And with the 9th pick in the 2012 NFL Draft the Carolina Panthers select LUKE KUECHLY.
The ACC’s all-time leader in career tackles. He is a tackling machine. He was extremely successful in college and should be able to be a productive pro. He has been compared to Keith Brooking. The Panthers can put up points, now they need to stop the opponent.
“As far as I’m concerned, he’ll be the last quarterback we ever draft high in my lifetime. He is a very unusual young man, and I say that in a highly complimentary way. He does not complain. Ever. He’s never in the trainers room. You watch him get hit out there and you think, ‘He got to be hurting,’ and then you see he’s never with the trainers. The way he has adapted to our team and to the NFL has been tremendous. We couldn’t be happier.”
- Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson on QB Cam Newton
(Source: espnmediazone3.com)
Homecoming
As football fans we love the narrative of players facing their old teams. This weekend’s schedule is packed with them. This is by no means an exhaustive list but a few that will be interesting to watch.
The player I am most interested in watching week two is Cam Newton. He had a pretty fantastic debut week one but it was against an Arizona defense that I know nothing about. The only thing I know about Arizona is that all the defensive names that I am familiar with from the last few years have moved on to big paydays on other teams.
This week Cam goes against Dom Capers Green Bay defense. The Pack have had off for over a week and Capers has had plenty of time to game plan for Newton. How Cam Newton fares this weekend will go a long way towards solidifying my view of him.
Cam Newton in his NFL debut:
24-37, 422 yds
2 TDs, 1 INT
8 Rush, 18 yds, 1 TD
That would be more yards than Brees, Rivers, Rodgers, Ryan or whoever else you want to name. Wowzas!!!
(Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Jerry Richardson just signed that golf cart to a five-year contract, with $12 million in guaranteed money.
“Sure I’ll throw you the football, kid…in exchange for a donation to my father’s church. Cash only. Leave the envelope behind the monkey bars.”
