The veteran defender has reached an agreement for another season and about 14 million dollars with New England
Cam Newton re-signed with New England Patriots with one year contract, confirmed sources to ESPN.
The agreement has a value close to $ 14 million, said a source to Adam Schefter from ESPN.
Newton, who will turn 32 in May, hopes to return to New England after signing a modest one-year contract with the team in 2020. During the “I’m a sportsman” podcast in late February, he said he would be willing to sign another one-year deal with the team. New England.
“I am tired of changing [de equipos]”said the defender.” I’m at a point in my career where I know a lot more than I did last year. Yes, I would go back. “
In 2020, Newton completed 242 of 368 passes for 2,657 yards, eight touchdowns and 10 interceptions. However, while that production didn’t meet his personal standard – in part because the receivers and tight ends around him weren’t high-caliber options – he was effective as a back-up, with 592 yards on 137 tries. (4.3 meters per transport.) And 12 touchdowns.
Newton started in 2020 after joining Patriots at the end of June, but after giving positive results to COVID-19 in early October, he said it was a challenge for him to catch up with the ever-evolving pace of the offensive. His performance dropped sharply and he said he had strengthened the importance of being with a new team in the off-season.
Patriots They were 7-8 with Newton ahead and finished 7-9, missing the playoffs for the first time in the 2008 season.
Before you join Patriots, Newton, drafted No. 1 overall in the 2011 draft, was cut by the Carolina Panthers after missing 14 games in 2019 with a Lisfranc injury and the last two games of 2018 with a shoulder injury that also required , a surgery.
He spent nine campaigns with Patriots and was named the NFL’s most valuable player in 2015, when he was responsible for 45 total touchdowns in the regular season and led Carolina to the Super Bowl 50, where they lost to the Denver Broncos.
Newton, who holds Carolina’s most passing records, threw for 31,698 yards with 190 touchdowns and 118 interceptions and rushed for 5,398 yards and 70 touchdowns.
The Boston Globe was the first to report the news of his return Newton to Patriots.