100%!!! and there it is...
Posted on 02/09/2016 6:34:13 PM PST by drewh
Former New York Jets quarterback Greg McElroy, best remembered for his out-of-nowhere criticism of the team's "corrupt" locker room chemistry after the 2011 season, unloaded Tuesday on a different target -- Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton.
McElroy, speaking on SiriusXM Radio, said Newton "quit" on his team for refusing to jump on his own fumble in the fourth quarter of the Panthers' 24-10 loss to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50. McElroy, retired from football, is an analyst for the SEC Network.
"I have big issues with the way Cam handled himself not only on the field, but in the postgame as well," McElroy said. "If you're going to act like Superman and call yourself Superman, well, you better be able to answer the tough questions. He wasn't able to do so."
"What I have issues with is the way he did not jump on the fumble after he dropped the ball -- and I know he was getting beat up all game -- but he jumped away from the ball when the ball's on the ground. I have never, not one time in my life, seen a player do that, especially a quarterback. And you know what? His teammates will look at him a little different after that, especially his teammates on the defensive side of the football."
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He didn’t watch it roll away. He jumped away from it like it might come toward him.
That wouldn’t work if - somehow - he knew a lot of money was riding on a Panther loss. A lot of money.
Looks like he thought better than to be at the bottom of the coming pile-on.
100%!!! and there it is...
that would be bad.
He’ll never live it down.
but it wasn’t as bad or blatant as i thought it would be
That’s not “normal”.
Cam Newton is a thug. There is nothing left to say - he’s a thief purchase by Auburn University to win their ONLY national championship. He will remain a thief.
Auburn has won the national title before. Back when Shug Jordan was the coach.
i would hope not, but what do i know?
Auburn didnt win the championship when Pat was head coach? Long time ago - need a memory refresh.
I also think the biggest impact is on his teammates. They saw cowardice. Players will not put out for a coward.
Hmmm...he did have a hard time on completions.
And on the sideline after the last touchdown, did he doth protest too much?
He didn't only not go after it, he visibly backed away. He seemed to realize his opportunity was at hand, so he acted.
Follow the Benjamins. It's as good an explanation as any. The NFL was hell bent on crowning Manning this year by hook or by crook.
Can can’t sell “Superman” anymore to a world that saw him jump away from a football as if it were made of kryptonite.
I thought it was 1957 but had to look it up and sure enough that was the year.
So Cam threw the game and destroyed his reputation and some future earning power for some cash? lol...ok.
We used to call it reckless abandon.
If we were standing up at the end of a play, we got yanked.
Newton was frustrated, just as Brady was. The difference between someone who had been there before and a first timer was evident. If you don’t will yourself to win, everyone knows it.
Career defining play
Sure looked like he protested too much. Right after he jumped away from his own fumble it sure looked suspicious.
When he gets caught his father will claim he bet on the game. Sort of like when he was caught taking money to sign when he was in college. Dad will take the fall.
If he was in this with the mob we’ll never hear another word. If the mob got stung soon things will begin to happen.
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