Cam Newton Is Looking Like He Might Win The Starting Job By Default Again.

"Cam Newton is our starting quarterback,"  said Bill Belichick Saturday morning. After Mac Jones lost it on Thursday, I am not surprised that Belichick decided to reiterate that statement. Thus far in camp, Newton hasn't done anything to lose the job, and Jones hasn't done anything extreme to take the job. 

On Saturday, Newton went 17 of 26, bringing his total up to 48 of 76. Keep in mind that the overall total doesn't recognize drops and good defensive play, which was on display again.

The veteran struggle against the defense in the red zone today but so did his competition.The good news is the quarterback is building chemistry with the pass catchers including N'keal Harry who is having a good camp thus far. Newton has been primarily working with the number ones while the rookie has consistently had a shuffled group, keep that in mind when you hear about how they're both doing.

Newton's arm strength was on display and he had moments where he showed improved accuracy but he also had throws to remind us that this was the same Cam Newton, like making Agholor dive for the ball to make a circus catch. Newton's ball placement is still not where a starting quarterbacks ball placement should be as he continues to throw to the bubbles of his pass catchers. 

This was noticed by many members of the media. With Jeff Howe reporting, "Newton only had one poor throw a day earlier, but his location was off on six throws Saturday." Howe doesn't say how many of those six passes were completions.

One positive of the day, Newton finally had a strong start, the bad part of that was he had a okay finish. I mean that's not horrible but the guy was once again named the starter and is a former mvp. This is something Newton needs to bring together as a whole before the season starts if he's gonna start for a second year and have success.

Evan Lazar would write today about Newton's performance, "The process was fine from Newton, but the accuracy was inconsistent."

Inconsistency that is the one thing Newton is consistent with. I said that yesterday and it's not going to change now, and it's probably never going to change. Once again however, Newton has another solid day where he didn't do anything to pull ahead, nor did he do anything to say he shouldn't start. It was the same thing last year with Stidham, and Newton got lucky last year with a Stidham injury. This year, it maybe Jones's emotional status.