FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – You might expect a guy like Cam Newton, who's played in a Super Bowl and was once named the NFL's Most Valuable Player, to be irked by his team's drafting of another quarterback in the first round, as the Patriots did with Mac Jones this past April.
Newton, though, isn't your typical QB, in many respects. Did head coach Bill Belichick's decision to select Jones motivate the veteran passer? Certainly, as he admitted to reporters after Tuesday's minicamp session in Foxborough.
At the same time, Newton lit up when the subject of "Mac & Cheese" – the nickname he's ascribed to his rookie teammate – came up.