Is rookie Cam Newton the real deal?
The NFL has a burgeoning super star on its hands in Cam Newton. The No. 1 overall pick in the April draft and Heisman Trophy winner at Auburn threw for an NFL rookie record 432 yards and a touchdown in Carolina's 30-23 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.

The NFL has a burgeoning super star on its hands in Cam Newton.
The No. 1 overall pick in the April draft and Heisman Trophy winner at Auburn threw for an NFL rookie record 432 yards and a touchdown in Carolina's 30-23 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
That followed his 422-yard performance - a league record for a quarterback in his pro debut - in last week's loss at Arizona.
Newton briefly held the NFL record for most passing yards in the first two games of the season by any quarterback (854), before New England's Tom Brady broke it a few hours later. Newton still set a league record for most yards passing in the first two games of a career.
A rookie in the same paragraphy with Tom Brady. Unbelievable.
Will the real Baltimore Ravens please stand up?
Just a week after looking like a Super Bowl team, the Ravens collapsed on both sides of the ball in Nashville on Sunday.
The Titans' 35-year-old Matt Hasselbeck looked 10 years younger as he hit on 30 of 42 passes for 358 yards and a touchdown. The Ravens' vaunted defense showed no pass rush and no coverage, either.
They also managed three second-half points. Ray Rice had put up 149 total yards and two TDs against Pittsburgh in the opener but could gain only 43 yards on 13 carries in Tennessee.
Without Rice, Joe Flacco struggled, too, throwing a pair of interceptions and earning a QB rating of 51.2.
That ain't gonna cut it against the Jets in two weeks.
Revis in top form
And speaking of the Jets, all-pro corner Darrelle Revis said he was very disappointed, despite New York's 32-3 wipeout of Jacksonville.
Jaguars receiver Jason Hill, who publicly wondered if the Jets' two-time all-pro cornerback and his team's defense have been "overhyped," never made it on to the field. Hill also said that the Jets benefited from being in the nation's largest media market. (He's right about that, but it's incredibly stupid to challenge somebody as dominant as Revis.)
But Hill just couldn't shut up. Of Revis, he said: "Him personally, he's a good player, Pro Bowl player. I'm trying to make it to the Pro Bowl, too. This'll be a good game to put some notches on our belts."
What they got was a butt kicking - one Hill sat out with an ailing hip.
Revis' caustic response: "I was in tears that he didn't play."
This has to be a misprint
The Jags' Luke McCown was bullied, beaten, harrassed and hammered to a quarterback rating of 1.8. That's not his ERA; it's a QB rating, and the worst Cover 2 has ever, ah, covered.
Longevity record for Hanson
Detroit's Jason Hanson kicked two field goals in the first half, playing in his NFL-record 297th game with the same team. Hall of Famer Bruce Matthews played 296 games with the Houston-Tennessee franchise and Darrell Green was in 295 with the Washington Redskins.