SZVETITZ COLUMN: Don’t give up on Newton just yet
Cam Newton makes his debut at the 2010 Auburn A day game.
The first time Cameron Newton dropped back to pass, he was sacked.
Not the start he –— or any of the 63, 217 fans in Jordan-Hare Stadium — wanted to see.
Maybe he isn’t made of steel.
Well, it wasn’t officially a sack. I mean, Antoine Carter never really touched him, let alone brought him to the ground. Maybe, Newton could have spun out of it, tucked the ball and flew into the end zone.
Maybe.
Or, maybe he would have been dropped to the Pat Dye Field turf like a 6-foot-6 sack of potatoes.
Maybe.
Who knows?
Reading too much into what would have happened on that play would be like trying to figure out a fortune cookie. It’s silly.
And, really, who cares?
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