Cam Newton isn’t buying into the Patriots just yet.
The former Patriots quarterback is skeptical that the team will have success in the postseason due to their poor strength of schedule despite their league-best 9-2 record.
“It has fool’s gold written all over them,” Newton said of the Patriots on ESPN’s “First Take.” “The thing I have a problem with is if you keep playing sorry scrubs, then you’re going to have this falsetto of a mentality going into the playoffs and it has one-and-done written all over it.”
New England’s strength of schedule has been frequently mentioned as a reason why the Patriots might have a lower ceiling than other AFC contenders so far this season.