Cam Newton Calls Patriots’ Super Bowl Path ‘Joke,’ But His Was Easier

Former New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton seems to make a living off of antagonizing the fan base that once bought his jerseys.

Since becoming a prominent media personality, Newton has targeted one team more than the rest: the Patriots.

He has called the team’s success “fool’s gold”, he has called Drake Maye a “game manager,” and now he once again has set his sights on the Patriots as they try to earn a spot in the Super Bowl.

“The New England Patriots have had the easiest road to the Super Bowl in NFL history,” Newton said on his “4th&1” podcast. “The first team that you played, the Los Angeles Chargers, that’s a bottom-tier team. Not a team that’s expected to have a deep playoff push…

“And then they played another team that came into Foxboro and was deficient offensively, the Houston Texans. Nico Collins, out. That wasn’t the best version of that team.”

He then pointed to quarterback C.J. Stroud playing the worst game of his career as a knock on the Texans talent, not a credit to the Patriots defense and game plan.

Since Newton has opened the floor to comparison, let’s examine his 2015 Carolina Panthers’ path to meeting Peyton Manning’s Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl.

It started with a narrow seven-point home victory over the Seattle Seahawks.

The Seahawks were majorly without star running back Marshawn Lynch. Lynch had played the entire 2015 season laboring through a hamstring strain before suffering a sports hernia in November. Lynch played in just seven games that season, totalling just six playoff carries and then retiring immediately following the loss.

An argument could be made that the Seahawks team was not at full strength.

Next, he played 36-year-old Carson Palmer’s Arizona Cardinals, once again at home. Palmer threw four interceptions in the blowout road loss.

Sounds familiar.

Not to mention that his team’s playoff push began with a bye week.

So in his only Super Bowl run, Newton had the home-field advantage, played a team with an injured star, and then met a quarterback who threw four interceptions.

Perhaps Newton is projecting when he calls the Patriots’ path historically weak.