Auburn football legend Cam Newton won’t land a QB2 job with the Cleveland Browns due to the presence of former Tennessee Volunteers quarterback Joshua Dobbs according to Cleveland.com’s Mary Kat Cabot.
“I will say it’s not happening,” Cabot said on the Orange and Brown Talk podcast regarding Cleveland signing Newton. “It’s not going to happen and that is because they are going with Joshua Dobbs as their No. 2 quarterback right now.”
Cabot said that an injury would be the “only way that changes.”
“The only way that changes is if Joshua gets hurt in training camp,” Cabot said. “That’s the only reason they would start looking around. Other than that, they’ve got their guy.”
Auburn football legend Cam Newton had conceded to taking backup role with Cleveland Browns
Cabot’s intel must’ve been soul-crushing to the Auburn football legend for several reasons; the main one being that the 33-year-old conceded to being Deshaun Watson’s backup.
“I know a lot of people have a lot of things to say in regards to my future in the NFL,” Newton said in a video released from his YouTube account on April 5. “And I wanted to set the record straight by saying, ‘this is how I feel. There ain’t 32 guys, that’s better than me.’ But I also know that I could also be a backup and I’m willing to be a backup. No. 1, I would back up Deshaun Watson. It goes without saying me and Deshaun Watson’s relationship, he was on my 7-on-7 All-Star team. I’ve grown to admire the person, the athlete that he is. Going through a lot of turmoil, but I believe that’s behind him.”
With the Browns off the board, the Kansas City Chiefs loom large as a potential option for Newton given their need for a backup following the retirement of long-time QB2 Chad Henne.