I don't that anyone is avoiding the "potential" for "epic bust" with Cam Newton. I personally don't think that the potential for an "epic" bust along the lines of JaMarcus Russell or Ryan Leaf are there--no one's really made the parallels clear. But is the "potential" any greater for "bust" than there is with Von Miller? Than there was with Levi Brown?
Why?
Neither of those guys have the hype that sCam has. Not remotely.
And I don't see Dawg waxing poetic about Von Miller either.
I just see most of his problems as being so far off the field. Everything he does right is on the field, I do know about his past. I really do believe ( might be the ganja butter
) Newton has everything he needs to get her done in the NFL. Physically speaking, bust is the furthest thing from my mind.
Off field, whatever. I don't know or care so much about that.
He has physical tools.
His footwork sucks. His reading of defenses is limited to read-read-run at most. That won't work in the NFL. His legs are a threat, and they buy him some openings...IN COLLEGE. He is not a top 5 draft pick, and is not an immediate impact player.
He's a phenomenal athlete, and a great college QB. He's not Andrew Luck, who IS a phenomenal
quarterback and translates to the NFL much better. Cam shouldn't be hyped like Luck.
And I also don't want Blah Gabbert either.
Draft Defense.