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Apr 05, 2018

Robert Griffin III is filling a spot that should belong to Colin Kaepernick

It doesn’t take a genius to see why RG3 is getting another shot with a third team in four years while Kaepernick’s NFL career appears deadNo matter what would eventually happen, Robert Griffin III and Colin Kaepernick were destined to be linked forever as the faces of a quarterback revolution in the NFL. For four wonderful months in the fall of 2012 they, along with Seattle’s Russell Wilson, offered a tantalizing glimpse of the future: signal-callers who ran as well as they threw. They inspired words rarely used in NFL offenses, spawning talk of “zone reads” and “the pistol”.While Cam Newton had already established himself as a pass and run threat, the sudden arrival of Griffin, Kaepernick and Wilson that...

Dec 28, 2016

From MVP to also-ran: what happened to Cam Newton's season?

The Carolina Panthers quarterback lit up the NFL last season. But it’s hard to maintain such excellence when you’re let down by your supporting castNo two quarterbacks in the NFL have the same supporting cast. Playbooks, offensive lines, receivers and coaches all affect how easy it is for a quarterback to do his job, and have a huge impact on his statistical output because it creates the margin for error that he is afforded. Take Aaron Rodgers for example. Rodgers hasn’t changed his level of play much this year. But how he is perceived has changed because his receivers have recently been getting open more consistently and, most importantly, are catching the ball more consistently. Over the first eight games...