Surprising Update on Cam Newton Injured Hand

Veteran quarterback Cam Newton treats his injured hand and missed some time on the field. Experts were worried about his physical health and a lot of people thought that he wouldn’t return until training camp in July. Mike Reiss from ESPN reported that Newton may be back on the field much sooner.

“When the Patriots return to the field Monday, it wouldn’t be a surprise if Cam Newton is back under center, which reflects that his right hand injury isn’t serious. Teammates welcomed Newton at Friday’s voluntary OTA, and word is the QB1 threw the ball around a bit.”

Newton is the best option for the Patriots in 2021. Head coach Bill Belichick said he was his quarterback. Well, Newton’s hand injury may make him change his mind. Rookie Mac Jones used Newton’s absence to show off his potential. Jarrett Stidham is also trying to do his best on the practice field.

Stidham elevated his game and took some of the QB1 reps when Newton was out. He has excellent days at OTAS, but struggled on Friday. The third-year-quarterback was inconsistent and that’s not a good sign.

Cam Newton treats his injured hand

Jeff Howe from The Athletic discussed Stidham’s inconsistency.

“Stidham completed 11 of 14 passes in competitive team drills and targeted Kristian Wilkerson (3 of 3), Kendrick Bourne (1 of 2, drop), Gunner Olszewski (1 of 2), Devin Asiasi (1 of 1), Tony Fumagalli (1 of 1), Damien Harris (1 of 1), Tre Nixon (1 of 1), J.J. Taylor (1 of 1) and Jakobi Meyers (1 of 1). Stidham also threw a duck on a deep incompletion, and it was unclear who was the intended target. His incompletion to Olszewski was batted at the line of scrimmage. The completion numbers were in Stidham’s favor, but he had a handful of plays when he waited too long in the pocket and wouldn’t have gotten away with it in live action. That didn’t happen last week when he took the snap and ripped it a bit quicker.”

Stidham has great arm talent but he can’t separate himself from the pack on a consistent basis. Brian Hoyer was brilliant at practice, but Belichick is using him as an emergency starter and mentor for the rookie quarterback.

Jones works really hard and shows his humble attitude. Well, he struggles to process some of the information coming his way.