NFL 2011 Week 2

[Freed Roger]

Bears would be wise to keep 3 QBs active.

No [expletive]. Aikman was saying this is partly due to be a byproduct of Martz' offense .. did Warner get the [expletive] beat out of him like this? That's ridiculous.

yep he did. And Bulger too. Martz's offense offers minimal protection for QB, and requires the QB to hold the ball too long. Bernie Miklasz appropriately dubs it "battered quarterback syndrome" once they take so many hits, they get to be useless and have happyfeet. And the defenses recognize this and make it into a feeding frenzy.

When they let Warner walk from here, he was washed up with the syndrome - by then he was fumbling the ball just at the sight of an oncoming rusher. So his years off from STL and starting is what enabled his late career revival.

What's astonishing with Cutler, is how long they keep him in there even when he is clearly shellshocked, lame and is no longer effective running the offense. He needed a standing-8 count on Sunday.

[lukethedrifter]

Cam Newton is pretty good.

I didn't see the game, but I noticed that he threw 3 interceptions. Were those not his fault?

Oh he wasn't perfect but he's a rookie in his first two games. I'm sure that he made mistakes and he'll probably make many more but he's off to an awfully good start.

quote from NFL.com article

But Rodgers and the Packers offense - which spent most of the first quarter on the sideline -- finally got in rhythm while Newton started making mistakes.



His first came late in the second quarter by throwing to Smith in double coverage, with Woodson diving in front of Smith near the sideline for the interception.
His second interception came when he tried to throw against pressure from Matthews, with Woodson jumping in front of Smith for a second pick. On the third, Newton simply overthrew an open Legedu Naanee and the ball ended up in the arms of safety Morgan Burnett near midfield late in the third quarter.
"This is a rookie quarterback that's learning and growing and getting better each opportunity he gets," Panthers coach Ron Rivera said. "When we go back and really get to watch the tape, we'll see he missed a read here, he missed a throw here, but for the most part, he handled himself with the type of poise and composure you would not expect."