Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. (AP Photo/Paul Connors)Don’t forget about Friday’s mailbag and we’re still fine-tuning our Bowl Bonanza (if you have any thoughts or suggestions, as always, feel free), so know we have that coming.
From the “Mama McNabb stage here at the Al Davis Studio,” here we go…
NFL QB Power Poll
We talked a little about this Monday, but it deserves more attention. Did anyone see that Cam Newton and the Panthers were running the option and using spread sets in Carolina’s 38-19 whipping of Tampa Bay? There were a lot of NFL coordinators who saw it, and the offensive guys went, “Hey, maybe we can do that,” and the defensive guys asked, “Hey, how are we going to stop that?”
And yes, there’s a lot of concern about injuries to running quarterbacks, but at 6-foot-6 and 250 pounds, Cam Newton is not your average running quarterback.