the pivot podcast
and
we got some things to break down. But but here is Newton.
We talked about revisionist history, earlier as relates to
Aaron Rodgers. Here's what, maybe some revisionist history
from Cam Newton as to why his last two NFL stops, maybe
didn't go as well as his
MVP season did
Oh worst, enemy
will always be me
and I'm going to tell you I'm going to keep it a buck out of
jumped in some situations.
Just keeping it above, right?
And this is this is this ain't no remorse. This ain't no.
I want somebody to feel sorry for me. This is me acknowledging
that. I understand our own up to
jumping up into some
situations. The New England experience
was a f*****-up situation.
I was still learning an offense seven to eight weeks into
the season. It was times. I'm going to the line
and I'm still thinking,
I'm thinking about the
Creation of the plate. I'm thinking about forgetting my motions.
I'm thinking about my site adjust. I'm thinking about
certain things. So that's the
situate. Did I know it?
Yes, to the degree that I needed to know it too, in order
to show the world that I'm still Cam Newton know
where I didn't, but I put myself in that situation. All
right, now, Carolina,
I put myself in a another up situation. I will sign on
Thursday. I played on Sunday
at what point did Did you think you was going to be successful
that next week? I started that's still up under 10 days
of you being on a team and you're still trying to learn
and office. So before I sit up here and allow the narrative to
be made that Cam ain't
got it no more. Cam is taking full responsibility and saying
that can put himself in a situation.
Oh,
how did we get this? We did. We fully believe that? I don't
know about that one. I don't know. There were so many of
them. You can't get them all. I'm sorry. Hey, you know, be
But
you're batting 75%. That's not bad
on cam. So
I don't know.
I don't know that I buy it,
but this gets back to
the extent to which it's critical for coaches to adapt
their offense and their system
to suit the skills and abilities of the player. Bill
Belichick talked about that yesterday, how they work
directly with the quarterback about what the quarterback
likes and doesn't like. So some of its on the coaching staff.
But some of his on the player at some point, the players got
to figure it out
at some point. The player has to be expected to have figured
it out. How hard are you working to figure it out?
I don't know that part of it. I haven't learned the offense
yet. What are you doing to learn the offense? What is it
team doing to teach?
Offense, what does it seem to want to streamline the offense?
I don't know. I mean, they, they didn't rush Cam Newton
right in because he didn't know the offense.
So I, Chris, I think there's no easy way to answer whether it
was
the offense, not being Mastered by Cam Newton or Newton, just
not having it anymore. I don't know that you can glean that
easily from the film
that we're Canyon. What do you think? No, I mean, listen,
I think there's these Are you know, fair questions to bring
up what they tough situations, then the no doubt about it. No
doubt,
but, you know, at the same time.
Hey, yes, you know, there's a lot of quarterbacks that were
in. Let me learn the offense type of situations. I know that
first year in New England. He got there a little late in
the offseason before he became the guy
and yes, he got a late Head Start,
but they did formulate it offense to make him feel
comfortable. When do some things and we saw some positive
signs but to his point of where he messed things. Supple
and to pile onto where he said, yes, tough situation,
you know, situation that got tougher the year of covid,
because you got covid because you were by all accounts out to
dinner with some people who had covid and a year, where, you
know, I think a lot of teams that are like, I wish our
starting
quarterback wouldn't go out into the City and have dinner
and all that. So that didn't help him and then when he got
back from covid, he really struggled there. And then, of
course, you know, the next year going into the, we had
the offseason.
I'll Myself. And I'm going to leave town and do all that
stuff and forget the protocols to where you put yourself in
that spot. Now that where you had to sit out for a few weeks
and then be put in that Carolina situation.
So the play has fallen off. But so I think is what people are
going to say is
the play isn't going to be as good enough to necessarily
warrant. The guy's not showing the best judgment all the time
or doing exactly what's needed to be for a quarterback. And
That's going to be. Also heard him
to where you go. Wait, throwing
is not quite as what we would like it to be.
I wish it was a little more consistent
running. He's not the way he used to be. He's not as
electric and going to make big-time plays that way. And
then you go.
