Tebow-Mania, Lin-Sanity...words made up by ESPN. How can people describe what Rookie of the Year Cam Newton has done in his 1st full season in Carolina then? It's simply nothing short of amazing. A team that was 2-14 the year before has become one of the must-watch teams in the league outside of Denver, New England, & Green Bay (I know I forgot a few but you get the point).
In probably the greatest one and done in college sports history, Cam won the Heisman Trophy & a National Championship while facing an NCAA investigation about his recruitment to Auburn. Many analysts, primarliy Todd McShay, said Newton would struggle transitioning to a pro-style offense, he was wrong as usual (that's why I'll listen to Mel Kiper, Jr.) Newton had one of the greatest rookie seasons as a quarterback, breaking Peyton Manning's rookie record for most passing yards in a season opener (400), throwing for 4,000 in a rookie season, and winning the Rookie of the Year award over surprise Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton.
Unfortunately, ESPN was stuck on Tebow-Mania & forgot about Cam Newton, which leads to the debate: who would want to build a team around: Tebow-Mania or Cam Newton? (or the nickname I gave him "Killa Cam" Newton). Ok, Tebow led the Broncos to the playoffs & a upset of Pittsburgh, but his flaws are often ignored by the general public, (which got exposed in a brutal playoff loss to New England) while the hype machine known as ESPN glorifies his every move. On the other hand, Cam has quietly gotten better as the season went along & is becoming the most gifted quarterback in the last few years based off of physical attributes & the "it" gene. Tebow started ahead of Cam at Florida and forced Cam to transfer after a season filled with off the field troubles. It's safe to say that Tebow & Urban Meyer knew that Cam was talented enough to win based off of skill alone. Next season could be career definding for both Tebow & Cam. Can Tebow live up to the mythical expectations that social media & ESPN put upon him or will Cam continue showing why that there must be substance to balance the hype? In any way, in a one game, winner take all situation, I'll take "Killa Cam" over Tebow-Mania & here's the reason why: even Hulkamania eventually played itself out too...
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