Player Signing Cam newton resigned 1 year deal

[archstanton543]

Seems like this is a good value signing. Cam Newton isn't as good as an older Brady but few quarterbacks in the NFL are. Newton is underrated on this forum and elsewhere. For sure, he missed more throws in bad fashion than the typical starting qb. Many more for the amount of throws he made but at the same time, those relatively open passing lanes were only open as much as they were because of Newton's ability to run. The Patriots last year had an upgraded line but they still had bottom 5 skill position players overall and that made Newton's job tougher.

The matter is Patriots with Newton having to deal with covid and with several good FA's gone and other good players missing because of covid opt outs, went 7-8. There were more close losses than close wins.

Newton is a below average NFL starting QB right now but he is far from awful and it may be better to have a below average starter at a fair salary than overpaying an average starter.

I'd rather have the Patriots do this than trade away a few firsts for Matt Stafford and have to pay Stafford more money. I'd rather have the Patriots do this then overpay for DeShaun Watson in a Hershel Walker type deal.

Bill Bellichick has a chance to make an updated version of the 2001 Patriots... Cam won't be as good as Brady was that year. Brady was underrated that year and fairly close to the real regular season MVP of the league but the Patriots were still paying Bledsoe a much higher percentage of the cap than Cam Newton. If I am reading the report right, Bledsoe got 11 million of a cap less than 70 million at the time. It was a high-water mark for him.

And the team surrounding Brady in 2001 wasn't that good overall. The team surrounding Cam this year could be better and it wouldn't surprise me at all.

It would take a semi miracle but Bill Belichick/Cam Newton and the Patriots vs Brady and the Bucs in next years Super Bowl could happen.

I hate to break it to you but "below average" is "close to awful".

 

[resdubwhite]

It should also be noted that Cam misses wide open receivers. A lot. Don't make Ian post that thread again. Its not, I repeat, not pretty viewing.

I like cam. comes across as a great guy. good team mate. But he's done. I'm sorry, he's done. and I'd be delighted to eat these words next December but I don't think I will.

 

[Newton England]

And Cam could have had all of Mahomes' weapons and that wouldnt have stopped him from skipping the ball in there or getting it tipped at the line.

No. Cam with the 2020 Chiefs, Cam would have 4,000 yards passing. Weapons make QB's look good.

 

[Ring 6]

You should send this to bbelichick@idontgivea****.com maybe he reconsiders.

Or to his Alzheimer’s doctor

 

[203Pat]

Pats could have had Mahomes last season and the offense would have look putrid

Mahomes is always throwing to wide open All-Pro TE's and WR's

Cam had no TE's and UDFA WR's .. if Mahomes had to work with that he'd do nothing passing + wouldn't have Cam's rushing to rely on

At least we get this guy back with the Newton signing. Always entertaining posts.

 

[Ring 6]

No. Cam with the 2020 Chiefs, Cam would have 4,000 yards passing. Weapons make QB's look good.

Weapons catching a pass on a bounce doesn’t count.

 

[fourhour]

I recall reading other team fan forums in the last five years or so and one common ground among them was, "watch the Pats fans boards explode when they no longer have Brady!" and how absolutely true it has become.

My two cents on this deal: WTF? How to ruin a beautiful early Spring day.

 

[luuked]

On the same day that Tom Brady, the G.O.A.T., gave his new team, the Super Bowl champions, an extra $19m dollars to use in order to keep that title winning team together, the Patriots insult their fans by bringing back Cam Newton.

He didn't give them ****. He is still getting all that money and did the same self-serving thing he did in NE by giving his team short term cap space so he'd be on a competitive team. Like hundreds of other players on many other teams have done in the last decade.

 

[slash83]

What if the struggle to find a qb goes on for the next 5-10 years. Damn Brady spoiled us.

 

[Ring 6]

What QB currently available to be signed will provide the Patriots with more than 8 wins?

If the premise is newton will provide 8 wins then there are probably a dozen.

 

[chris_in_sunnyvale]

April Fools!

:checkscalendar:

Damn.

Regards,
Chris

 

[FCB02062]

can't wait to hear the boos reign down at kraftys palace next year

 

[Uptown]

I'm thinking the Patriots are going to give up their #1 this year and their #1 in 2022 to trade up to grab Trey Lance at, say, #7.

 

[Ring 6]

April Fools!

:checkscalendar:

Damn.

Regards,
Chris

Nope it’s March and the fans are the fools

 

[denverpatsfan]

Like the move. No need to reach or trade (3) picks for a rookie QB that might not work out. Use the picks to rebuild the pass rush, D-line and tight end positions. This team will be able to run the ball and play solid defense. QB won't need to throw passes while flying thru the air horizontally like Mahomes. I really don't think Mac Jones will be there at 15. Nor should they draft him if he is.

 

[Joey007]

Gotta know that cap number. Need 2 know.

 

[Ring 6]

Like the move. No need to reach or trade (3) picks for a rookie QB that might not work out. Use the picks to rebuild the pass rush, D-line and tight end positions. This team will be able to run the ball and play solid defense. QB won't need to throw passes while flying thru the air horizontally like Mahomes. I really don't think Mac Jones will be there at 15. Nor should they draft him if he is.

So you conclude that in a league where the most important player by far is the QB that having the worst one in the league is a solid plan?

 

[chris_in_sunnyvale]

Drives that stall in the red zone (if that)...

FG Newton

Regards,
Chris

 

[jimnance]

This is very good news.

Ian, we need a GFY emoji

 

[Ring 6]

Gotta know that cap number. Need 2 know.

Take the cap number, subtract zero and that equals how much more they paid him than the should have.