REPORT: Ronnie Pitts to rape Cam Newton poster

[Tony Oday]

Sanchez did look like an idiot and I love that AR blasted the media for not having offseason Captains Practices. Mora and Pitts were fighting to be the first one to both knees to a guy that is now 0-2.

[Pugger]

There was plenty of Cam cock sniffing to go around that booth. Pitts game-calling is worse than listening to Madden Football's computer announcers.

The national talking heads to a man are all sniffing Cam's cock. They all talk like he is the second coming of Joe Montana. Cam will be a good QB but lets wait until he actually wins something before the coronation.

[pbmax]

Sanchez did look like an idiot and I love that AR blasted the media for not having offseason Captains Practices. Mora and Pitts were fighting to be the first one to both knees to a guy that is now 0-2.

No complaints on the lockout practices. I am sure he heard that question 200 times. He gets a pass from me on that topic.

But there is no reason to invite trouble. The fact that media willingly help him avoid it is the first step on the way to a fall from grace. You have to be accountable to yourself, because the media are no substitute.

[pbmax]

The national talking heads to a man are all sniffing Cam's cock. They all talk like he is the second coming of Joe Montana. Cam will be a good QB but lets wait until he actually wins something before the coronation.

They weren't talking about him like that. They simply couldn't think of anyone else to talk about. Which I blame entirely on TV producers chasing stars on broadcasts. Its all they will allow on the air.

Even Aikman used to fight it and lost.

[denverYooper]

The praise for Rodgers was that they assumed everything he did was the smartest thing he could have done. The team was praised as being a championship team that knew not to panic and how to rally. It was automatic pilot praise and no breakdown. No mention of how the Packers staunched the TE problem then had a WR problem. That is all these guys are allowed to do, just be sure to say Aaron Rodgers full name 25 times before half.

The only time they get to try out something new is when someone new shows up. That is Newton. And beside Steve Smith, there isn't much else to talk about in a Panthers game.

The bigger problem is Rodgers newly minted status as cannot do any wrong QB. Local Milwaukee radio has already started the "he's just being honest" routine to explain any public missteps. When he seemed to blast Sanchez for the GQ spread (comments that could have derogatory to either Sanchez or Rodgers himself as though he was imagining himself in a similar situation), they fell all over themselves to apologize for their new radio star and bleat that they could not believe anyone could misinterpret the Good Witch Aaron's unscripted comments.

This is exactly how the last disaster got started and it may be unavoidable with a star QB. I am going to buy a Packers jersey with Sisyphus as the name on the back.

Does it come with a rock?

Or a portable Camus?

[Joemailman]

They weren't talking about him like that. They simply couldn't think of anyone else to talk about. Which I blame entirely on TV producers chasing stars on broadcasts. Its all they will allow on the air.

Even Aikman used to fight it and lost.

I can understand that on a national telecast. You're trying to hold viewers who may not have a rooting interest in the game. I game like yesterday though is likely being watched by just diehard fans of the 2 teams. Not sure the star chasing really works there.

[Pugger]

They weren't talking about him like that. They simply couldn't think of anyone else to talk about. Which I blame entirely on TV producers chasing stars on broadcasts. Its all they will allow on the air.

Even Aikman used to fight it and lost.

I was talking about the national guys in the post game shows on BSPN and the NFL Network, not the goofballs we were stuck with during the game.

[pbmax]

I was talking about the national guys in the post game shows on BSPN and the NFL Network, not the goofballs we were stuck with during the game.

I see. Try Mooch on him: http://www.nfl.com/videos/auto/09000.../Growth-of-Cam

Mooch manages to remember both the mistakes and that he is a rookie while praising the big plays.

[mraynrand]

The announcers were awful, but that being said - there typically is a lot of interest in the #1 draft pick, especially when he comes out game ready and throws for 900 yards his first two games. Guy looked pretty good leading a team that was pathetic last year and has zero running game this year - and was playing the Superbowl champs. I remember a while back the Packers and Colts had these two ironmen at QB that the press liked to talk about over and over and over and over, to the exclusion of any other players and - too often - the actual game action itself. Once, on a MNF game, they let one guy's wife recite an Ode to the QB - TWICE. That's more barf-inducing than the slurping Cam Newton got on Sunday.

[Brandon494]

Hes the #1 overall pick, the heisman winner, and a national champion who just came off a NFL record setting game and was playing a impressive game against the World Champs... wtf did you think they were going to talk about? LOL

[Fritz]

PB's on the money here. In the mad drive for more, more, more fandom, more viewers, more everything NFL, there's been a shift from analysis of the game being played to slobbering praise of the designated heroes as well as setting up entirely false dualities (Rodgers vs. Newton, for example). The criticisms are either minor ("He didn't let Nelson complete the route") or thoughtless ("There's no excuse for not getting that call right!").

It is no longer sport but entertainment spectacle, and fans who see it as a sport (I think most Packer fans see it this way) are bound to be disappointed/disgusted by the announcing, which is pretty well scripted any more.

[Freak Out]

I just want someone to refer to him on air as Cam "Kensington Lock" Newton.

[wootah]

Hes the #1 overall pick, the heisman winner, and a national champion who just came off a NFL record setting game and was playing a impressive game against the World Champs... wtf did you think they were going to talk about? LOL

True, but Mora went way over the top IMO. At a certain point in the 4th Q he was even praising Newton's composure because he was chewing gum during the game. I expected a bit more depth from a former coach.

Edit: one of the main articles featured on nfl.com right now is on Cam Newton. Title: "Unsung Hero".

[pbmax]

True, but Mora went way over the top IMO. At a certain point in the 4th Q he was even praising Newton's composure because he was chewing gum during the game. I expected a bit more depth from a former coach.

Edit: one of the main articles featured on nfl.com right now is on Cam Newton. Title: "Unsung Hero".

Odd, I didn't know unsung meant winless.

[Brandon494]

They aren't winless because of him. The coaches need to do a better job of having a more balanced offensive attack instead of relying on a rookie to throw it 40 times a game.