Quote:I could care less about all the showboating. I was a fan up until the point he didn't dive for the football in the SUPERBOWL!!!! Once that happened, now all this other stuff is just annoying from him. I don't care what anyone says, he has to dive for that ball. 

 

Yeah, whether you are considered a leader of a team or a 4th string backup, you simply have to dive for that ball in the Super Bowl, especially with the fact that the game was still in doubt and you had a chance to win.

 

If it was a 40 point blowout at that point and the game was already decided, I could understand not diving after that loose ball (not saying it would be considered right or wrong by teammates or fans, just that I could understand it).

 

I remember watching it at the time and seeing Cam actually back away from the loose ball instead of instinctively diving on it and saving the possession for his team, and not really believing what I just saw. I had to rewind it and watch it several more times to make sure that him actually backing away from the loose ball instead of diving hard for it, was exactly what I saw, and it was.

 

As far as showboating goes, a lot of people just don't like showboats and will root against them any chance they get, and it has nothing to do with race or what school he went to or transferred from, or anything else except for the fact they they are a show-boater.

 

Even worse are the in your face show-boaters, a lot of people just like to see them get their taste of humble pie and Cam certainly got his in that Super Bowl and by a lot of accounts, he didn't handle it like a true leader.

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