Brian Hoyer has returned to New England for a third time, but this season will be a little different.
For the first time, he will not be backing up Tom Brady. Instead, there's another former MVP in town -- Cam Newton.
Appearing on The Greg Hill Show Monday morning as a part of Patriots Monday, Hoyer said the addition of Newton will make all the Patriots quarterbacks better and also hit on how no jobs are given in the Patriots organization.
"Look, I think Coach (Bill) Belichick says every position is a competition no matter what it is every year," he said. "So I think for me, I know going in that I am always going to compete like I am trying to be the starting quarterback. I did that when Tom was here. I know that was never going to happen because of who he was, but that pushed me to be better.
"Adding another great quarterback like Cam to the room, it only makes us that much more competitive and that is going to bring out the best in all of us."
In addition to Newton and Hoyer, the Patriots also have Jarrett Stidham and Brian Lewerke in the quarterbacks room.
Hoyer also acknowledged when Brady left for Tampa Bay and he was let go by the Colts following them adding Philip Rivers this offseason, he had a good idea he could be returning to New England.
"When Tom left to go to Tampa and I was released by the Colts, I thought this possibly could happen and then when it did I was just real excited," he said. "Like I said, the NFL, it's ever-changing. If anyone knows that it's me. I have moved around and had to deal with it a lot. Like I said, for me the opportunity to come back, I was just really excited to come back."
The Patriots will have their first full-padded practice Monday morning.
