11-06-2015, 06:03 PM
(11-06-2015, 05:11 PM)wolfkaosaun Wrote: It's less about numbers and more about Newton literally having to carry this offense.
We talk about the injuries the Bengals have had on offense, look at the Panthers. They lose their #1 receiver and then their next best receiver is Ginn. He literally has little to nothing besides Olsen. The fact that they're 7-0 is very surprising. He deserves to be in the conversation, but certainly not the winner.
The Defense is the reason that team is 7-0.
Not only that but you need to factor in their schedule.
They play in a weak division (NFCS) and they have another weak division (AFCS). When they played the Saints it was with Brees out.
The only quality win that they had was going into Seattle and beating the Seahawks (this is my opinion). However one could speculate that the Seahawks came out flat due to the emotional let down of losing to us the week before.
The Panthers are going into a tough stretch here with the Packers (but they do get them at home), they have the 2 tougher teams in the NFCE to play in the Giants and Cowboys, both away games. Not only that but then they will have to play AT NO, AT Atlanta, and they also have to contend with the Falcons in Charlotte.
That isn't to take away what they have accomplished. It also isn't meant to criticize Newton. However for a long time Dalton was said to only be successful due to having a defense to carry him (something that Cam had lacked) and in the case of last year having a easy schedule. These are things that Cam has now, but instead of analyst pointing that out, they instead want to call Newton the MVP. If Dalton had his numbers and the our team was still 8-0, no one would call for Dalton to be MVP.
I checked the Panthers schedule and noticed something else about their Seattle match up. They were also coming off a Bye, so that also was in favor of them.
