Cam Newton has yet to play a regular-season game in the NFL, but one of yesteryear's stars, Bo Jackson, is already comparing the former Heisman Trophy winner out of Auburn to some of the league's storied passers. Jackson told the Jim Rome Show on Friday that the Panthers "are scary" with the rookie Newton under center. "When you speak of Cam Newton, I’ll put it to you just like this: He has the arm strength and power of Dan Marino and John Elway combined," Jackson said. "He is quicker than Michael Vick, faster than Michael Vick. And he will run over you with the power of a Jerome Bettis, Bo Jackson, Earl Campbell. That's the kind of guy he is." Jackson, himself a Heisman winner out of Auburn, was just getting started. "There isn’t another quarterback in the NFL that has all of those tangibles,†Jackson said. “And when you put all of those tangibles together with the quality of receivers and linemen that he’s got blocking for him, and the running backs that he can get that pill to, this guy is scary. The Panthers are scary." Newton was named the team's starter Thursday night after throwing his first NFL touchdown pass to tight end Jeremy Shockey in the Panthers' 33-17 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Jackson, the former baseball and football star, played with the Los Angeles Raiders from 1987 to 1990, rushing for 2,782 yards and 16 touchdowns in a career shortened by injury. Source: NFL.com
haha. Me too! If this is accurate, he's going to throw for 6000 yards, run for 2500, and throw 60 TD passes. We're in for a historic season fellas. We should consider ourselves lucky to live during the Era of Newton.
No, Intangibles is something you can't see or touch. Like how much heart a guy has, or a sixth sense or a good clock in a quarterbacks head. Tangibles can be physical attributes.
Intangibles is what got Tebow drafted in the 1st round. Tangibles is what is keeping him buried on the depth chart. That's the difference. Newton has good tangibles, just nowhere near what Jackson is claiming.
Cam has size and speed for that size. Naturally he has a strong arm. But that is it. He is just all hype. But some questions will be answered this season. How he handles the losing. We shall see.
