Jan 15, 2016 Over the years, football has spawned a number of quarterback rivalries for the ages. Bradshaw and Staubach in the '70s, Marino and Kelly in the '80s, Aikman and Young in the '90s, and of course, the best of them all, Brady and Manning in this whole century. But now, although few fans have yet realized it, we may already be watching the NFL's next great quarterback rivalry. Cam Newton vs. Russell Wilson has the makings of the next Peyton Manning vs.Tom Brady rivalry. Newton is the former No. 1 overall pick, like Manning once was, while Wilson went overlooked in the draft, like Brady once was. Newton lost his first four matchups to Wilson, not unlike how Manning lost his first six games against Brady. Newton and Wilson already met once in the postseason and will now square off again Sunday for a second straight year. Newton is signed through 2020 to a team that looks to be an NFC force for years to come, just as Wilson is signed through 2019 to a team that looks to be an NFC force for years to come. It has set them up to be battling for a spot in this year's NFC Championship game, and to be battling for similar positioning for years to come. And with the Panthers and Seahawks scheduled to play again in the 2016 regular season, in a matchup that has prime-time written all over it, Newton and Wilson get another chance to meet up next season. The rivalry continues. Few have talked about Newton and Wilson in the same breath as Brady and Manning. But Newton is expected to win this season's MVP and Wilson was this season's second-half MVP. They are the NFL's new leading men, at the top of their games just as Brady and Manning are getting closer to relinquishing their throne. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...ivalry-carolina-panthers-seattle-seahawks-nfl
Jan 15, 2016 I think it could be. Cam needs to start winning some of these games to truly turn it into a rivalry. Brady/Manning was so great because of all of the playoff battles with everything on the line.
Jan 15, 2016 Eh.... Panthers haven't proven to be consistent enough on a yearly basis for it to turn into a Brady/Peyton thing. I think Luck/Wilson will have quite a few big games in the future. Especially once Brady and/or Belichick retire.
Jan 15, 2016 f--- this question cuz it should be Packers/Panthers and Vikings/Cardinals. #bittervikingsfan #walshsucks Anyways it's a very good QB match up for sure but I don't see it at that same level at least not yet cuz Brady and Manning are 2 of the all time best QBs, as in possibly even 1 and 2. Russell and Cam both have good teams and they're both just getting started so this could turn into a game we see a few times or more in the playoffs and then it'd only become bigger and bigger.
Jan 16, 2016 These 2 also broke the trend that read option QBs couldn't adapt in the NFL. RG3 and Kaep should be studying theses guys all off season.
Jan 16, 2016 Vick and McNabb could have ran one. It was more about the offensive coordinators catching up.
Jan 17, 2016 The powerz dat b wanted Russell vs Colin to be the new Brady vs Manning... but you know.
Jan 17, 2016 well, yeah, it could be. but it probably won't because the peyton/brady rivalry is a lot to live up to. that's not just one of the best rivalries we've seen in football, its one of the best in all of sports
