FOXBORO (CBS) – All eight New England Patriots players who opted out of last season due to COVID concerns are planning to return this year. On Friday, Ian Rapoport reported that key players Don’t’a Hightower, Patrick Chung and Marcus Cannon plan to return for 2021. A day later, the Boston Globe reported that the list will be longer.
All they have to do is give him a new contract with void years, convert most of his $19 million salary to signing bonus, and they can create nearly $13.5 million in cap space. The fact that they left the meeting without a contract suggests it’s not set in stone that Roethlisberger will be back, or perhaps they are squabbling over dollars. Bill Belichick’s praise for Cam Newton throughout the 2020 season wasn’t an act.
Quarterback Cam Newton would go back to the New England Patriots if given the opportunity, the former Auburn All-American said this week. Last offseason, Newton didn’t sign with the Patriots until July 8, which left the quarterback learning the New England offense on the fly in 2020. I know way more than I knew last year,” Newton said during an appearance on “I Am Athlete” with Brandon Marshall, Chad Johnson and Fred Taylor, and with an offseason program, training camp and preseason to prepare f...
W | L | T | Pct | |
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13 | 3 | 0 | .813 | |
10 | 6 | 0 | .625 | |
7 | 9 | 0 | .438 | |
2 | 14 | 0 | .125 |