If you're looking for the good plays Cam Newton made Thursday night in the Carolina Panthers preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals, here are pretty much all of them:
The rest were not so good.
The good news for Carolina is that they're better off than they were last year. And I don't just mean that in a sarcastic, backhanded way -- yes, there's nowhere to go but up, having been the worst team in the league last season -- but they at least have some direction now, and they've got their quarterback of the future.
The bad news is that they're still not going to be very good, because their quarterback of the future comes with a very, very strong emphasis on "future."
Cam Newton just isn't very good right now. That's not all his fault, either, and it doesn't mean that he's never going to be good. But the fact remains, in 2011, Cam Newton isn't capable of completing more than 50 percent of his throws against preseason defenses (he's at 40.4 percent after three games), and even if he was, his offensive line would still have him running for his life on most passing plays.
Defenses are going to stack the box against DeAngelo Williams, keep Newton in the pocket, and that's going to be that. It might not be 2-14 bad, but it's not going to be very good, either. You'll see good things from Newton. His legs are fantastic, and he'll make some throws that wow you, but he won't do it consistently enough to keep Carolina out of the cellar.
More bad news for the Panthers? There are major problems on defense, too.
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