(10-30-2019 12:04 PM)StillJonesing Wrote:  

(10-30-2019 11:33 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  Dooley was saying how much Newton has come along and grown in recent weeks in an interview the other day, and it could very well be true, or the cynic in me is thinking he could be trying to build his confidence publicly because he knows like it or not Newton is the starting PG for a while. I sure hope it's the former, because if it's the latter and Newton is a guy who in an ideal world wouldn't be playing right now it could be big trouble against what is an awful schedule in terms of SOS but unfortunately has only 2 home games out of the 8 games in the month of November. Even in the interview where Dooley was starting to finally hype up Newton he also was very clear as soon as Robinson is healthy he's the starting PG, and he hasn't practiced in like 2-3 months, so Newton is clearly not playing at some crazy level.

This may all be true and exactly how you describe it wanting to build confidence, but when I look at the Newton's stats and highlights it doesn't seem like a stretch that he's playing well in practice either.

At least one of the players (Miles James) also said he impressed him the most of anyone on the team, and he would have no reason to hype him since he's competing with him for the same minutes.

Either way it wouldn't be shocking if Newton took the opportunity and ran with it at least to the level that he's got a solid spot in the rotation post everyone coming back. I think there is a good shot of that honestly.

I also think Dooley could be being judicious with Robinson even if Newton is actually blowing up in practice. He knows he's a valuable player who he had expected to start and who is injured. He's could be easing his fears that the injury has cost him his job too. They should both be able to play together though so I think it's Jackson who stands to lose the most potentially from injury if Newton does step up.

Oh I agree Newton is extremely intriguing and he could really be progressing big time. I was taking the most pessimistic view of these recent comments but they could just be honest in that he's taken to the opportunity and grown as preseason has gone along and is legitimately good. I really hope that's the answer because it looks like whether he's ready or not he's gonna be the starting PG for a little while. Lose more than like 1 of the RPI bomb games and you can probably just go ahead and pencil us in for a 200+ RPI/NET season again.