Patriots had talks earlier this year with Cam Newton.

This is the like the eighth article I have wrote about Cam Newton and around the forth that has to do with him and the New England Patriots. Everyone has an opinion on Cam Newton, to the point it's almost as Bad as seeing Tom Brady stories. 

So now according to Skylar Carlin of Clutch Points, a member of ESPN is saying that the Patriots had conversations with Newton. 

"There has been much speculation that Cam Newton could sign with the New England Patriots. There have been multiple reports that have diffused those rumors. However, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Newton and New England talked early in free agency," wrote Carlin.

I hate to burst everyone's bubbles but there are reasons why Cam is still a free agent. With exception to one year, Newton has played like an undrafted free agent.

Cam Newton came into the NFL in 2011. Since then he has only posted three winning seasons. Newton has missed 19 games over his career. His previous three seasons he went 6-8, 11-5, 6- 8, Newton was on IR in 2019. Newton's record is only 68-55 as a starter. 

Newton has a 59.6 career completion percentage.  He has poor vision and mechanics. Even from clean pockets, he over throws pass catchers and has inconsistent ball placement. He likes to run with open pass catchers. He has also thrown double digit interceptions every year he's been in the league, except 2019 due to injury. Newton threw 107 interceptions his first 8 years. He fumbles too often. Newton with interceptions and fumbles combined averages 20 a season. 

The Patriots can get that kinda passing production out of Hoyer, who has a 59.1 percentage, with less turnovers. The only thing Newton has on Hoyer is running ability and arm strength.

Everyone is still looking back to Newton's one good year where he went 15-1 and won the MVP on his way to a superbowl loss. Was Newton good, or like Joe Burrow in 2019, was he a product of the players around him? 

The Answer is Newton's legs won him the MVP, running for over 600 yards and 10 touchdowns. As a passer alone, he was average. He threw 10 interceptions and fumbled it 5 more times. He barely averaged over 200 yards and 2 passing touchdowns a game, while completing under 60% of his passes and he had poor ball security for a quarterback. 

Newton is coming off an Injury but with everything I have listed, the injury is just one more thing on a list of negatives for the former first round quarterback. 

Sam Teete of Clutch Points talked about Newton's accuracy in 2018, in a previous article but the quarterback has only had 3 seasons out of 8 where he went over 60% completion percentage. Again the Patriots can get that Kinda Accuracy with Hoyer.

Teete wrote "Cam Newton is also only two years removed from the second-best season of his career. In 2018, he completed 67.9% of his pass attempts for 24 touchdowns and 13 interceptions in 14 games. If Newton can match those numbers in 2020, he could easily start for several teams."

Sure Newton could start in New England, Washington, or Chicago but he has just as much a chance of going 6-10; just as much the guys on the current rosters do. With exception to 2015, Cam has been a first round bust. While he has better physical abilities, he's played at Hoyer's level his entire career. Well at least as a passer.

Carlin stated "With that being said, Fowler revealed that the Patriots had conversations with Newton. Seeing that he remains unsigned, nothing materialized in the preliminary talks from both sides."

The only way Cam makes a roster at the moment is if he takes a pay cut and accepts that he will be a back up. Meaning Newton will have to put his ego aside. 

Hoyer is only making $1.05 Million while Stidham is making $800k. The Patriots would have to do damage to their roster at this point to sign Cam, and he just doesn't seem to be worth all they would have to give up at the moment.