Patriots: Bill Belichick allowing Cam Newton to let loose is bad news for the NFL

 Bill Belichick is letting Patriots QB Cam Newton be himself. Game on.

No matter what NFL purists say, it’s very possible for Cam Newton to both embrace the Patriot Way and be himself on the field and sidelines.

Expressing emotion and intensity doesn’t necessarily lead to talking ostentatiously or giving up the game plan; just ask Patriots legend Tom Brady, who did those first two things with aplomb, both pregame and mid-game.

Newton is at his best when he’s unleashed in the playbook, and allowed to express joy whenever he feels like it, including between the lines. After all, he’s here for a good time — he said it himself.

Thus far, we’ve only had a glimpse of Newton at training camp, and it’s clear he’s bringing all the right bits of his energy to the playing field. Clearly, that means Belichick is pushing the right buttons with his new QB.

There are those who surely believe this dancing and jangling will be a problem moving forward. Let the ego grow too big and then who knows where it leaks, right?

To those people, I ask: What have you seen in Newton’s responses to the media thus far that you don’t approve of? When has he responded in a manner his coach wouldn’t have approved of?

Was it at the airport, when he was hounded and harassed, and said nothing at all of substance?

Was it when he got on the phone with Julian Edelman early to get acquainted with the Patriots playbook, then playfully called it “calculus”?

Beli-Checkmate. What don’t you like?

Newton is working at his craft — Belichick called him a “hard-working kid” this week — and he’s being allowed to have the time of his life while doing so. Coming off a streak of disrespect in Carolina, this is exactly what New England’s new QB1 (sorry, assumptions) needed.

And there’s nothing wrong with a superstar being comfortable.

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