Over at ESPN.com, New England Patriots beat writer Mike Reiss offered up a fascinating possibility.
Bill Belichick using a two-quarterback rotation this season. During the regular season.
In a year where everything else has pretty much turned upside down, perhaps we should get used to the idea of this happening. Tom Brady, the model of consistency in his 20 years with the Patriots, is gone. Maybe it will take more than one man to replace him.
Cam Newton signed with the team on July 8, and he immediately was branded the assumed Week 1 starter.