ESPN NFL reporter Adam Schefter’s word is often taken as well-connected gospel. If he says something is expected to happen, the tides of the sports news cycle start to change with it -- usually with an official announcement coming soon after.
This is not one of those times.
Schefter appeared on WEEI’s Greg Hill Show Monday morning to explain that one of his “reports” that made the rounds Sunday morning was, in fact, not a “report.”
The story in question: Headlines that ran (including on MassLive) with Schefter’s quotes saying the Patriots and quarterback Cam Newton “expect” to go in different directions and are “likely moving on.