Friday morning was either an extremely exciting or disappointing morning for fans and analysts around the NFL.
The New England Patriots are reportedly re-signing Cam Newton, this time to a one-year deal worth nearly $14 million. Newton brought the team to a 7-9 record (7-8 while on the field) last season and he had the second-most rushing touchdowns of his career with 12. But, Newton’s biggest issue was through the air where he only had 2,657 yards for eight touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
It was clear that Newton was working with limited time to learn the system, a very depleted roster and the pressure from Tom Brady’s departure. This time around, Newton should be much better off from all three of those facets.
To begin, here’s the not-so-good Twitter responses.
How about this news, the #NewEnglandPatriots are planning to sign #CamNewton to a one year 14 million dollar contract. It looks like the #Patriots will be challenging the #Jets for last place in the AFC east. #TomBrady must be laughing his ass off this morning! 😂😂😂 #WhatAJoke pic.twitter.com/HhLBkviElk
— Lee Sterling (@paramountsports) March 12, 2021
Cam Newton to Julian Edelman next season pic.twitter.com/wnOKPDWUV6
— PMT memes (@PardonMyMeme) March 12, 2021
Cam Newton for 2yrs/$15M total sounds good to me idk about y’all.
— Keagan Stiefel (@KeaganStiefel) March 12, 2021
Cam Newton putting on that work with Patriots WRs this off-season pic.twitter.com/5ckEzjQWxr
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) March 12, 2021
The Patriots re-signed Cam Newton? pic.twitter.com/0H8KX6swOE
— Paul Ross (@RealPaulRoss) March 12, 2021
@CameronNewton i see the Patroits are now in full tank mode before the season has even started
— alan (@alan3956) March 12, 2021
The Patriots have re-signed Cam Newton to a one year deal. #BillsMafia: pic.twitter.com/ek9amduLUX
— Josh Allen's Burner Account (@JoshAllenBurner) March 12, 2021
Here’s the better ones.
"This is a win-win deal for Cam Newton and the Patriots."
— @BMarshall reacts to the report that the Patriots are re-signing Cam Newton to a one-year deal worth nearly $14M: pic.twitter.com/14tF9aFcUZ
— First Things First (@FTFonFS1) March 12, 2021
Two things can be true at once:
Cam Newton was bad last year, and he will be better this year of New England doesn’t have the league’s worst weaponry.
Also, NE can and should still pick a quarterback early if the spot is right
— Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) March 12, 2021
Love the Cam Newton signing gives him a full off season with the patriots and their system and time to work with the receivers this offseason to get right
— André (@BxBoogieDre) March 12, 2021
And after playing for a free, he is being fairly compensated for this second year. If Bill Belichick believes in Cam Newton, I will continue to not let any of you smug asshole criticize MY Quarterback. https://t.co/u9BsT3iwfG
— Scout Kuechly (@NotLukeKuechly) March 12, 2021
It’s going to be easy to knock Cam Newton for his down 2020, but he signed late in the summer, did not have a lot of weapons around him, and suffered Covid during the season
That’s like a perfect storm of things going wrong
— Michael F. Florio (@MichaelFFlorio) March 12, 2021
@CameronNewton made my day. so happy to have you as a Patriot this year. Let's go….
— Paula R Bissonnette (@PaulaRBissonne1) March 12, 2021
Cam Newton getting 14 million pic.twitter.com/8BADopTY6r
— Hammer DAHN (@HammerDAHN) March 12, 2021
