re: Cam Newton Fumble fail..............is it possible?

he should have kicked that ball into the stadium stands.

I thought it was pretty obvious he expected the ball to squirt out (which it did) and hence was hesitant to move for it?

he thought Demarcus Ware was going to recover it cleanly so he didnt dive. But still, it was Ware's arm vs 6'5" 250 Cam. You have to go wrestle for the ball in that situation

It could be any of the above things, or it could be that he has no heart.

He flinched. It's that simple.

And, while that is worthy of a lot of criticism in that situation...it's not even close to the biggest problem Newton had last night.

His inability to control his emotions cost his team the game. He pouted the entire night. His energy level was non-existent because of it. The guy has an emotional age of about 7. He has zero ability to handle adversity. That video is getting tons of play, but the video of him on the sideline throwing himself down on his back rolling around is literally embarrassing. The way he acted when he was begging for a call in the end zone was also pathetic. You could see him trying to regain his composure. He just couldn't.

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That's what I mean though. For as awful as looked and for as much as it may have APPEARED he just chickened out, that explanation just doesn't seem to pass the smell test to me.

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I don't think any honest sports fan thinks he "chickened" out.

Dude had a crappy game, as did almost everyone else on his side of the ball for both teams. The GIF/video of his hesitation certainly "looks" bad, but more than anything else it's just indicative of the MVP having a bad night on a big stage.

I don't really get why people are hyper-analyzing it. I don't think there is much to find.

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But, it's also just exceedingly odd. I mean, that dude takes A LOT of shots. One can dislike him, but nothing up to now has ever indicated Cam is afraid of contact.

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I think he was rattled almost the whole game and that led to him making the wrong move in that split second. Whether it was fear of contact or not he still did the exact opposite of what he needed to.

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It's ironic that Cam is being mocked today for avoiding contact when it was Manning yesterday that was playing like a little old lady rushing all his throws to avoid getting hit.

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If I'm Peyton, I'm too embarrassed to give a postgame presser.

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what? the ball was laying there for him to fall on it.

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What's your point? Other players are converging on it as he'd be falling on it.

It took more effort for him to halt his move toward the ball than to continue going where he was going. I think it's pretty obvious he was trying to reposition to recover once it came free.