Cam Newton had one of the best rookie seasons of any quarterback in NFL history. Cam Newton set a rookie passing yard season record with 4,051 yards also passing for 20 touchdowns and only 17 interceptions. I say only because typically rookie quarterbacks throw more interceptions than touchdown passes. Cam Newton’s 60.0 pass completion percentage was very acceptable for a rookie quarterback.

Cam Newton also set records running the football in his rookie season. Newton rushed 126 times for 706 yards and record 14 touchdowns. Averaging 5.6 yards per carry Cam Newton established himself as an elite scrambling NFK quarterback.

What impressed me the most about Cam Newton’s rookie season was both his poise and work ethic. Clearly Cam Newton didn’t try to get by solely on his athletic talent and was working hard with the coaches to get better. I only remember Newton getting visibly frustrated a couple of times as a rookie and that is impressive.

Considering that Cam Newton was mostly thought to be a project, he had a spectacular rookie season. Remember that due to the NFL lockout Newton missed a lot of training camp and off season passing schools and such.

With a full offseason of workouts and training camp under his belt look for Cam Newton to be even better during the 2012 NFL season. I don’t see Cam Newton having a sophomore slump next season.Newton’s work ethic and desire for greatness won’t allow him to slump.

If the Carolina Panthers can solidify their defense then Cam Newton and the offense will have the team in playoff contention in 2012. I expect the Panthers to be Super Bowl contenders in 2013 with Cam Newton being a great leader and NFL quarterback.

Thanks to Cam Newton the future is bright indeed for the Carolina Panthers. For the first time we have a true franchise quarterback and one that eyes all over the country will be on.Newtonand the Carolina Panthers offense will earn the team some primetime games next year so fans in other markets can see him play.

The New Orleans Saints had little trouble when they defeated the Carolina Panthers by the score of 45 to 17 today. Drew Brees torched the Panthers for 389 yards and five touchdowns to top off his record breaking season. The Saints as a team set NFL records for yards, passing yards and first downs during the 2011 season.

Cam Newton had a decent game in the loss to the New Orleans Saints. Cam completed 15 of 25 passes for 158 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Cam Newton also stayed in the game after being injured by the Saints. Cam Newton ended his spectacular rookie season with 4,051 passing yards with 21 touchdown passes and 17 interceptions for the year.

Things looked to be a bit heated early in the Panthers at the Saints game as Steve Smith was fired up. Smith caught six passes for 86 yards and a touchdown to wrap up his Pro Bowl Season for the Carolina Panthers.

Drew Brees and the Saints were just too dialed in for the Carolina Panthers to offer them much competition. Ivory ran for 127 yards for the Saints against the Panthers and Drew Brees had almost 400 yards passing and the five touchdowns.

What I did like about this game was the effort put forth by the Carolina Panthers. The team continued to play hard against what I think is the best team in the National Football League at this time.

Jonathan Stewart had 79 yards rushing on just nine carries as DeAngelo Williams rushed for 53 yards on seven carries. With the score so lopsided the Panthers had to abandon the running game which actually worked well against the New Orleans Saints.

James Anderson had a nice game on defense for the Carolina Panthers in their last game of the 2011 NFL season. Anderson had nine tackles with six assists while Senn had six tackles and five assists against the Saints. James Anderson had a huge year for the Panthers and was the only starting linebacker to stay mostly healthy all season.

Even though the Carolina Panthers lost their last regular season game in 2011 there is hope for the future. Clearly the Panthers are a team that is improving and should be a playoff contender in 2012. Please continue to check back with this blog for offseason Carolina Panthers news and draft articles. And of course you can follow the Carolina Panthers at our sister site Schoolofthelegends.com.