happen much at fourth grade football games. And she was excited we were near the end zone, so we would be close to the “action,” particularly in the second half.


Because of where we sat, we had a close up view of your conduct in the fourth quarter. The chest puffs. The pelvic thrusts. The arrogant struts and the ‘in your face’ taunting of both the Titans’ players and fans. We saw it all.

I refuse to believe you don’t realize you are a role model. You are paid millions of dollars every week to play hard and be a leader. In the off season you’re expected to make appearances, support charities, and inspire young kids to pursue your sport and all sports. With everything the NFL has gone through in recent years, I’m confident they have advised that you are, by virtue of your position and career choice, a role model.

And because you are a role model, your behavior brought out like behavior in the stands. Some of the Panthers fans in our section began taunting the hometown fans. Many Titans fans booed you, a few offering instructive, but not necessarily family friendly, suggestions as to how you might change your behavior.

My daughter sensed the change immediately – and started asking questions. Won’t he get in trouble for doing that? Is he trying to make people mad? Do you think he knows he looks like a spoiled brat?


I didn’t have great answers for her, and honestly, in an effort to minimize your negative impact and what was otherwise a really fun day, I redirected her attention to the cheerleaders and mascot.

I could tell she was still thinking about it as we boarded a shuttle back to our car. “I guess he doesn’t have kids or a Mom at home watching the game,” she added.

I don’t know about your family life Mr. Newton, but I think I’m safe in saying thousands of kids watch you every week. You have amazing talent and an incredible platform to be a role model for them. Unfortunately, what you modeled for them today was egotism, arrogance and poor sportsmanship.

Is that what your coaches and mentors modeled for you, Mr. Newton?

Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article45163665.html#storylink=cpy
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That's the cherry on the top of this molten hot take. Can't have the black man pelvic thrust, but those cheerleaders are AOK.
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I couldn't even find any pelvic thrusting in Newton's celebration. And believe me, I tried.
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I needed two layers of nested quotes to be able to handle this take.

Piling on... All the obscenities and such hurled from Titans fans in the crowd after 6-8 hours' worth of Miller Lite weren't objectionable, but Newton's TD dance was horrifying enough to make an issue of out it.
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Doesn't really seem like she would get offended easily.

Oh, wait...
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She does appear gingery...that would explain a lot ;)

 
Major league baseball has implicitly acknowledged that they are nothing more than a gambling enterprise whose greatest priority is providing fair games for people to bet on.

Pete rose's lifetime ban isn't noteworthy because of how great he once was, or even for its harshness. It's the fact that it's been reviewed and held up long after the steroid scandal and numerous other assaults on the game's integrity.

If baseball cared about fair games won by players following the rules, surely pine tar, ball scuffing, sign staking, steroid use and other infractions have impacted the game more than the mere possibility that rose gambled on his own team to win as a manager. Actual cheating is a far greater assault on the integrity of the game than what he may have done as a manager - trying too hard to win the game in front of him right now. The fear is that rose may have kept a pitcher in longer than he should have, or run the bases more aggressively, or otherwise acted more to beat the spread than to win the other 161 games. But steroid users are cheating every time they step on the field, and ball scuffers and pine tar overusers are likely to be repeat offenders who impact the outcome of numerous games. Small, legal decisions by the manager don't have more of an impact on the game than deliberate cheating.

You can make a moral argument that he's a role model, gambling is wrong and he tarnished the good name of baseball. But how many wife beaters and drunk drivers and other criminals have played the game long after getting caught?

You can make the argument that it's because he lied about it, especially as am ambassador of the sport. But where is ak Mcgwire's lifetime ban? Bonds? Alex Rodriguez? Roger clemens? Better modern day players have been caught cheating and shown to have lied about it, and none of them were banned from the game for life.

You can refer to the time when it happened, and say that things were different back then, and cheating was a much bigger deal. But the current commissioner had a chance to right the wrong, if he felt it was wrong, with all the current information about steroid users and criminals and other scandals.

If you really narrow it down, the only thing rose did that the others didn't is to directly impact the game against the betting spread. That's the integrity of the game that he interfered with. And that's specifically the difference between a relative slap on the wrist and a lifetime ban for the all time hits leader and the guy for whom a head first slide is still named several decades later. And it's a decision that has probably directly cost rose millions in endorsements and appearance fees.

