There is going to be a ton of speculation in the coming weeks about the future of Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. The future Hall of Fame quarterback didn’t look like himself this season, and head coach Bill Belichick has never been one for sentimentality. (That’s an understatement, but, you know.)
With Brady turning 43 this summer, it wouldn’t surprise anyone if New England moved on.
Brady will have plenty of options if he and the Pats break up, one would assume. John Elway and the Broncos probably have a contract lined up and ready to go. The Colts could make a play. There are plenty of teams which would be delighted to see what a fired-up Brady has left in the tank, were the split to occur.
That’s all well and good. But here’s where things could get really fun: If the Patriots traded for Cam Newton.
This needs to happen. Partly for the football, but mostly for the chaos.
Newton is on the outs in Carolina, where the franchise has apparently talked itself into Kyle Allen. Good on you, Panthers. This is laughable and wild, but more power to you.
Newton, one of the most gifted quarterbacks alive when healthy, would get to be plugged in to a Patriots team that just needs him to be solid to compete. With their defense, their coach, a healthy offensive line and a re-tooling at the skill positions, Newton could win 10 games just by playing decently.
If he plays well, the Patriots are immediately in the discussion of Super Bowl favorites.
Patriots fans would be miffed for about 45 seconds, then watch two minutes of Newton highlights and start talking about the second coming of the dynasty. There’d be some crabs who will argue he doesn’t play the game the right way, or whatever, but all it would take is one deep throw to Mohamed Sanu and they’d get over it.
Newton deserves a fresh start. The Patriots deserve a dynamic quarterback. The league deserves the villains to remain villains.
This is the key point here: Just imagine the banter. Just imagine Twitter if the Patriots traded for Newton.
If only for that, the Patriots need to do this. Chaos is fun. The world is going to hell and we need distractions, and Cam Newton on the Patriots will give us that. Oh man, will it give us that. I don’t want to spend my offseason debating, like, if the Rams are going to get out from under some contracts or if the Jets linebacker corps will be improved this season or whatever. I need people loudly screaming about Cam Newton and Bill Belichick all summer.
The league is more fun when the Patriots are evil and good. If Tom Brady sticks around for another season tossing ducks in a nine-win season, the schadenfreude will only last so long. Eventually people will get bored, or worse — they”ll start to feel bad for New England.
No one wants that. New England doesn’t want that.
We as NFL fans need evil. We need chaotic evil. The Patriots need to trade for Cam Newton.
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