It’s been just over seven weeks since Cam Newton officially signed his contract with New England and after more than 40 days of having everyone waiting, the Patriots, despite everything, released the only photo that all Patriot enthusiasts were waiting for: Newton dressed in his new uniform. .

During a general preseason, top enthusiasts would have first seen Newton in his Patriots uniform in the team’s first preseason game, which was scheduled for August 13, but that plan was abandoned when the NFL made the decision to cancel. each and every pre-season match due to the pandemic.

With 0 pre-season games on the calendar, that means the Patriots may have waited until they opened to post Shots of Newton in his uniform, but instead they did it on Tuesday.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your first image of Cam Newton in the complete Uniform of the Patriots, as revealed by Newton himself.

For those of you who prefer color photos, which are almost all, you can see it below.

Okay, it’s a little strange to see Newton dressed in this, but not as strange as seeing Tom Brady in the Buccaneers’ uniform, which you can see by clicking here.

The funny thing about Newton’s uniform is that it’s a uniform Brady never had to wear in New England in his 20s with the team. The Patriots released new uniforms in April, and although the military blue jersey looks like their Brady-era color uniform, it’s not exactly the same.

In addition, as a warning, Newton controlled to convince the Patriots to let him use the number 1, which is notable because no Patriots player has used that number under Bill Belichick.

Here’s Cam’s angle modeling his new uniform (and you can see more shots of Patriots players modeling the new uniforms on the team’s website).

Although Newton is dressed in the uniform now, it is not yet clear whether he will wear the uniform on the sidelines or in the week 1 box. The former Panthers quarterback has not yet won the starting position in New England and this festival will begin. Week. Newton will face Jarrett Stidham and Brian Hoyer for the position at the education camp with the first practice scheduled for Wednesday (August 12).

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