On Thursday, the Patriots announced their captains for the 2020 season and one of them was Cam Newton, who was just added to the team a few months ago.
These are voted on by the players, so it says a lot of the immediate impact Newton has made.
Appearing on The Greg Hill Show Friday morning, Julian Edelman and Devin McCourty reacted to the news.
"It says a lot," Edelman said. "He came in with an energy. He came in with a purpose and he came in as a natural leader. That is what you want to see at that position. It is one of those things where you're excited for it because now we can get it going. We'll see how everything shakes out and we're excited. Just worrying about the season coming up and getting ready for this prep on Miami."
Even though McCourty is on the other side of the ball, he can see the impact Newton has had.
"He is a guy that each day comes with so much energy," he said. "He brings juice to practice and definitely to the offense for him, whether it is talking trash to us (the defense), or celebrating each time he or one of the other guys on offense makes a play. I think he's really brought a lot of juice to the offense, even our team just how he is as a person and his personality.
"It's been great to have him in the locker room and we're looking forward to going out there taking on different challenges and leaning on his leadership."
The Patriots will trim their roster down to 53 players Saturday and then begin preparing for Miami Sept. 13.
