After literally laughing off the idea that there is a post-Tom Brady competition at the quarterback position this summer in New England, former NFL wide receiver and current ESPN radio host Keyshawn Johnson made it clear that he thinks Cam Newton is going to have immediate success with the Patriots.
“Y'all stop,” Johnson said of reports that Newton isn’t guaranteed the job, chuckling through the early parts of a Thursday afternoon interview with the Ordway, Merloni and Fauria Show on WEEI. “Wink, wink. Yeah, sure. At the end of that, I think it’s a great fit. I think the beauty of Josh McDaniels and Bill Belichick is, I wasn’t a huge Josh McDaniels head coaching fan when he was in Denver.