Okay. We got a deal with all the Cam Newton effect and all
that. And to me all of that together certainly hurts his
value. And yeah, I'm one that sits here in questions whether
he'll be on a team for 2022. I'm not sure about that.
Especially if you now know that he will. After the fact, call
it an EFT up situation. Sure. Because he wasn't able to learn
it fast enough. Well, the off Seasons, almost
over training camp is going to roll around. When are you going
to sign be the same? When are you going to bring him in
right? He believes he should be a starter which team is going
to say. Here, come in. Now in a compressed time frame, learn
the offense and be ready to be the starter. So here is Cam
Newton on his belief that he continues to be one of the best
32 quarterbacks in the World,
there's not 32, guys better than me.
Still, you still feel the exact same way. I am. Oh my soul.
Damn. Oh, my soul.
Oh, my soul. At the end of the day, comparing apples to apples
and oranges to oranges
certain situations for certain situations.
And if you think that I couldn't be on somebody team
right now,
you a damn fool as a starter
starter as a franchise as a Super Bowl Contender, you are A
33 years old. Yes, sir.
You don't got old ex. Yeah,
you're one of the best 32 quarterbacks in the world right
now. Can I can I cannot accept that? I can't accept it. That
I'm not saw what you did in New England. When you were back to
Caroline. I saw what happened, like the proofs in the pudding.
Tell them, tell me I'm wrong. Don't ask
you who's the bottom 32.
Hmm, the bottom, the bottom 32.
So, go from 30 to up.
Hello.
It will be the guy that took your job. No, no, no, it will
be a Mac job. It'll be the tour's. It'll be those young
guys that are that are 10 years younger than you.
Real talk. It'll be the guys that are trying to prove
themselves that are ten years younger than you. This that are
working their way up. So there's there's no
ceiling is higher than what 33 year old Cameron. So you
ain't 32 other mother.
Better than me.
And once you go about it like that and saying, bro, my impact
is my gift and my impact is my curse because they do know when
you bring a Cam Newton to your
organization. It's going to be a monster and itself put cam
in.
I think, I think there's nothing more to say.
That's the reality. Cam Newton is so Larger than Life that he
can't be a backup.
He has to be the starter.
And right now there's no team that views him
as being the potential starter or he'd already be
on a team, Chris. Yes. Plus he's a guy that we've discussed
last year and even the year before that, in the, when we
have
Great, you know, knowledge and experience to this, even before
that and Carolina with injuries.
He needs reps. He's not your
he's not the prototypical
backup quarterback. Like we could say was some guys, either
Case Keenum. He can just kind of go with his brain and a few
reps and go out there and run the offense that doesn't work
with Camp.
He needs to get a little bit of a rhythm and see the ball. Go
through the net a few times just to feel good about
throwing the ball. So
yes, they're in my opinion. There's definitely 32
quarterbacks that are better than Cam Newton. In fact,
I think there's 40 maybe 41 or 42. He was just on the outside
and the looking in, on my list.
I mean, I didn't forget about Cam Newton.
He was out on the outside of the list. Would the Case Keenum
Colt McCoy, you know, Jacoby Brissette.
Ryan Fitzpatrick, Cam Newton. It was those guys that were
left over. That least were left off my list to know at least in
my assessment. Mike.
I Gotta Give a real Round of Applause. A Crowded though for
not doing the usual. This guy's on our podcast. So we're going
to kiss his ass routine. Yeah. All right questions, right. The
look on cams face
when chanting Crowder started to go in.
Look. I think it's all gets back to what we talked about
earlier. It's about ego. It's about Pride sure about all that
stuff to do doesn't want to admit. And I look a manual
ring.
He's a human being,
he was the man and now it's over and it's going to take him
some time to process it and maybe after this podcast
appearance.
He's a little closer to accepting
that. It's time to move on with what Chuck Noll would call your
life's work. Because for football players. It's supposed
to be just a small piece of your life. What you do
afterward. Unless you're Tom Brady is going to be
what you really do
with your life. Not football football is just delaying
your life.