Currently out-of-contract quarterback Cam Newton talks about his struggles over the past two years and sees a lack of time to learn the offense as the main cause of his problems.

Munich – Quarterback Cam Newton is currently a free agent but blames that on his last two stops in the league.

He ended up in a “shitty situation” when he returned to the Carolina Panthers in 2021, and as a result his outward image as a quarterback suffered, Newton told “ESPN’s” “The Pivot Podcast.”

“I signed on Thursday and I was already playing on Sunday. The next week I was a starter, but I still had to learn the offense,” he said, describing the situation in his return to the Panthers.

Newton on Patriots time: “My head was just overwhelmed “

The 33-year-old continued, “Before I just sit here and allow the headline that Cam doesn’t have it anymore, I’ll say that Cam takes full responsibility and put himself in a shitty situation, which has led to people thinking that way about me now. “

He appeared in just eight games for the Panthers squad, five of them as a starter, none of which he won. As a result, his contract was not renewed. This despite his history with the franchise. In 2011, the Panthers had drafted Newton, in 2015 he led the franchise to the Super Bowl, but lost there to the Denver Broncos.

Before his Panthers return, Newton played one year with the New England Patriots, but the quarterback didn’t really perform there either. “I was still learning the offense until week seven, eight. My head was just overloaded. I’d go to the line of scrimmage sometimes and be like, ‘Do I know the play? Yes. Do I know it well enough to show the world that I’m still Cam Newton? No.'”

With both the Patriots and the Panthers, he lacked personnel support, Newton also lamented. But whether he will get another chance after these statements may be doubted.