Buckle up for the Cam Newton Revenge Tour.
After spending nearly all of last season sidelined due to injury, the 2015 NFL MVP is salivating at the prospect of replacing Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, while demanding revenge against teams that rejected him and ” disrespected “during free agency.
“We have to talk about the elephant in the room: you know who you are going to follow,” Newton said of his celebrated predecessor during a roundtable discussion on Odell Beckham’s YouTube channel. “I’m like ‘Yes, great.’ [Brady] It was, what it is, it’s great. You don’t even need to talk about it. But there is one thing about it: coach [Josh] McDaniels, you can call some things that you have never been able to call now.
“You are getting a dog. You’re also going to get one of these pesky dogs. And I look at the calendar and I think: ‘Who do we play? That team passed me. Well, that team passed me. They could have come and caught me. ‘”
Beckham and Newton also joined Falcons running back Todd Gurley II and retired Giants catcher Victor Cruz, and discussed various topics, including the NFL restart plan, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the offseason.
“I had to count the days I was unemployed,” Newton said between puffs of cigarettes. “It was 86 nights, that is, almost three months, and I’m going through it and I’m like at the beginning, people go and sign and I’m looking at them and I say, ‘You can’t say I’m old because people older than me [are] get signed It can’t be said that these are injuries because the people who were more injured than me are signing. You can’t say talent. “
Newton, 31, has struggled with multiple injuries throughout his nine-year career, including an ankle injury that was delayed since college and was surgically repaired in 2014, concussions, a broken rotator cuff on his shoulder requiring surgery twice and, most recently, a Lisfranc fracture he suffered during the third preseason game in 2019, the surgery from which he is still recovering. He is expected to compete with 23-year-old Auburn product Jarrett Stidham for the lead role.
“I will be the first person to tell you: in these last two years I have not been making the best recorded film. That’s honest, “said the call sign, which appeared in 14 games in 2018 and two games in 2019.” But there are other people who make large films that are being collected. I feel disrespected, because each team at one point had to say, ‘Okay folks, Cam Newton, what do we think? Ehh, come in. And that’s the lack of respect that I feel. “
Newton’s health and inconsistency prompted the Panthers to go ahead and sign Teddy Bridgewater in March, and while he certainly harbors resentment against the teams that overlooked him during free agency, it appears he has a special pain point for the team. that left him on the road. first place.
“I feel vindicated up to a point, but I’m looking, I’m aiming for the necks all year because at one point, I felt and still feel that a part of me remains because I gave everything to an organization.” additional. “What I gave, I don’t think other people were willing to give, and it was at times when I knew that I wasn’t supposed to play, but simply because of Luke Kuechly, Thomas Davis, DJ Moore, Christian McCaffrey, DeAngelo Williams, Jonathan Stewart, Steve Smith, couldn’t give them up. “
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