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Originally Posted by BigCatDaddy
Yeah, not sure why all the hate on this guy other then the whole money thing. This guy will probably turn out to be the best QB in a pretty deep QB draft.
This isn't Tim Bebow here. Newton can make all the throws.
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I don't understand the obsession with arm strength and athleticism. Why do people hate the guy? He cheated on his exams, which leads me to believe that a) he's not very smart; b) he's going to look for shortcuts. And he took a massive sweetheart paycheck in college, which leads me to believe that he cares too much about money and will start loafing when he gets a big check.
Thing about Tim Tebow is that you know he's in that film room every waking hour he's not on the field or in practice.
I'm pretty convinced that any franchise QB has to be a franchise rat, with the rare exception of a freakishly good athlete like Vick (and even still, you could argue that). There is nothing in Newton that leads me to believe he'll be that guy. You can make the playoffs and club a lot of teams with athleticism, but you're not going to beat Pittsburgh or Baltimore, etc... in the playoffs if you don't have it between the ears.