Quote:While I respect Cam as a QB, I am far from his biggest fan.

 

That being said, he did nothing to "deserve" the shots he took, and there was no reason for a few of them not being flagged.

 

The NFL baffles me at times.  They pretend to care, even reach settlements, they've put skirts on the QBs and gone out of their way to protect defenseless ball carriers, yet they let Cam get rocked last night.

 

I struggle to find consistency there.

 

Sure, it may get talked about in meeting rooms with officials and promises made to have such things "cleaned up"... but that doesn't change what Cam had to go through.  Those are also the kinds officiating decisions that can change outcomes of games.

 

They care. Officials checked on Newton when he was slow to get up. Every week there are big non-calls that obviously should have been flagged, but is part of the game. The NFL would not have made up more player safety rules if it did not care about it. Luckily for Newton, he was not concussed and able to finish the game.

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