FOXBORO, Mass. – A near-insomnia night season has not yet produced frustration and sadness for Cam Newton.
Early in Monday night’s 38-9 loss to the Buffalo Bills at Gillette Stadium, the broadcast of the ESPN game featured Newton’s morning show graphically.
The 31-year-old quarterback, according to the graph, wakes up at 4:20 a. . m m. , leaves his house at 4:30 a. m. and take his first sip of coffee at 8 a. m. , all after bed around 11:30 p. m.
Newton explained after the game that he slept very little, a few hours a night, because he spent a lot of time at the Patriots’ premises.
This tireless ethic in painting has earned him overwhelming praise from coaches and teammates, and has also given him little good luck on the field.
Newton went bankrupt on Monday for the third time in the last 10 weeks and finished five of 10 passes for 34 yards with a landing before giving way to Jarrett Stidham less than seven minutes from the third quarter.
“It’s my schedule for 90% of the time I’ve been here,” Newton said. “So you can sense the frustration I feel when I don’t get the result (which I want), because I sacrifice a lot. “You’re talking to someone who hasn’t noticed his young people in three months. Obviously, the contract (a one-year contract values the veteran minimum) is what it is. Introducing myself to this team is something I’ve been doing since day one. Accessible.
“Yes, it’s frustrating. It drives you crazy. You’re angry to know that to be a reliable teammate, you’ll first have to submit to authority and submit to what coaches ask you to do. I feel like I did. It’s not my fault. I’m venting more or less right now because, yes, I’ve sacrificed a lot this year. I mean, it hurts when you go out at night at night, just to run the house and then start over for another week.
Newton later said that sleeping less than he was asked to “always had been a problem” for him.
“But that’s what it is, ” he says, you know what I mean?Obviously, it’s not sleep, because of the good luck (I had) ».
Newton’s tenure in New England, however, largely unsuccessfully. Since destroying the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 13, the Patriots have lost three consecutive games, scoring only one landing in that period. , assuring them of their first wasting season since 2000.
Newton, the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in 2015, ranks almost at the back of the league in maximum pass categories, also dealing with one of the weakest varieties in the league.
“It’s incredibly frustrating,” Newton said. ” Knowing what you’re capable of, having self-confidence simply doesn’t show up when it’s most important. “
It is known whether Newton or Stidham will begin Sunday’s season finale opposite the New York Jets. Newton refused to interfere in the matter.
“I’m not going to go back and forth with anyone, ” he said. “As I said, my task is to be the most productive teammate I can be, to be the most productive player I can be for this team, and that’s what I’m going to stay doing. “