re: Is Cam Newton the Most Overated Player in the League Right Now?

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Laugh now but wait a few years until your defense isn't as good and the Panthers will be what Seattle is this year. Except probably worse because Russell Wilson is better than Cam.

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His stats are so fricking bad. He isn't even the 3rd most valuable player to his own team.

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Stop comparing Colin Kaepernick's stats to Cam Newton's

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The Wall Street Journal felt the stats were close enough to make a story out of it with a tagline reading, "the statistics of the two quarterbacks are nearly identical—but only one lost his job this week." Yes, it's true. One did lose his job this week—and for good reason.

Kaepernick was benched for Blaine Gabbert because he simply was not getting the job done. In the eight games Kaepernick has started this season, he has thrown touchdowns in only three of them. In those three games, Kaepernick had two touchdowns each, but only one came before the second half and four of the six came in the fourth quarter.

My point is, most of Kaepernick's scores came late when the game was already out of reach and the team was basically throwing the ball every play.

As for Newton's numbers, he doesn't have all-world stats for a couple of reasons. The main reason is the Panthers are built to run the football. Carolina currently ranks No. 1 in rushing yards per game (San Francisco is 18th). Also, Newton is throwing to arguably the worst receiving corps in the NFL.

After losing Kelvin Benjamin for the season, Carolina has had Ted Ginn, Corey Brown and Jerricho Cotchery combine for 44 receptions, 626 yards and six touchdowns. There are 11 receivers with more receptions and yards than Carolina's top three receivers combined and four with more touchdowns as well.

Also missing from the chart is Newton's four rushing touchdowns compared to Kaepernick's one. That gives Newton 15 total touchdowns compared to Kaepernick's seven — more than double. The chart also didn't point out that Newton has played in one less game than Kaepernick, which makes the numbers extremely skewed since it's just comparing the cumulative season stats.

I realize it's a bit hypocritical to tell you not to pay attention to stats, and then defend myself with stats, but you have to look at the right numbers. You can't just compare total season stats and say two quarterbacks are identical just because their quarterback ratings kind of look the same.

Newton is being considered as an MVP candidate because he's the quarterback of an undefeated team and has done enough to warrant being in the discussion. No one is saying he's the leading candidate, but you can't dismiss his impact for Carolina.

Did Kaepernick deserve to be benched? That's another discussion. But saying he's played the same as Newton this year is just lazy.

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Lol you people just blindly go along

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He is equal to fricking Colin Kaepernick hahahaha.

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