Cam Newton defends his modest contract with Patriots

New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton seems to be explaining why he was happy to take a contract which some deemed too small.

Newton signed a deal worth $1.05 million in salary in 2020, the veteran minimum for a player with the quarterback’s NFL experience. Newton is guaranteed just $550,000, but with incentives in his deal, he could earn up to $7.5 million, per NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. That sum would put Newton on par with Oakland Raiders quarterback Marcus Mariota, who is likely to serve as the team’s backup to Derek Carr. In other words, it seems Newton is getting criminally underpaid. But he doesn’t seem concerned. He wrote about his deal on Instagram on Thursday.

“THÏŠ ÏŠ ÑØT ÄßØŪT MØÑĒ¥ FØR MĒ; ïtš âbøût RĒŠ₽ĒČT,” he wrote.

View this post on Instagram

ïtš ÑØT âłøt øf thïñgš 💰MØÑĒ¥💲 čâññøt bûÿ, ßŪT âmøñgšt thë tøp øf thât łïšt øf thïñgš, ÿøû wøûłd fïñd RĒŠ₽ĒČT âš øñë øf thøšë‼️ »THÏŠ ÏŠ ÑØT ÄßØŪT MØÑĒ¥ FØR MĒ; ïtš âbøût RĒŠ₽ĒČT« 😈>💰 • 😈>💰• 😈>💰• 😈>💰• 😈>💰• 😈>💰 #ÄŁŁïKÑØWïšWØRK😤 #ïmßĒTTÏÑGïtÄŁŁøñMĒ♠️♥️♣️♦️🎲 #šhïñëTHRŪthëŠHÄDĒ #ñøtFØRłïkëšJŪŠTførŁÏFĒ -1ØVĒ🤟🏾

A post shared by Cam Newton (@cameron1newton) on Jul 2, 2020 at 10:18am PDT

Fair enough.

[vertical-gallery id=90756]