Cam Newton to Pats

[edromeo]

Bill Belichick watching Lamar whoop his Pats and everyone else on Sunday turns to friend and says “Hold my beer and hand me the phone”

[Ravenswintitle]

Bill Belichick watching Lamar whoop his Pats and everyone else on Sunday turns to friend and says “Hold my beer and hand me the phone”

I watched that 2019 game last night. The simple fact that you have a QB who is a threat to run, changes everything. Read the DE (don't' block him) and whatever he does, it's wrong. Then double team the next level. It's so simple yet so difficult to defend because it's pure gap integrity.

[00000]

They still don't have any weapons - is Matt LaCosse going to turn into Greg Olsen?

[I Touchdown There]

Now that is ART

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[I Touchdown There]

Belichick signed Cam for two reasons:

1.) He would know what to do with him
2.) Cam’s work ethic and desire to win won’t be the issue. Just because he dresses like Mrs. Doubtfire doesn’t mean he doesn’t work hard. That’s just perpetuated silliness.

Agreed. I think this is a good match, unfortunately

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[QtR Nevermore]

Kind of hard for a certain other FA QB to ask for anything more than minimum.


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It could be up to $7.5 million with incentives. My guess is that the minimum contract is to cover NE in case he can't play at all, because there's no medical testing. I would imagine some of those incentives will be quite easy to hit and he'll get quite a bit more than minimum, if he's able to play most games.

[edromeo]

I watched that 2019 game last night. The simple fact that you have a QB who is a threat to run, changes everything. Read the DE (don't' block him) and whatever he does, it's wrong. Then double team the next level. It's so simple yet so difficult to defend because it's pure gap integrity.

The last time I saw Cam on TV it looked like his arm was held together by chewing gum and duck tape. I’ll be surprised if his arm holds up....but IF it does they got something

[Julius486]

They still don't have any weapons - is Matt LaCosse going to turn into Greg Olsen?

To be fair, Cam never had the greatest set of weapons in Carolina, and Lamar doesn't have the greatest set of weapons here (before the objection, of course we have far better weapons than the Patriots have now with Cam, but beyond Lamar they're certainly not what you would expect from a historic offense) and both were able to amplify their offenses beyond what I think even an elite pocket passer could because of their threat to run and extend plays. I don't think the bet is that Cam makes the Patriots an elite offense; I think solidly average, with a strong running game and skilled in situational football, with that defense and the coaching of BB, is enough to make the team a super bowl contender. A healthy Cam, BB, and a top 5 defense is just not something you want to face in the playoffs, whether you're the Chiefs or the Ravens (both of which have far more talented rosters than this patriots team, even with Cam).

[The Excellector]

As some have mentioned, the issue will be Cam’s health.

[G54377]

The trio of Christian McCaffrey, Curtis Samuel, and DJ Moore is quietly one of the better trios in the NFL, albeit developing/rising quickly. The QB play and team in general was just so bad it's easy to overlook.

[WNCRavensFan]

The trio of Christian McCaffrey, Curtis Samuel, and DJ Moore is quietly one of the better trios in the NFL, albeit developing/rising quickly. The QB play and team in general was just so bad it's easy to overlook.

Very interested in seeing what Teddy Bridgewater does in that offense, but the defense has some big holes in it that all their rookies are going to have to plug with little practice time.

[Julius486]

Very interested in seeing what Teddy Bridgewater does in that offense, but the defense has some big holes in it that all their rookies are going to have to plug with little practice time.

Almost certainly a year out from perhaps being an 8/9 win team. Probably will be bad for another year, but their future (assuming they hit on like half their draft picks) is promising.