Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane made an appearance on The Zach Gelb Show on CBS Sports Radio on Tuesday and was asked directly by the host if the team had any plans on brining former Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton to Buffalo.
Here was Beane’s response:
“You never say never. I know Cam’s mindset and Cam, I can guarantee you, and I have not spoken to him, I can guarantee you Cam’s got a chip on his shoulder. I know his DNA very well and he thinks he’s being doubted right now, so I think he would have to really change his frame of mind, I would assume. Again, this is all without talking to him, but I think he deserves a chance to go start and that’s not really the opportunity that we would have. So again, you never say never if things change in his landscape, but I hope that he’ll get a chance to, if not start, compete to start.”
Beane was the Director of Football Operations for the Panthers when they drafted Newton first overall in the 2011 NFL Draft. He became the team’s assistant general manager in 2015, the same season Carolina went to the Super Bowl and Newton was named the league’s Most Valuable Player.
Beane told Gelb, “without Cam, maybe I’m not a GM in Buffalo,”adding that he thinks Newton deserves an opportunity to compete for a starting job and he is rooting for him, “unless he’s playing the Bills.”
#Bills GM & former #Panthers Assistant GM Brandon Beane would never say never on bringing @CameronNewton to Buffalo but thinks Cam deserves a chance to start again. Beane doesn't believe that is an option in Buffalo because of @JoshAllenQBhttps://t.co/20C2HKkmTR @CBSSportsRadio pic.twitter.com/9UFNK8Ig3R
— Zach Gelb (@ZachGelb) April 8, 2020