screw it

which is AMAZING for a rookie quarterback. especially considering he didn't have a full training camp and wasn't named the starter until Week 1.

he's on pace to blow past all rookie passing records. in his rookie year, peyton manning threw a league high 28 interceptions and only won 3 games.


cam is on pace for:

passing yards: 5,544
completions: 388
attempts: 652
completion %: 59.5
yards per attempt: 8.5
passing TDs: 20
interceptions: 20
rushing attempts: 132
rushing yards: 532
rushing TDs: 16
fumbles: 4
total yards: 6,076
total TDS: 36


current NFL rookie passing records:

Highest Passer Rating, Rookie, Season (Qualifiers)
98.1 Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh, 2004
96.0 Dan Marino, Miami, 1983
88.3 Greg Cook, Cincinnati, 1969

Most Passes Attempted, Rookie, Season
590 Sam Bradford, St. Louis, 2010
575 Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, 1998
540 Chris Weinke, Carolina, 2001

Most Passes Completed, Rookie, Season
354 Sam Bradford, St. Louis, 2010
326 Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, 1998
293 Chris Weinke, Carolina, 2001

Highest Completion Percentage, Rookie, Season (Qualifiers)
66.44 Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh, 2004 (295-196)
61.06 Matt Ryan, Atlanta, 2008 (434-265)
60.05 Joe Flacco, Baltimore, 2008 (428-257)

Most Yards Gained, Rookie, Season
3,739 Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, 1998
3,512 Sam Bradford, St. Louis, 2010
3,440 Matt Ryan, Atlanta, 2008

Highest Average Gain, Rookie, Season (Qualifiers)
9.411 Greg Cook, Cincinnati, 1969 (197-1,854)
9.409 Bob Waterfield, Cleveland, 1945 (171-1,609)
8.88 Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh, 2004 (295-2,621)

Most Touchdown Passes, Rookie, Season
26 Peyton Manning, Indianapolis, 1998
22 Charlie Conerly, N.Y. Giants, 1948
20 Dan Marino, Miami, 1983

Lowest Pct., Passes Had Intercepted, Rookie, Season
(Qualifiers)
1.98 Charlie Batch, Detroit, 1998 (303-6)
2.03 Dan Marino, Miami, 1983 (296-6)
2.10 Gary Wood, N.Y. Giants, 1964 (143-3)

upshoot: i'll take it. all day. fantastic rookie season so far.

 

I could care less about Cam's % QBR , MRE, SAT, whatever bullshit rating you want pull out of ESPN's ass...
He is an immediate threat to score from anywhere on the field at any time. He makes our team far more of a threat offensively than we've been in recent memory.

And all this with about 3 weeks prep time with the new coaching staff.
Give him a year or so, maybe a stud WR ( Blackmon ? Jeffries ?), and it's showtime.


Thank god we didn't draft gimpy Fairley.

 

You can't argue with what he has done so far. I can't believe that he will keep this up all year but who knows. He certainly has room to improve but to be this far along this quickly is amazing really. I would bet that free agent WRs will want to come here next year to play with him. Steve Smith will probably want to stay here until he retires now.

If they can just figure out how to play defense and special teams we might be a contender again.

 

It completely wouldn't suck at all to have that play out into a 16 game season. I mean, ideally you'd like to see fewer picks, but did anyone really anticipate 5000 yards as "realistic" either?

 

Perhaps he will keep getting better and not throw those picks, and still amass that yardage! The sky is the limit for this kid!

 

If the running game can ever get going he can throw a little less but maybe have fewer picks and the offense will be more efficient in the red zone. Part of me kinda wants to see them keep doing what they are doing. We can finish 4-12 but if he throws for over 5,000 yards as a rookie it will still be a good season.

 

Not bad at all for a future tight end.

 

slash 2.0

 

Gives a pretty good interview too..

http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2011/10/carolina_panthers_quarterback.html

 

edit: That is a good read.