Cam Newton opens up about last 2 seasons, believes he should be a starting quarterback

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Cam Newton opened up in a podcast interview on his brief time with the New England Patriots and his second stint with the Carolina Panthers and still maintained he’s one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL.

Newton appeared on "The Pivot Podcast" and suggested he was destined to fail in his second stint with the Panthers. He said he was signed on Thursday and played on Sunday and was still trying to learn Matt Rhule’s offense all while taking snaps at the starting quarterback.

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Cam Newton of the Panthers drops back to pass against the Atlanta Falcons at Bank of America Stadium on Dec. 12, 2021, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Lance King/Getty Images)

"At what point did you think you was going to be successful? The next week, I started. That’s still under 10 days of you being on the team. And you’re still trying to learn the offense," he said.

"So before I sit up here and allow the narrative to be made that Cam ain’t got it no more, Cam is taking full responsibility and saying Cam put himself in a f---ed up situation, which then had a ricochet effect to how people think of me."

Newton appeared in eight games for the Panthers and had 684 passing yards with four touchdown passes and 230 rushing yards with five rushing touchdowns.

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Panthers' Cam Newton signals prior to a two-point conversion attempt against the Atlanta Falcons on Dec. 12, 2021, in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Grant Halverson/Getty Images)

Carolina general manager Scott Fitterer said earlier in the offseason he wouldn’t rule out re-signing Newton, but it