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Old 08-31-2021, 09:23 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by JD10367 View Post
Cam was an insurance policy. Now that they’ve seen enough of Jones to like him (every preseason drive he led turned into points), when you add:
Exactly.

If Jones just clearly couldn't play yet, then the twin-tight, possession WR offense they put together in the off-season could be massaged to fit Newton over 17 games. They could've asked those guys to be physical and work with a strict ground/pound system.

But when it was clear that Jones could play, they saw that they may be able to pivot to the style they played when Gronk/Hernandez were there and they had those underneath options out wide. Obviously not to the same extreme as they did with Brady, but they could use that baseline.

If they HAD to go with Newton, they could've made it work. But once it became apparent that they didn't have to, there was no need to retain him.
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