Cam Newton Benched for Jarrett Stidham in Third Quarter of Bills vs. Patriots
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The Jarrett Stidham period in Original England is here, at least except the stop of the fourth quarter.
Trailing the Buffalo Bills by 22 elements midway via the third quarter, the Original England Patriots pulled Cam Newton in prefer of the 2d-365 days quarterback, who has yet to delivery up at some level of his time in Original England.
Newton turn into successful on upright 5 of his 10 passes, compiling 34 yards and a speeding rating with the Patriots shedding 31-9 upon his exit.
Stidham has viewed action in four video games this season, collectively with two diversified video games when the opening turn into too substantial for the group to dart out of—a 33-6 loss to the San Francisco 49ers and a Week 14 blowout on the hands of the Los Angeles Rams.
He performed 25 snaps against the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in Week 4 (a 26-10 loss), though he changed backup quarterback Brian Hoyer since Newton turn into sidelined following his certain take a look at for COVID-19.
More lately, Stidham noticed 9 snaps in garbage time for the length of a 45-0 rout of the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 13.
In total, the 2019 fourth-round purchase turn into 18-of-33 with 212 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions this season entering Monday.
Newton, within the period in-between, has been inconsistent in his 14 begins for Original England this season. He has totaled 2,415 passing yards, a some distance shout from his outdated profession low when he tallied 3,127 via 14 video games in 2014.
However Patriots head coach Invoice Belichick has been steadfast in his willingness to stay with the 31-365 days-broken-down. He has dodged questions in regards to the quarterback wrestle in radio appearances and press conferences.
Stidham signed a four-365 days, $3.15 million contract with the Patriots out of Auburn, and the 24-365 days-broken-down is the supreme rostered quarterback for the upcoming season since Newton’s one-365 days deal will all but expire on the stop of subsequent week because the Patriots fail to location the playoffs for the predominant time since 2008.