Schefter: Browns talked with Cam Newton before he joined the Patriots

Adam Schefter of ESPN reports the Browns talked with Cam Newton before he joined the Patriots, but the talks did not go anywhere

Cam Newton is now a New England Patriot. The free agent QB and former NFL MVP took his talents to the Patriots after being set free by the Carolina Panthers. Newton agreed to terms on Sunday.

Per Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Cleveland Browns were the only other team to reach out to Newton during the offseason. Schefter made the revelation on his podcast this week.

Prefacing his comment with an emphatic statement that Newton had no other offers from any other team. That’s where Schefter, one of the most reliable info men in the sports media business, brings in the Browns.

“There was one other team that had one conversation with (Newton),” Schefter continued.”It was very brief, it didn’t go far, but the Cleveland Browns did speak to Cam Newton at one point in time. But those talks never really went anywhere.”

The interest from the Browns appears nothing more than a cursory glance, and Newton did not feel the need to have interest in going to a team with an established starter in Baker Mayfield and a veteran backup who can help Mayfield with the new offense in Case Keenum.