What has had more to do with Carolina’s winning record during the Rivera/Newton era?

[patriotsheatyan]

Thoughts?

[Bolts223]

I'd say a bit of both, about equal.

I think people are undervaluing how good Cam was at a certain point in his career.

But the Panthers also had some loaded rosters as well. 2013 & 2015 were really good teams.

[Malik]

Not to say that Ron hasn't been great at certain points, but the fact that Cam has never had more than 1 good skill position player on offense at the same time speaks volumes to me.

[Malfatron]

Cam was a beast back in the day.

Rivera i never really thought was ever top 8

[BayRaider]

Too many long sentence Panther threads lately. 

[ET80]

[MKnight82]

The defense.

[Hunter2_1]

Out of those options, I'd say the two-headed monster of Cam and the threat he offered back when he was genuinely really good.

[evilpimp972]

Cam was running wild

[TheChancellor]

12 minutes ago, evilpimp972 said:

Cam was running wild

Quite literally and figuratively.

[patriotsheatyan]

Now that the Panthers are 6-2 without Newton during Newton’s career, has anyone changed their mind?

[Dome]

On 9/17/2019 at 8:00 PM, ET80 said:

 

On 9/17/2019 at 8:17 PM, MKnight82 said:

The defense.

Column C

[frenchie]

Luke Kuechly, and a top 5 defense...

[RabidPanther89]

It's both. No coach is going to have great success without a good QB. 

Cam has certainly carried the offense and willed them to victories on his accord in spite of supporting cast and bad OC's in the past.

Ron's a great defensive mind. But he has some bad decision making skills at times. Not kicking a FG on 4th and 1 to go up 7 was one of them last week.

[childofpudding]

Rivera by a little bit. Only 3 winning seasons in 8 full seasons, and the defense had more to do with those winning seasons than the offense or Newton, with the exception of 2015 which was about equal. That said, Newton's contribution to the entire offense is underrated because he's been such a force in the running game and that's often overlooked.