The Patriots Year Of No Excuses Is Full Of Excuses.

This was supposed to be the year of no excuses for the Patriots, for Cam Newton. That was short lived though. As the excuse train picked up and started rolling the second the media was allowed to watch the Patriots practice.

The one consistent thing since camp started this spring is 'it's just practice, it doesn't matter.' That's great but the team has two mantras. 'Do your job's and 'no days off.' If a player isn't putting in the effort, Bill has no problem putting in someone else.

Then it was 'they're still learning chemistry. Bourne, Agholor, and Henry are all new. It takes time to develop chemistry and get on the same page. You can't count these practices.' Since Smith didn't report immediately, that's only three guys. The other pass catchers weren't new.

It would then jump to  well Cam only had a short practice due to his hand injury. If he was having full practice, he would've had a better performance.'

That would change to 'Cam didn't practice, so of course the others are gonna look better than him. If he was practicing along side them it would be different.'

Day one of minicamp it was 'he (Cam) has a bone bruise. It's bothering him. Bet you couldn't grip a ball and throw it with that injury. Plus it was raining.'

Day one comments would get added to 'he was told to over throw his pass catchers. We don't know if those were really bad passes or if he was doing as instructed," on day two.

All of these excuses are being mixed with it's just practice it doesn't matter. With a few people saying 'wait till training camp starts in July.' 

To all of these I ask, weren't y'all the ones who were complaining that 'Cam didn't have a full offseason? Now that he's getting a full offseason,' y'all really gonna say the first part that Cam missed last year doesn't matter because it's practice? 

If you truly believe that, then all Cam Newton missed was the preseason games during 2020. Now before any of you start spewing that 'it's just the preseason, it doesn't count." If that comes out your mouth to defend Newton in the preseason, every reason y'all have to defend him loses credibility.

Slowly but surely the Newton fanbase has been discrediting their own excuses for his bad play in 2020. So come week one, I will expect the only excuse they cannot flip flop on will be covid.

Something that made me laugh today is an acquaintance known as McHomer, seemed to be justifying Cam's bad play by saying " They're only showing Cam's bad passes while showing Jones's good ones."  I might not have it exactly word for word but that's what she said. 

Now while Jones did throw two interceptions on day two of minicamp, that doesn't negate Newton's bad play. He's around 56% completion percentage for the spring. His mechanics and accuracy/ball placement have not changed. 

At 32, they're not gonna improve much if any. In fact, what history tells us is they're only gonna get worse. If Max Kellerman had come out midway through last season and said "Cam Newton is going to fall off a cliff in short order," half the fan base and most football fans probably wouldn't of clamped back the way they did for Brady because it would've been believable at that point last year.