Cam Newton is a slight favorite to be named the starting quarterback of the New England Patriots for Week 1 over Jarrett Stidham, according to SportsBetting.ag.

The Patriots signed Newton to a one-year contract on Sunday.

Patriots QB in Week 1
Cam Newton -125
Jarrett Stidham +110
Brian Hoyer +1000

The NFL has penalized the New England Patriots for their television crew filming during a Dec. 8 game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns, league sources said.

The Patriots have been fined $1.1 million, lost a third-round pick in 2021 and their television production crews will not be allowed to shoot any games during the 2020 season.

The New England Patriots have agreed to terms on a one-year deal with Cam Newton, according to league sources.

The contract is reportedly incentive-laden.

Newton was released by the Carolina Panthers on March 24. He'll complete with Brian Hoyer and Jarrett Stidham to replace Tom Brady in New England.

The New England Patriots have hired Tyler Hughes as a coaching assistant.

To this point, the Patriots haven't announced any new hires to their coaching staff for the 2020 season.

Hughes was most recently the head coach of Bountiful High School in Utah. He spent one year as a quality control coach at Ohio State under Urban Meyer.

Devin McCourty was honored on Tuesday night for his work helping Boston-area youth move from gangs to more productive activities.

Bill Belichick praised the safety's work with Boston Uncornered.

"Conversations across our country and within our team will help lead to paving the way for a better future. Following your lead, and the example of other incredible men on our team, I look forward to increasing my role in this process," the New England Patriots coach said. "Healthy discussion leads to actions. And actions that you have brought to the forefront have resulted in progress."

Belichick also called McCourty an "ultimate role model," and said he is a "great example of the impact that someone can have with great wisdom, leadership, courage and passion."

The New England Patriots have been in contact with Cam Newton at some point during this offseason.

According to a report, the two sides had some contact shortly after the quarterback became a free agent on March 24.

The contact was initiated by Newton's camp and wasn't met "positively or negatively" by the Patriots, according to the Boston Sports Journal.

Drew Brees continues to view a peaceful protest of injustice plaguing Black Americans as disrepectul because it does not conform to his viewpoint. Brees' comments follow days of protests across the United States in response to the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. 

“I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country," said Brees. "Let me just tell what I see or what I feel when the national anthem is played and when I look at the flag of the United States. I envision my two grandfathers, who fought for this country during World War II, one in the Army and one in the Marine Corp. Both risking their lives to protect our country and to try to make our country and this world a better place. So every time I stand with my hand over my heart looking at that flag and singing the national anthem, that’s what I think about. And in many cases, that brings me to tears, thinking about all that has been sacrificed. Not just those in the military, but for that matter, those throughout the civil rights movements of the ‘60s, and all that has been endured by so many people up until this point. And is everything right with our country right now? No, it is not. We still have a long way to go. But I think what you do by standing there and showing respect to the flag with your hand over your heart, is it shows unity. It shows that we are all in this together, we can all do better and that we are all part of the solution.”

Brees' teammate, Michael Thomas, seemed to allude to Brees in a Tweet.

He don’t know no better.

— Michael Thomas (@Cantguardmike) June 3, 2020

Brees has already signed a deal with NBC to become an announcer when he retires.

Brees was outspoken in 2016 when he publicly criticized Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the anthem.