Cam Newton New Deal

The report on Cam's new deal so far is a 5 year extension worth roughly $100 million. Also, a significant portion is expected to be guaranteed money. "Well he hasn't won anything yet" and "Why should he be paid more than Kaepernick and Dalton who have done just as much as him if not more" will be two common complaints heard among critics of this deal. I will tell you exactly why he should be paid more than those two quarterbacks. He is better. I'm not saying he is in the elite tier of quarterbacks yet, but he has the talent to get there one day. Over his career, Cam has gotten very little help on offense. Once Jordan Gross retired, his offensive line has been dreadful, and other than Steve Smith he hasn't had an above average wide receiver to work with in his career (Kelvin Benjamin should be good, but last season he was only average. He still has quite a few things to work on, was raw coming out of college so it should be expected). Carolina has their QB for the present, and for the future. They should be applauded for doing whatever it took to retain him. If they ever end up giving Cam Newton some good weapons on offense (no offense Greg Olsen and Kelvin Benjamin), and solid protection, they have what it takes to be a top tier offense. Everybody just ease off Cam, Michael Oher is his left tackle this season. I might need $100 million to fully trust him to protect my blindside too.