2015 MVP signs one-year pact with six-time
Super Bowl champsNewton, 31, will compete with Jarrett Stidham for starting role Free-agent quarterback Cam Newton has agreed to a one-year contract with the New
England Patriots,
ESPN reported on Sunday night citing league sources.
The 2015
NFL Most Valuable Player will join the six-time Super Bowl champions on an incentive-laden deal to challenge 2019 fourth-round pick Jarrett Stidham and journeyman Brian Hoyer for the starting
Job vacated by three-time MVP Tom Brady, who left to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in free agency. Stidham appeared in three games last season, completing two passes for 14 yards with one interception.