Quarterback Cam Newton has taken it upon himself to assign nicknames to nearly every member of the 2020 New England Patriots.
The best moniker on the team, though, isn’t a Newton creation.
It sprouted instead from the creative mind of defensive end Deatrich Wise. His target: outside linebacker Shilique Calhoun, who quietly has become an important contributor in the Patriots’ new-look defense.
“His name is Half Man, Half Mystery,” Wise said earlier this week in a video conference. “You don’t know what he’s mixed with. He’s probably some extraterrestrial. It’s probably an animal. We don’t really know.