Cam Newton Interview: "I was bamboozled"

[Bill Lee]

Feom the beginning Mac was getting 5x more snaps everyday.

Cam has 10 years of NFL experience with one year as starting QB of the Patriots. Mac has none. Seems like 5x is reasonable. Cam should not need more snaps.

So like Cam said in retrospect it was all disguised. I don't think there was a qb competition. Also not telling Cam he'd be locked out post-travel for 5 days is very fishy. But end of day this was the move all along regardless of the missing 5 days.

They didn't tell Cam because they didn't know themselves till after he came back.

I watched the interview and came away with an entirely different understanding of what happened and his attitude about it.

At least we can all see that his hat and scarf game is still solid.

 

[Ring 6]

because you are not allowed to say a black QB is struggling with the play book.

What if he is?

 

[Ring 6]

Feom the beginning Mac was getting 5x more snaps everyday. So like Cam said in retrospect it was all disguised. I don't think there was a qb competition. Also not telling Cam he'd be locked out post-travel for 5 days is very fishy. But end of day this was the move all along regardless of the missing 5 days.

That’s not true. Where are you getting it from that Jones was getting 5x more snaps?
The reporters kept daily stats and that is just not what it says.

 

[dtbrks]

Cam sucks

 

[Ring 6]

I think the Pats found an opportunity rather than having the tough conversation saying a 10 year vet lost out to a rookie.

Why would a 45 year nfl coach who has cut hundreds, maybe thousands of players need to avoid a tough conversation?

 

[Captain Cliche]

Watched a Youtube by Greg Bedard this morning. Said he got ahold of All-22 (?) of preseason (not available on Game Pass).
Did an analysis of bad snaps by Mac and Cam...bad reads, neg plays, etc.

Cam: apx 56%. Mac: apx. 18%.

So basically, more than half of Cams snaps during preseason were crap. Why would you want this player on your team, even as a backup?
Also said Cam held onto the ball much longer.

Sorry, no time for a link right now.

 

[DropKickFlutie]

Watched a Youtube by Greg Bedard this morning. Said he got ahold of All-22 (?) of preseason (not available on Game Pass).
Did an analysis of bad snaps by Mac and Cam...bad reads, neg plays, etc.

Cam: apx 56%. Mac: apx. 18%.

So basically, more than half of Cams snaps during preseason were crap. Why would you want this player on your team, even as a backup?
Also said Cam held onto the ball much longer.

Sorry, no time for a link right now.

Makes sense. Mac did everything he was supposed to do. Still concerned about rookie QBs but if anyone can do it out of all the rookie QBs it would probably be Mac.

 

[Ring 6]

Spinning and backpedaling everytime you get caught and look foolish. New screen name, same liar.

LA considered Cam in 2020 from Lynns mouth. Cam wanted to START in 2020.

Cam Newton not on anybody’s radar

Cam Newton admitted to being “absolutely” surprised that he was cut by the New England Patriots, so you can’t help but wonder how he must feel now.

www.foxnews.com

It seems no one else is all that interested in the veteran quarterback, either.

 

[Ochmed Jones]

Cam Newton not on anybody’s radar

Cam Newton admitted to being “absolutely” surprised that he was cut by the New England Patriots, so you can’t help but wonder how he must feel now.

www.foxnews.com

no mystery why that is.

does anybody know if newton speaks Canadian? Of course if they know how to watch film, they might pass on him as well.

 

[Ring 6]

no mystery why that is.

does anybody know if newton speaks Canadian? Of course if they know how to watch film, they might pass on him as well.

Arena league? Conversion to TE?

lol though Canadians speak English, except (mostly in Quebec) about 20-25% speak French.

cinquante-cinq is the Michel

 

[Ring 6]

Can we start calling it CAMboozled?

 

[Triumph]

Cam Newton not on anybody’s radar

Cam Newton admitted to being “absolutely” surprised that he was cut by the New England Patriots, so you can’t help but wonder how he must feel now.

www.foxnews.com

Because every roster is full.

When a QB goes down for the season Cams phone will ring.

 

[Ring 6]

Because every roster is full.

When a QB goes down for the season Cams phone will ring.

No one is interested. No one will be.

 

[Triumph]

No one is interested. No one will be.

Like Maroney was a stud in your mind.

 

[Pape]

Because every roster is full.

When a QB goes down for the season Cams phone will ring.

you honestly think so?

Man, im not so sure about that... he was a free agent this past offseason, and didn't get a look anywhere... not one visit with any other team iirc...

Cam never had great mechanics... combine that with both the lis franc and the shoulder injuries hes had, it made it even worse... that really limited his passing game... what was it last year, he didnt complete any passes to the right side of the field over multiple games?

As for all this noise bandied around here about the Patriots using his trip to Atlanta as a smokescreen to cut his, that's nonsense... BB has never been afraid to cut a player or let on walk... He let Brady walk out the door when he didn't have to... he wasn't afraid to move the 100 million dollar qb within the division when he found something better... The only players I can honestly remember him letting stay "one more year" were Bru & TB80

 

[Triumph]

you honestly think so?

Man, im not so sure about that... he was a free agent this past offseason, and didn't get a look anywhere... not one visit with any other team iirc...

Cam never had great mechanics... combine that with both the lis franc and the shoulder injuries hes had, it made it even worse... that really limited his passing game... what was it last year, he didnt complete any passes to the right side of the field over multiple games?

