Cam Newton Shows Improvement at Auburn's Pro Day

Cam Newton was 11-of-21 passing at the NFL Scouting Combine.

By the time he got to his 60th pass at the Pro Day, he had just as many incompletions. And a few of them were drops by the wide receiver; heck, he tossed more than 30 passes before he threw a pass that didn't hit a wideout's hand.

When you look at these numbers, you would assume that Newton has improved since the Combine. And you would be right.

For instance, he sailed passes way above receivers running out routes at the Combine. At the Pro Day, he hit the receivers' hands.

And he threw nice touch passes when wideouts ran the seven route. That is important because, in the NFL, he will need to have some touch on his passes so they don't get intercepted.

He still has a problem with overthrowing receivers on go routes. And, at times, he threw to receivers too late; he threw to wideouts running the comeback route after they made their cut, whereas he is supposed to throw to them while they make their cut.

But the fact that he is improving shows that he can be coached into doing the right things. As I stated in a previous post, that is important when you leave college early.