Cam Newton think he’s continue to a top rated NFL quarterback — even with his extremely restricted possibilities in the league this offseason.
The former MVP is 33 years previous and coming off a mediocre next go-spherical with the Carolina Panthers, subsequent a mediocre time with the New England Patriots.
“There’s not 32 guys better than me,” Newton told ‘The Pivot Podcast’ in an episode that went live Tuesday. “If you think I could not be on somebody’s workforce ideal now, you’re a damn fool.”
People jogging NFL teams seem to be to disagree. As camps start out to open, only the Panthers are reportedly inclined to contemplate his products and services — as a backup to Sam Darnold.
When Darnold went down with a shoulder damage last time, the crew signed Newton — who experienced been reduce by the Patriots during 2021 coaching camp but was the centerpiece of the Panthers’ offense from 2011-18. He scored on his very first two touches, but struggled thereafter, going -5 with four touchdowns and 5 interceptions.
“I signed on Thursday. I performed on Sunday,″ Newton mentioned. “At what stage did you assume you was going to be effective? The following week, I started. Which is continue to less than 10 days of you currently being on the group. And you’re even now making an attempt to find out the offense.
“So prior to I sit up right here and allow for the narrative to be manufactured that Cam ain’t got it no far more, Cam is getting total accountability and indicating Cam set himself in a f–ked up predicament.”
He echoed the sentiment when chatting about his time in New England, expressing he didn’t get substantially of a likelihood to study the offense soon after joining the crew in June 2020. In 15 video games as a starter — using over for Tom Brady — Newton guided the Patriots to a 7-8 record, throwing for eight touchdowns and functioning for 12 a lot more with 10 interceptions.
“The New England expertise was a f–ked up problem,” Newton claimed. “I was nonetheless finding out the offense 7 to 8 weeks into the time.”
Newton’s claims gained lots of pushback from Channing Crowder, a single of the a few ex-NFLers who host “The Pivot Podcast.”
“You are 33 years old,” Crowder claimed. “You finished bought outdated. You’re a single of the finest 32 quarterbacks in the planet proper now? Cam, I are not able to accept that. I simply cannot settle for it. I noticed what you did in New England. When you went back to Carolina, I saw what occurred. Like, the proof’s in the pudding.”
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