On Thursday, Steelers star JuJu Smith Schuster shut down speculation that Pittsburgh would pick up Newton as a backup for Ben Roethlisberger. Since he became a free agent, NFL teams haven’t expressed much interest in the 2015 NFL MVP. The 32-year-old was released from the Patriots last Tuesday after the team re-signed him this offseason on a one-year, $5.1 million deal. Got a lot of football left in me,” he said. In a teaser clip ahead of the video’s release, Newton confirmed he’s not retiring. Even though I was starting (preseason games), that doesn’t necessarily mean nothing, and that’s where they did a good job of disguising it,” Newton said. “I look back at it, I was probably getting two reps to his 10 reps, and that’s why it was starting to make sense. Though, when he reflected on the events leading up to his release, Newton started to connect the dots. When you bring a Cam Newton to your facility, your franchise, people are interested.”Įlsewhere in the video, Newton admitted that he was surprised about his release when meeting with head coach Bill Belichick and Patriots senior football advisor, Matt Patricia - describing the meeting as being “uncomfortable for everybody.”Ĭam Newton confirms he isn’t retiring: ‘Lot of football still in me’ “The reason they released me is because indirectly I was going to be a distraction without being the starter. Newton replied, “Yeah, he would’ve,” explaining that, “ knew because you have to understand too that, and it comes with the mere fact of me being me.” Cam Newton (left) and Mac Jones at Patriots practice on July 30, 2021. “The truth of the matter is, this - would have been uncomfortable,” Newton said, to which his father asked, “ you looking over his shoulder?” The episode included his father, Cecil Newton Sr., who didn’t seem pleased by his son’s willingness to take a backup job to a rookie. We expect you to be everything and some to help guide him through this tenure’ - I would’ve said, ‘Absolutely,'” Newton said in the latest edition of his “Funky Friday” YouTube series. “Let me be honest with you… if they would’ve asked me, if they said, ‘Cam, we’re going to give the team to Mac, you’re going to be the second string. Jones, who the Patriots selected 15th overall in the 2021 NFL Draft, was named as the team’s starting quarterback after Newton’s release. The free agent quarterback explained his “side of the story” after his surprise release from the Patriots in a YouTube video Friday - and suggested that if he remained in New England as a backup, rookie QB Mac Jones would’ve felt “uncomfortable.” New England Patriots linebacker Matthew Judon joins Senior National Columnist Judy Battista and shares his expectations for Patriots defense in 2023, assessing. Ryan Mallett, a former quarterback for the Houston Texans, New England Patriots, and Baltimore Ravens, passes away at the age of 35. Former NFL MVP uses lewd gesture in football camp confrontationĬam Newton: Dreadlocks are a reason why I’m not in NFLĬam Newton’s list of quarterbacks he is willing to back upĬam Newton makes one ‘promise’ after Shannon Sharpe called him ‘random’ Former NFL QB Ryan Mallett passes away at age 35.
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