Bill Belichick Provides Saturday Update On Cam Newton

Bill Belichick has provided a Saturday update on Cam Newton. The Patriots are at a bit of a cross roads recently. It has been a tough few weeks for the team ever since they found out that their quarterback Cam Newton tested positive for COVID-19. So far, it has been tough for them to get back on track. Belichick talked about what this has meant for the team recently.

“Today’s an important day in our preparation for the Broncos,” Belichick said. “We’ve had several days now of virtual meetings between the staff members and from the staff to the players. We’ve been able to cover a lot of things, but we haven’t spent any time together, so today’s our opportunity to do that. We look forward to that. One thing that we’ve learned this year repeatedly has been we have to be ready to adjust and adapt to changes and modifications and the way we do things and, in some cases, decisions that really come down to a very short amount of time that we have to be ready to adjust to.

“So we’re certainly taking things day by day — probably hour by hour would be more accurate. We’ll just see how we progress and then as we find out more on our end, or if there are other things externally that we can’t control that, then we’ll deal with those as they come. That’s the way it’s been all year. I think our team and our players have done a good job of handling those adjustments, and we’ll continue to do that.”

Bill Belichick Provides Saturday Update On Cam Newton

“I feel like I had to make the decisions on what’s best for our football team, and what’s best for our football team is the health and safety of our team,” Belichick said. “That’s our No. 1 priority. Without that, we don’t have a team. We have to maintain the integrity of not only our football team, but also the extended team — our families and the loved ones for every member of our team. That’s got to come first. And I think everybody recognizes that, feels the same way.”

But now Belichick has come out with a statement more directly to Cam Newton. It sounds like Newton is not ready to practice with the team yet.

This is tough news for the Patriots. They will need him to get back on track as soon as possible.

Do you think they can bounce back from this?