I said no only because I'd wanna know the full extent of the back injury and the rehab. That's important especially for a player like Cam.
Also, I don't see Schotty going anywhere and we really need someone who knows the offense. As we've seen, guys just don't come in and get the Schotty offense. It takes time and this team is primed to win next year.
That said, Cam's an exceptional player. If Schotty could learn from how the Seahawks use Wilson and incorporate some of those CONCEPTS into his offense, then...and only then... I could see it being an amazing thing.
If they just were to bring Cam Newton in and expect him to run the offense like Hill does... Yeah, I can't see that being much different than what we have with Hill. It's taken Schotty awhile to use Tavon because Tavon needed to adapt to "the offense".
Which I don't understand. Going back ages, you could always ask a guy, "do a 9" and he'd run a fly or go route. He didn't need to even know what team he was on... just run fast and catch the ball and keep running. It was a way to use talent and break a guy in. Schotty, like McDaniel, but not nearly as bad, doesn't do that.
Which is why I said no.
NOT because of anything Cam Newton isn't. He is...worthy and if supported properly here could with all this talent lead this team to a Lombardi trophy...multiples, actually, imho.
But, that would require changes like I mentioned to the offense.
And since I don't think they are going to make those changes... I wouldn't do it.
Which is also why I think Sam Bradford is really our only hope. He's the only guy with the talent and the knowledge of the offense to get us where we need to be. Now, I'm not making any statements about Bradford's chance's for durability or even being ready for the start of camp, let alone the season.
Just saying that the way it looks now, unless something changes with Schotty, we're looking at Bradford, Hill (maybe) and a draftee...