I know we should all be use to this by now but....

[Billy Bob]

the media has drawn a big target on Newtons back ........Brian Bosworth meet Bo Jackson

 

[Mitch]

Cam Newton---

You watch him at the Combine and he can't throw a good out pass.

You watch him in pre-season and he can't complete 50% of his passes.

You watch him when the lights come on and the game is for real and he turns into a dynamic passer---zipping out passes to both sides on perfect ropes and dropping long passes at the flick of a wrist into small windows.

And then you see the way he runs with ball.

All I can say is---we saw why this kid took Auburn on his back to a NCAA Championship. He shows up when the lights come on.

 

[chickenhead]

Newton's performance was definitely the biggest story of the game. But late in the fall the Cardinals victory may mean more to them than Newton's performance does to the Panthers. I don't mean to discredit it at all--I'm just glad we won and am fine with moving onto next week without any media love.

Though Calvisi was actually on the morning radio here in Toronto--which briefly through me for a loop, actually--and he and the host referred to the fact that Kolb's excellent performance was being (not surprisingly) buried.

 

[Cbus cardsfan]

It's kind of like when Michael Jordan lit up the Celtics for 63 in a playoff game. Noboy mentions that Boston won the game.

 

[Billy Bob]

It's kind of like when Michael Jordan lit up the Celtics for 63 in a playoff game. Noboy mentions that Boston won the game.

Newton will get the calls.....

 

[JeffGollin]

He's very very good for a rook, but - just like the new left-handed pitcher with the funky motion - give the rest of the teams in the league enough time to solve him and it won't seem so easy for him as the season unfolds.

 

[Duckjake]

He's very very good for a rook, but - just like the new left-handed pitcher with the funky motion - give the rest of the teams in the league enough time to solve him and it won't seem so easy for him as the season unfolds.

I don't know. That kid Strasburg is back with the Nationals and still mowing done hitters. Oh wait he's right handed. Nevermind.

 

[Duckjake]

I'd just like to remind everyone that the number 5 pick - also in his first NFL game - also broke a record* and scored the winning TD.

*89 yards punt return/longest in team history according to the FOX guys.

I heard that too. But according to the Cards 2011 Media Guide some guy named Frank Bernardi returned one 95 yards for a TD for the Chicago Cardinals in 1956.

Both Johnny Roland and Chuck Latourette had 86 yard returns.

Ollie Matson had 9 total kick returns for TDs 3 punts and 6 kickoffs. No wonder the Rams traded their whole team for him.