If Sean Payton is willing to bend over backwards in drawing up plays for the quarterbacks he already has, why can’t he show the same enthusiasm for someone more accomplished than each of them put together? Hill isn’t a better fit for Siemian’s playbook or Winston’s. It’s been commonly echoed on social media that Newton wouldn’t fit the Saints schematically, but that’s a bunk argument. I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and speculate that an exploratory call with Newton may have found his price was too high for New Orleans.Ī less charitable reading says that the Saints dismissed Newton out of hand in favor of starting either Trevor Siemian or Taysom Hill. That isn’t something the Saints could hope to match. Newton signed with Carolina on a contract reportedly valued at up to $10 million for the rest of the season, with $4.5 million guaranteed. Newton has given the Saints more trouble over the last decade than any other NFC South quarterback, going 7-8 (.467) compared to Matt Ryan’s 10-16 record (.385) or Winston’s 3-6 mark (.333) in his time with Tampa Bay.īetween his ability to toss the ball over a mountaintop and the threat of creating a big play with his legs - to say nothing of how tough it is to drag the 245 pounder to the ground - Newton has challenged New Orleans’ defenses more consistently than anyone else in the division.
Now he’s returned to the Carolina Panthers, per multiple reports on Thursday.
CAM NEWTON NEWS FREE
There was some brief speculation that the New Orleans Saints could turn to the best available free agent quarterback looking for work when Jameis Winston was lost for the season with a knee injury, but they quickly made it clear that Cam Newton wasn’t an option.
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