Some rough Cam Newton team stats I researched this morning:
2011: Steve Smith: 79 rec, 1,394 yards (Stewart and Olsen had 47 & 45 recs)
Leading rushers: DeAngelo Williams with 836 yards, Jonathan Stewart with 761 yards, and Cam Newton with 706 yards.
Football Outsiders OL Ranking For Run Blocking & Pass Protection: #5 and #21.
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2012: Steve Smith: 73 rec, 1,174 yards (Olsen and LaFell had 69 & 44 recs)
Leading rushers: Cam Newton with 741 yards and DeAngelo Williams with 737.
Football Outsiders OL Ranking For Run Blocking & Pass Protection: #30 and #21.
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2013: Greg Olsen: 73 rec, 816 yards (Smith and LaFell had 64 & 49 recs)
Leading rushers: DeAngelo Williams with 843 yards and Cam Newton with 585 yards.
Football Outsiders OL Ranking For Run Blocking & Pass Protection: #14 and #25.
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2014: Greg Olsen: 84 rec, 1,008 yards (Kelvin Benjamin and Cotchery had 73 & 48 recs)
Leading rushers: Jonathan Stewart with 809 yards and Cam Newton with 539.
Football Outsiders OL Ranking For Run Blocking & Pass Protection: #27 and #22.
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2015: Greg Olsen: 77 rec, 1,104 yards (Ginn Jr. and Cotchery had 44 & 39 recs)
Leading rushers: Jonathan Stewart with 989 yards and Cam Newton with 636.
Football Outsiders OL Ranking For Run Blocking & Pass Protection: #12 and #21.
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2016: Greg Olsen: 80 rec, 1,073 yards (Benjamin and Ginn Jr. had 63 and 54 recs)
Leading rushers: Jonathan Stewart with 824 yards and Cam Newton with 359.
Football Outsiders OL Ranking For Run Blocking & Pass Protection: #25 and #19.
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2017: Christian McCaffrey: 80 rec, 651 yards (Funchess and Benjamin* had 63 and 32 recs) *KB played only 8 games.
Leading rushers: Cam Newton with 754, Jonathan Stewart with 680, and Christian McCaffery with 435.
Football Outsiders OL Ranking For Run Blocking & Pass Protection: #25 and #19.
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2018: Christian McCaffrey: 107 rec, 867 yards (D.J. Moore and Funchess had 55 & 44 recs)
Leading rushers: Christian McCaffery witih 1,098 yards and Cam Newton* with 488 yards.
Football Outsiders OL Ranking For Run Blocking & Pass Protection: #11 and #10.
*Cam missed 2 games.
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2019: Christian McCaffrey: 116 rec, 1,005 yards (Moore and Chris Samule had 87 and 54 recs)
Leading rusher: Chrisitan McCaffery with 1,387 yards (nobody else* over 130 yards total).
Football Outsiders OL Ranking For Run Blocking & Pass Protection: #17 and #29.
*Cam missed 14 games.
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2019 Patriots Comparison:
9th best run blocking OL and 5th best pass protecting OL per Football Outsiders.
2019 Patriots Leading Rushers: Sony Michel with 912 yards, Rex Burkhead with 302 yards, and James White with 263 yards.
2019 Patriots Leading Receivers: Julian Edelman with 100 rec and 1,117 yards and James White with 72 rec and 645 yards (nobody else had more than 29 recs by Dorsett).
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Conclusions I am drawing (or pulling outta my arse):
- Relative to the 2019 Patriots' OL, Cam Newton has never had a better offensive line to operate behind in the NFL.
- Other than CMC during the 2018 season, Cam Newton has never had a 100 reception receiver (Edelman had 100 last year as the sole option most of the time).
- Other than CMC during the 2018 season, Cam Newton has never had a RB catch more than 70 passes (James White had 72 receptions last year as the obvious passing down back and option #2).