FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Patriots began their final week of training camp Monday, but Bill Belichick still isn’t sure when he'll be ready to announce his starting quarterback.
“I don’t know,” Belichick said when asked how close he was to revealing who would be on the field for New England’s opener against Miami on Sept. 13. “When we’re ready to do it, we’ll do it.”
Cam Newton, who has been the front-runner to get the nod since camp opened, was absent from the field Monday morning during the limited portion of practice open to reporters. It was the first time he wasn’t present at the start of a practice since training camp began.