So when the baseball commissioner tells you he is protecting the integrity of the game, what he's really telling you is that they'll allow people to cheat, to beat their wives, to drive drunk, to lie to the public and to shame the sport. But they will not allow their players and managers to directly impact the betting lines.

Because baseball has defined itself as an entrainment entity, one that can ostensibly be enjoyed by children, sentimental adults, and gamblers.

And with this decision they have clearly stated that they are more concerned about protecting the interests of the gamblers who keep people watching a late August game by a rebuilding team than they are about any other issue.

 
Enjoy this delightful Bleacher Report hot take from 5 years ago on Cam Newton that's been making the rounds lately:

Cam Newton: Why Carolina Panthers' New QB Is the Worst NFL Draft Pick Ever

Cam Newton is a sure-fire bust. I am so certain of this that if he is the Panthers' starting quarterback in 2016, I will buy a Cam Newton jersey and stand in the stadium parking lot in my underwear when the Panthers come to Tampa Bay and hold a sign proclaiming that Auburn rules over Florida and Carolina rules over Tampa Bay.

This guy will be long gone by then. Here are just a few of the reasons why I believe he will make Ryan Leaf only the second-biggest draft bust in history.

1. Cam Newton has not had enough experience as a starting quarterback to warrant a No. 1 pick. He only really played one year of meaningful college football. Yes, it was a fantastic year. Yes, his team went undefeated and won it all. But it was still only one year. How do we know that it wasn't a fluke? How do we know that Auburn didn't win because of a fantastic supporting cast? We don't.

2. Cam Newton has never lost a game as a starting quarterback. Wouldn't it be nice to know how he will react when he does lose a game? Because in the NFL, it won't take long. Is he going to learn from his mistakes? Is he going to repeat them? Will he go all "Vince Young" and threaten to hurt himself? Will he lose all confidence? We don't know. Sure would be nice to know these things before using a No. 1 pick though.

3. Cam Newton is no brainiac. From all accounts, he came off as an idiot on Jon Gruden's show on ESPN. He looked as if he had no idea what was going on. He was stumped by Gruden's questions. Some even said he looked bored.

Did he get by at Auburn on sheer athletic ability? Of course he did. He's a freak athlete. Most of his yardage was gained by running the football. But this is the NFL. You had better be able to read defenses, pick up blitzes, recognize different coverages, etc. or you will not last long.

There are many people alleging that the real reason Cam Newton left the University of Florida was not because he was caught with a stolen laptop computer, but because he was caught with papers written by other students. Now, I don't know if this is true or isn't true. But before I used a No. 1 pick on this guy, I'd sure want to consider the possibility that it could be true.

If so, what does it tell us? It tells us that he is not smart enough to do his own work and get a passing grade. But you expect him to outsmart guys like **** LeBeau?

4. Cam Newton's character has been repeatedly called into question. We have accusations of him and his father shopping him around to the school with the fattest wallet. We have accusations of academic fraud, grand theft, obstruction of justice and destruction of someone else's laptop. That's a whole lot of red flags.

When things are going rough for the team, Cam is going to be the guy the other players are going to look to for leadership. How is that going to work? He has no credibility. His word means nothing.

5. Cam cannot hit the broad side of a barn with a football. All other issues aside, isn't the number one job of an NFL quarterback to complete passes? Did you NFL guys not watch the BCS title game? How many touchdowns did Cam leave on the table by missing receivers who were running free? That game should not have even been close.

On Newton's pro day at Auburn, there were reports of him missing receivers badly while throwing against air. What will happen when he has NFL defensive linemen with bad intentions bearing down on him?

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How can an NFL franchise waste a No. 1 draft pick on a guy with this many question marks? Last year all we heard was how Tim Tebow was not worth risking a first-round pick because of his throwing motion—not just the top pick, but anywhere in the top 32. Name another issue with Tebow. Character? Please. Intelligence? No. Accuracy? Not really. Yet somehow because he came from a spread system he was deemed unworthy of a top pick. Guess what system Cam came from.