As for all this noise bandied around here about the Patriots using his trip to Atlanta as a smokescreen to cut his, that's nonsense... BB has never been afraid to cut a player or let on walk... He let Brady walk out the door when he didn't have to... he wasn't afraid to move the 100 million dollar qb within the division when he found something better... The only players I can honestly remember him letting stay "one more year" were Bru & TB80

Yes, I do because of Cams running alone.

Plus, NE had no TEs and jags at WR last year. Everybody wants to lay all the blame at Cams feet.

 

[Bill Lee]

Cam never had great mechanics... combine that with both the lis franc and the shoulder injuries hes had, it made it even worse... that really limited his passing game... what was it last year, he didnt complete any passes to the right side of the field over multiple games?

As for all this noise bandied around here about the Patriots using his trip to Atlanta as a smokescreen to cut his, that's nonsense... BB has never been afraid to cut a player or let on walk... He let Brady walk out the door when he didn't have to... he wasn't afraid to move the 100 million dollar qb within the division when he found something better... The only players I can honestly remember him letting stay "one more year" were Bru & TB80

BB signed Cam this off season not knowing he'd have Mac. If the cards came out differently, we could have ended up with the offensive lineman the Gints moved up to take, and needed to have Cam ready to go against MIA today, handing off the ball behind that new offensive lineman.

Cam was hired for window dressing, to have a name and a face that FAs use to could talk themselves into coming to NE.

That's why Bill praised him all off season: knocking Cam down would have made those FAs feel they got bamboozled. Best for all involved to let that play out.

Personally I could see either side of the covid take: either (a) the Pats set Cam up by knowing he'd break protocol or (b) the Pats genuinely didn't know that the testing firm they chose to use would break protocol. I tend to think it's (b), but don't know for sure.

What we do know for sure is if Cam got himself jabbed twice then he wouldn't be in the protocol, so Cam bamboozled himself, or let himself get bamboozled by anti-vaxxers.

There's no doubt in my mind his bad decision making with regard to covid made it easier for him to lose the starting QB job to Mac and to then not even be asked to be a backup: who wants a backup that's one dinner date away from missing games? The virus doesn't care about a person's aura.

We don't know how things would have turned out if Cam was available those five days. We now know Mac got all the reps and shined. It should be obvious that this made it easier for the coaches to decide to go with Mac. If Cam was around to soak up some of the reps so Mac didn't have the chance to show prolonged excellence, who knows how the decision making would have gone. We very well could have seen the team go with the original plan: let Cam start the season, let Mac sit and watch, and see how things play out.

 

[RIpats88]

Cam newton unfortunately just isn't good anymore and that's why he isn't on the team. 8 total TDs last year. That is bad. Some backups had more.

 

[Pape]

BB signed Cam this off season not knowing he'd have Mac. If the cards came out differently, we could have ended up with the offensive lineman the Gints moved up to take, and needed to have Cam ready to go against MIA today, handing off the ball behind that new offensive lineman.

Cam was hired for window dressing, to have a name and a face that FAs use to could talk themselves into coming to NE.

That's why Bill praised him all off season: knocking Cam down would have made those FAs feel they got bamboozled. Best for all involved to let that play out.

Personally I could see either side of the covid take: either (a) the Pats set Cam up by knowing he'd break protocol or (b) the Pats genuinely didn't know that the testing firm they chose to use would break protocol. I tend to think it's (b), but don't know for sure.

What we do know for sure is if Cam got himself jabbed twice then he wouldn't be in the protocol, so Cam bamboozled himself, or let himself get bamboozled by anti-vaxxers.

There's no doubt in my mind his bad decision making with regard to covid made it easier for him to lose the starting QB job to Mac and to then not even be asked to be a backup: who wants a backup that's one dinner date away from missing games? The virus doesn't care about a person's aura.

We don't know how things would have turned out if Cam was available those five days. We now know Mac got all the reps and shined. It should be obvious that this made it easier for the coaches to decide to go with Mac. If Cam was around to soak up some of the reps so Mac didn't have the chance to show prolonged excellence, who knows how the decision making would have gone. We very well could have seen the team go with the original plan: let Cam start the season, let Mac sit and watch, and see how things play out.

We know based on his level of play that his performance was subpar. We do know he didn't look much better this year. And we know he's gone.

 

[Steve102]

The real problem is him making any issue out of it at all. He's a QB for crying out loud, talk about embarrassing.

I'm a union laborer, we do everything and have our hands in a lot of different pies. From concrete to demo, tending carpenters and brickies, final cleaning to running pipe underground.

I might be good at one thing and have my strengths in different areas. It might have went one way under a certain contract or company but if it falls under "labor" and someone asks me to handle something you best believe I'm ****ing expected to handle it. I'm not blaming it on the C. I'm not blaming the system. Easy, hard, this is how we do things here. Handle it.

I love Cam but I don't live in fantasy land. He tried to be the best Cam he could be. Not the best NEP QB he could be. Things are different here for better or worse. Two months ago he was praising Bill on some show and now he's holding court after getting cut instead of keeping his head down and keeping it moving.

Said it months ago but this was his last best shot. He'll get another opportunity but not on a team like this.

We see it a lot. He's a great athlete, blessed with phenomenal physical gifts. He relies on the physical gifts alone instead of using everything at his disposal, IE his brain. At every level, pop warner up to the early part of his career in the NFL he was a better athlete and didn't need to apply himself more than he did. At 32 years old, he's begun to decline, and all he has or had was the physical aspects. It's a shame. It's almost like an opportunity wasted. How great could he have been?