Cam Newton is only 32 years old. For a pocket passer, that's not considered old but for a mobile quarterback it is because many cannot throw that well from the pocket. Thus they are graded on a a running back curve.
There are those in the media and sports world complaining that Cam Newton is being treated like he's 38. Newton is getting treated like that because his legs are on a year to year basis. Plus Newton has never been an accurate quarterback. The guy throws to people's bubbles. Which for a typical mobile quarterback is about as good as can be expected.
There are people asking if Newton was inaccurate, how did he have a high completion percentage. The answer is he had guys with high true catch percentages. Over 25% of Newton's passes were uncatchable. The percentage is almost identical to the percentage of incompletions from a clean pocket.
Now if Newton can learn to become accurate from the pocket, he can extend his career. The problem is, after watching him in 2020, it's doubtful that Newton can improve that much more as a passer. Especially when even his most accurate throws, really weren't that accurate by pocket quarterback standards. Newton was working with a quarterback coach, so he probably already knows this. So it's really up to him at this point to change his career expectancy.
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