Newton Will Start Until Belichick Says Otherwise.

If I told you that for majority of OTAs and minicamp camp Cam Newton looked like crap, that he looked like the guy slinging the ball last year and then told you that he went 42 of 65 with an Interception (64.62%), and only had one good day, you'd be like he's done.

If I told you afterwards that for majority of OTAs and minicamp Mac Jones looked like a first round quarterback and was the best quarterback on the field, and then told you Jones went 57 of 87 with 4 interceptions (65.52%), you'd look at me like I was stupid.

However, without th telling you everything but the stats, these two quarterbacks look nearly Identical. What separates them is the stuff I left out. The drops by pass catchers and solid play by the defense, Understanding of the offense, ball placement, experience, and athleticism. Newton only has experience and athleticism over Mac and that's it, his ball placement is still bad.

Heading into the preseason at the moment, it should be neck and neck due to Jones's lack of experience. Jones appears to have a better understanding of the Patriots offense already, the ability to make presnap reads and adjustments, and he's shown better accuracy but he's still making rookie mistakes.

That's the window allowing Cam to stick around and his mobility for now will allow Newton to temporarily fend off Jones for the starting job. Depending on whether or not Belichick wants Jones to start is honestly the only thing that will determine if Jones starts this season because at some point Jones will beat out Cam for the Job.

Now there are people who are asking "what if Cam balls out?" To them I ask, What if Jones balls out in the preseason? Hell, what if Stidham and Hoyer ball out in the preseason? "Stidham and Hoyer aren't gonna ball," well neither is Cam. We're not gonna do what IFs.

Jones is a smart quarterback who has already shown better understanding of the offense than Newton. Once he gets enough experience from practice and the preseason, he will be able to run the offense better, even though he doesn't have Newton's running ability but his accuracy more than makes up for that.

For both Newton and Jones fans like it or not, Belichick decides when the torch is passed. What I'm saying is Jones already won, and is waiting on Bill to call it. Newton might finally look like a starting quarterback again due to the elite weapons elevating his game but the elite weapons are gonna look like they took a step backwards until Jones takes the field due to Newton hindering theirs. And we might not see Jones until 2022.