Cam Newton is getting ready to return to the field for the first time in more than a year on Sunday, when he’ll lead the New England Patriots in their season opener against the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium.
Though it’ll mark just the second team he’s played for in his professional career, the 31-year-old isn’t nervous.
He doesn’t “get butterflies” anymore.
“I’ve been playing in a lot of games in my life, a lot of opening days, to a lot of impactful, meaningful games, and at this particular point in my career I know how to control myself,” Newton said Thursday, via ESPN.