There may just be a way to utilize two top assets, Cam Newton and Mac Jones of the New England Patriots in a way that maybe hasn’t yet been discussed.
Why not use them both on the field at once? Similar to the Drew Brees/Taysom Hill combination employed by the New Orleans Saints. Let’s take a closer look at this situation and see if it might just work for the Patriots
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So, just how would optimizing the skills of both Newton and Jones work to the advantage of Bill Belichick and his team? Well, it would take a bit of innovation, to say the least.
Are the Patriots capable of innovation? Maybe. Could it work if they try this suggestion? Well, again, just maybe. Here’s what it might look like.
The New England Patriots Utilize the best skills of Cam and Mac together
Let’s start with Newton. First of all, he’s the New England Patriot’s starting quarterback according to Belichick and frankly anyone else with football sensibility.
With that basic premise in mind, however, when you have two big-time talents on board who both have great talents to offer, how can you possibly maximize those talents when they both play the same position?
Well, you probably can’t. Unless you play them together in a dual QB formation to utilize all of their strengths at the same time. Now, this on the surface may not seem feasible.
Yet, let’s just say, when you think about it, it makes a lot of sense. Just how? That’s where the innovation comes in.
Now many observers think that Newton’s arm was not up to snuff in 2020. This writer has disputed that citing his completion percentage as the most concrete argument against that theory.
But for the sake of argument, let’s say that Cam has not really fully recovered from his shoulder injury. So maybe he isn’t quite as effective in throwing the long ball.
Coincidentally, that’s an asset that Jones seems to possess in abundance. Or at least did when he had Alabama’s receiving corps at his disposal.
Now, let’s just point out the obvious and say that Cam’s clear strengths over Mac are his speed, athleticism, and amazing running ability. Cam can also catch the football. After all, he did have a touchdown catch last season. Does anyone doubt he has that ability?
Cam can do anything on a football field. So then, why not utilize all of these assets at once at times in the same backfield?
You’d have Newton and his mobility as the swingman in a wildcat-type formation and Jones as another passing threat.
Cam could be a runner at times. He could be a passer via a direct snap or lateral, and he could be an RPO threat to pass, run, or pitch to a back. Or he could pitch back to Mac and be a receiver. Nice.
Now, all this is admittedly outside-the-box thinking, but, with the multidimensional capability of Newton, it may work.
And can you imagine a defensive coordinator’s nightmare scenarios trying to devise a defense for all of the possible permutations and combinations of plays, fakes, runs, passes, etc. with Cam in the backfield at times alongside Mac?
It’s an innovative suggestion, but as we saw with the Saints, it can work and the Patriots have the two talents necessary to use it.
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