There’s one former New England Patriot that doesn’t believe the team is just going to hand the starting quarterback job over to Cam Newton as soon as practice begins.
Rob Ninkovich, who played for the AFC East team from 2009-16, believes that the 2015 NFL MVP might find himself further down the depth chart than most people think.
“He might be the third-string quarterback when he comes in,” Ninkovich said on NFL Live. “He might be behind Stidham and Brian Hoyer. Look, they’re going to test him physically and mentally. They’re going to say, ‘come in here.