So how is it we go from "Tebow sucks" to "Cam is awesome" in one year? When these two guys played on the same team for two years, Cam was the one riding the bench while Tebow was breaking records and winning championships. So how is it that the treatment of Cam by the "draft people" is 180 degrees different than Tebow's? I don't know.

Let's ask Denver Broncos fans if they would like to trade Tebow for Newton straight up. They would laugh in your face. Football fans know even if the experts have no clue. We can spot a fraud when we see one.

In five years, when Tebow is leading Denver into the playoffs and Cam Newton is riding someone's bench, remember this article.

 
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TobiasFunke said:
In five years, when Tebow is leading Denver into the playoffs and Cam Newton is riding someone's bench, remember this article.
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His conclusion is pretty wonderful.
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It just had to be Tebow, too.I can picture the author finishing this article off with that clincher, and backing away from the computer cheering to himself, "BOOM! Nailed it!"

ETA: not to take away from the rest of that GMO Habanero of a take. The whole thing was spectacular from start to finish. The "he only won in college, what will happen when he loses in the pros?" take is delightful. But I doubt the article gets rerun today without that clincher.

 
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General Malaise said:
Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
Many snow forecasts here on the East Coast are having to be adjusted downward to account for this take moving across the country from the West Coast.

http://deadspin.com/seahawks-fan-writes-open-letter-to-mr-classless-cam-1753804610?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
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:lmao:

Such sensitive little arteeeeeeeests in Seattle.
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Cam Newton has been a most excellent Hot Take generation machine. Can you imagine if he had pulled a Rothliesberger? The fusion reaction would have fueled a new sun.

 
General Malaise said:
Ramsay Hunt Experience said:
Many snow forecasts here on the East Coast are having to be adjusted downward to account for this take moving across the country from the West Coast.

http://deadspin.com/seahawks-fan-writes-open-letter-to-mr-classless-cam-1753804610?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_twitter&utm_source=deadspin_twitter&utm_medium=socialflow
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:lmao:

Such sensitive little arteeeeeeeests in Seattle.
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I particularly enjoyed the "you may have won but our QB/team helps kids with cancer!" when there's an story about Cam doing something for a sick kid almost every week.

 
Well, one thing Sizzling Sarah fails to mention is the very behavior of her own fan base, which is benevolently described as 'animalistic'. The thing about spitting on fans from other teams is no joke. I've heard it many times from fans of other teams going to Seattle for a game.

SEATTLE (WITI) -- The Green Bay Packers take on the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field in a playoff matchup this Sunday, January 18th, and Packers fans in Seattle want to make sure Packers fans from Wisconsin headed into "enemy territory" for the game stay safe. The "12th Man" has a big impact at CenturyLink Field -- the NFL's loudest outdoor stadium. But the 12th Man has an ugly side...

Jerry Garner doesn't hide the fact that he is Seattle's biggest Green Bay Packers fan. In fact, he's the president of the Northwest Packer Backers organization.

"We've attended shareholders meetings," Garner said.

So, he speaks from experience when he warns...

"(As a Green Bay Packers fan), you're here behind enemy lines," Garner said.

And as for that enemy...

"Not a nice group of people!" Garner said.

Garner says he's witnessed how Seattle Seahawks fans go beyond just verbal taunts when it comes to fans of the green and gold.

"Beer poured on them from Seahawks fans behind them," Garner said.

Robert Nedrow knows this all too well. He's not even from Wisconsin (he's from Washington), but he says his dad got him hooked on the Green Bay Packers when he was a kid.

"When I was about yay tall, at Thanksgiving, (my dad) bet on them against the Lions. To distract me, he told me to root for the guys in the gold helmets, and I never stopped," Nedrow said.

Nedrow lives a stone's throw from CenturyLink Field -- but he says he'll never go back.

"The last game I went to was when the Packers came here in the pre-season, and I vowed not to go to a game after that because, I mean, the experience was just, I mean, it was terrible. Spit on. I had a beer poured on me. I almost got into a few physical altercations," Nedrow said.

CenturyLink Field has a "Code of Conduct," and it says "verbal or physical harassment of opposing team fans" is strictly prohibited, but Seattle police say many of the incidents occur just north of CenturyLink Field, at a place called Pioneer Square -- a good place to avoid if you're a fan of the green and gold.

