An AFC East Coach Doesn't Think Cam Newton Will Start for the Patriots
By Kyle Koster
Everyone knows that the New England Patriots made the brilliant choice to commit highway robbery and secure former NFL MVP Cam Newton as their starting quarterback for 2020 in an effort to fight for a playoff spot. Except either Adam Gase, Brian Flores, or Sean McDermott -- one of whom texted ESPN's Dianna Russini with a theory that Newton was being brought in as a wild-card in a fullhouse backfield.
I spoke over text w/ an AFC East Head Coach on Cam Newton and the Patriots. “I think they are going to keep 3 QBs. Use Cam Newton perhaps as the wild card. I actually don't see him starting Week 1 in the offense...I know one thing for a fact: the #Patriots love Jarrett Stidham"
— Dianna Russini (@diannaESPN) July 1, 2020
Well, first and foremost, that is simply not the plan I, a non-coach would follow. If a healthy Newton is on my roster, he will be under center for the first and probably every snap of the year. That would be why we went out and got him. Yet one of three guys said it. They didn't put their name to it, but they said it nonetheless.
"I think they're going to keep three QBs, use Cam Newton as perhaps the wild card. I actually don't see him starting week 1 ... I know one thing for a fact, and that's the New England Patriots love Jarrett Stidham."
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) July 1, 2020
—@diannaESPN on what a head coach in the division said. pic.twitter.com/erCsckwtEH
The Patriots may, in fact, love Jarrett Stidham. If they were that infatuated, though, would they really bring in Newton as a backup plan? The whole thing seems ... dubious. The only way Newton will be sidelined if his medicals aren't as good as believed.
Time will tell.