I'll need to get a citation for his looking for a starter. Can't find it. Yeah, he was paid backup money in 2020, too, but he was still the starter when was was eligible.
So? We won a Super Bowl with 13 points. To quote Lazar again right after that Dolphins game:
"The discussions surrounding Patriots quarterback Cam Newton are all over the map; it’s truly one of New England sports’ most polarizing topics.
Those who feel Newton’s accuracy is horrendous are exaggerating a bit, and once you tweet or write that every throw is off by ten yards, you lose me; it’s just not the case, so stop it.
On Sunday, Newton had an adjusted completion percentage of 80% and his best completion percentage over expected since Week 10 (0.7) [right around before he got the abdominal injury], but yet the narratives are he’s wildly inaccurate.