Even though the preseason is over and the regular season is less than two weeks away, Bill Belichick is not ready to name his starting quarterback.
This has caused the subject to be debated everywhere, with a lot of people having a strong opinion one way or the other.
Former Patriots safety and current NBC Sports analyst Rodney Harrison firmly believes it should be Mac Jones and not Cam Newton.
"I just think Mac Jones -- he did everything that coach Bill Belichick and Josh McDaniels wanted him to do," Harrison said on Peacock Sunday Night Football Final, via NBC Sports Boston. "He's the perfect quarterback for this system. Why would you wanna go and put Cam Newton -- a guy that's still learning the offense, a guy that's been super inconsistent. This kid, he came out his very first (game action) and he's running the no huddle, hurry-up offense.
"I just think this is the right guy for the job. And it's a no-brainer to me. I don't understand how this could be hard for coach Belichick. I know he has a lot of loyalty to Cam, but at the end of the day, the thing he always preached to us, he said, 'I'm going to do what's best for the team.' In my opinion, what's best for the team is starting Mac Jones and not Cam Newton."
Newton started all three preseason games, but when it comes to reps, Jones blew the veteran away.
