Bill Belichick Gives Update on Patriots Quarterback Competition

The New England Patriots have a big quarterback competition going on right now. They are trying to figure out a way to get back to the playoffs for the first time in awhile.

According to Bill Belichick, it is going pretty good so far.

“All the quarterbacks have been good,” the coach said. “Brian Hoyer’s got the most experience of any of our quarterbacks in our system. Jarrett Stidham is really coming on here in Year 2. He got a great year last year in terms of learning and personal and technique development at the position.”

Bill Belichick Gives Update on Patriots Quarterback Competition

“And Cam has been a late addition, but he’s brought a lot of energy and, obviously, playing experience to our room. For him, it’s catching up on the specifics of the Patriots system, terminology and so forth, which he’s worked extremely hard at. Brian Lewerke is a college free agent quarterback that is also in the room and is a developmental-type player. It’s a good group.”

“They’ve all been great. I’d say, Cam, I just haven’t had experience working with Cam. But he works extremely hard. He puts a lot into it, as do Jarrett and Brian. So it’s a really hard-working, competitive group.”

“We really haven’t had a lot of competitive opportunities — really haven’t had any,” Belichick said on ESPN Radio. “That will really start in a couple days here, once we get into padded practices and so forth where we can really go out there and compete. It’s been a lot of learning, a lot of getting comfortable running plays multiple times in a controlled setting, so we’ll be in position to go out there and start running them competitively against our defense and evaluate how players perform.”

The Patriots have a long way to go before they are back on top of the NFL. With the additions they have made in the off season, it looks like they are definitely on the right track. The boys are ready.

Head coach Bill Belichick should get them back on track. What do you think about this?