Ever since the Patriots selected Mac Jones No. 15 overall, the question has been when will be start?
Cam Newton obviously had a poor 2020 season, but is in a position to be better in Year 2, but will it be enough to beat out the Alabama product?
Appearing on The Greg Hill Show Tuesday morning, Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio discussed how it seems the door more be open wider for Jones to win the job.
This comes following he reported there are players on the team who do not believe Newton is the player he once was.
“There are players on the team who know he’s not the guy that he was," Florio said. "I don’t think it takes a genius to say Cam Newton currently isn’t at a MVP level, but just the idea that guys would be coming to that conclusion and sharing it with others, I just think it opens the door wider than we would have thought for Mac Jones. Bill Belichick told reporters today it’s a clean slate at quarterback. There had been this presumption that it’s going to be Cam Newton from the get-go, maybe there is an opportunity for Mac Jones to win the job and maybe the leash on whoever wins it will be short.
"Once you go with your first-rounder, once he’s out there it is hard to bench him. One thing we know about Belichick, nothing is hard. He will do whatever he wants to do and his players are just going to deal with it because that is what you have to do if you want to be on this team.”
Training camp begins for the Patriots Wednesday morning.