ClintSaints

Okay, this list is totally illegitimate. Cam Newton is a better football player than Tony Gonzalez (47)? Than Champ Bailey (53)? Than Julius Peppers (54), Victor Cruz (58), and Jared Allen (60)?

And I find it offensive that Russell Wilson (51) and Colin Kaepernick (81) were placed below Cam. What has Cam Newton done? He's a good quarterback but he simply doesn't belong on the list. He has a TD/INT ratio of 1.38 to 1 over two seasons. That isn't exactly stellar given all the recent rule changes which favor the quarterback. In his rookie season, Russell Wilson had a TD/INT ratio of 2.6 to 1, which is flat out superb. Also, Wilson led his team to the playoffs. Newton didn't.

Kaepernick, though he didn't play a full season, led his team to the Super Bowl, and had a TD/INT ratio of 3.33 to 1 over 7 games as a starter in the regular season. He also had an excellent passer rating - 98.3 - whereas Newton's passer rating was 86.2.

I guess one shouldn't be so bent out of shape over this as the top 100 list is voted on by NFL players, many of which are not aspiring rocket scientists. Still and all, I'm getting so freaking tired of accolades being heaped on people who haven't performed up to scratch while other players whose performances are consistently awesome (like, I dunno, Marques Colston for instance?), are snubbed.

I recognize that Newton is being lauded for being a dual threat as passer and runner, but both Russell Wilson and Colin Kaepernick are amazing dual threat quarterbacks as well.

Someone wake me up when Cam Newton actually leads his team to the playoffs.