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Bill Belichick explains decision to keep Cam Newton as Patriots starting QB: ‘I think he’s our best player there’

Bill Belichick is sticking with Cam Newton as his starting quarterback.

The coach explained his reasoning is pretty simple on Monday’s Ordway, Merloni, and Fauria Show.

“I think he’s our best player there," Belichick said on WEEI. "Again, there are other problems. Offensively, there are other things that we need to just do better and that’s what we’re going to work on. I think we have our best players out there. We’ve just gotta find a way to be more productive. We have been at times, but we weren’t yesterday. So we need to see if we can improve that.