Garner warns -- this is no joke.

"My advice to Packers fans -- travel in groups of four or more," Garner said.
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Pftcommenter is having himself a day:

This Cardnals defense just isnt the same without Mattheiu. Another case of the Arians being overeliant on the SS

Maybe if the defensive line was pregnant with his child Tom Brady would of been able to escape it

You know who else didnt have acess to tablets for a realy long time? Moses #DoYourJob

 
Long Ball Larry said:
TobiasFunke said:
Enjoy this delightful Bleacher Report hot take from 5 years ago on Cam Newton that's been making the rounds lately:

Cam Newton: Why Carolina Panthers' New QB Is the Worst NFL Draft Pick Ever
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Change.org petition to hold author accountable for his claim: https://www.change.org/p/bleacher-report-jim-folsom-i-would-like-to-see-bleacher-report-hold-jim-folsom-accountable-for-his-words
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That petition is a hot take on a hot take. Next level stuff.

 
Premier said:
I love when horrible, sanctimonious sports writers/bloggers/trolls throw these awful columns out to the masses, only they actually mean what they write.

I figured the FFA could come up with some good ones. I'll start.
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Appears to be a lot of these surfacing around Cam Newton. They've progressed from "towel over the head" to well.....just go to the Shark Pool and observe. Even some still going after Cam for being a stupid college kid. Screw what he's turned in to. :lol:

 
TobiasFunke said:
Cam Newton is a sure-fire bust. I am so certain of this that if he is the Panthers' starting quarterback in 2016, I will buy a Cam Newton jersey and stand in the stadium parking lot in my underwear when the Panthers come to Tampa Bay and hold a sign proclaiming that Auburn rules over Florida and Carolina rules over Tampa Bay.

In five years, when Tebow is leading Denver into the playoffs and Cam Newton is riding someone's bench, remember this article.
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Brilliant!

 
The Commish said:
Premier said:
I love when horrible, sanctimonious sports writers/bloggers/trolls throw these awful columns out to the masses, only they actually mean what they write.

I figured the FFA could come up with some good ones. I'll start.
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Appears to be a lot of these surfacing around Cam Newton. They've progressed from "towel over the head" to well.....just go to the Shark Pool and observe. Even some still going after Cam for being a stupid college kid. Screw what he's turned in to. :lol:
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Oh yea. Cam is patient zero for these things.

 
It's been pretty fun to read...especially the guys still hung up on his bad decisions in college or covering his head with a towel :lmao:

 
Jayrok said:
TobiasFunke said:
Cam Newton is a sure-fire bust. I am so certain of this that if he is the Panthers' starting quarterback in 2016, I will buy a Cam Newton jersey and stand in the stadium parking lot in my underwear when the Panthers come to Tampa Bay and hold a sign proclaiming that Auburn rules over Florida and Carolina rules over Tampa Bay.

In five years, when Tebow is leading Denver into the playoffs and Cam Newton is riding someone's bench, remember this article.
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Brilliant!
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When I first read that, I thought it was going to be TF in his Cam jersey and tighty whities and I thought... :yucky: (No offense, TF)

 
Jayrok said:
TobiasFunke said:
Cam Newton is a sure-fire bust. I am so certain of this that if he is the Panthers' starting quarterback in 2016, I will buy a Cam Newton jersey and stand in the stadium parking lot in my underwear when the Panthers come to Tampa Bay and hold a sign proclaiming that Auburn rules over Florida and Carolina rules over Tampa Bay.

In five years, when Tebow is leading Denver into the playoffs and Cam Newton is riding someone's bench, remember this article.
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Brilliant!
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Nailed it

 
Holy ####. Do a little research before writing something you don't have a hot freaking clue about.

It’s like calculating points per 100 possessions, a very popular go-to stat in NBA circles. Why is that more important than points per 48 minutes, which is the actual time in which an NBA game is played?

:lmao:

 
Cliff Clavin said:
Holy ####. Do a little research before writing something you don't have a hot freaking clue about.

It’s like calculating points per 100 possessions, a very popular go-to stat in NBA circles. Why is that more important than points per 48 minutes, which is the actual time in which an NBA game is played?

:lmao:
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Amazing. 

 
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