Cam Newton Offers Hilarious Insight Behind Nicknames For Patriots’ Special Teamers

The New England Patriots defeated New York in Week 9, and several players really stood out. Nick Folk is one of them. The Patriots kicker was awesome in the walk-off win over the Jets, and his teammates took notice of it. Veteran quarterback Cam Newton had a lot of fun thinking of all the possible nicknames for his teammates.

Newton came up with a nickname for Folk and a few other special teammates. Well, he didn’t really wake up the creative beast inside him.

“Yes. It’s usually ‘Kicker Guy.’ But I wanted to kind of call him ‘Paul Pierce Guy’ because he did kind of fake like he was injured but came back and balled,” the quarterback told media members Thursday.

From what we can see, he was referencing Pierce’s Game 1 of the 2008 NBA Finals.

“Then it’s ‘Kicker Guy (Folk),’ ‘Punter Guy (Jake Bailey),’ ‘Snapper Guy. (Joe Cardona)’ But ‘Snapper Guy’ is Bill Belichick’s favorite guy because he’s the only person who talks to the team. …And yeah, so, it’s the trifecta: ‘Kicker Guy, Punter Guy, Snapper Guy.’”

Newton has a nice list of nicknames for his Patriots teammates. Hopefully, they aren’t mad with him.

— Ryan Izzo aka Buzzo (after Buzz from Home Alone)
— Deatrich Wise aka Crazy Legs
— Ja’Whaun Bentley aka Bent Dog
— Beau Allen aka Bo Diddly

Cam Newton has to do more than just come up with nicknames

Newton will have to improve his passing game if he wants to stay in New England for a while. His run game is excellent, and he is of great help for the Patriots. But Newton is not the dominant player he used to be and his past performances have been pretty weak. Bill Belichick signed him for a reason, but Newton doesn’t seem to live up to the expectations. The 2015 NFL MVP had some serious struggles in the past few games. He better “come back” before it’s too late.

The Patriots are playing the Baltimore Ravens Sunday. The Ravens have one positive player, but they didn’t reveal his name. It’s an important game and New England will try to win it. They defeated the New York Jets. Winning games sure feels good.