Cam Newton and the New England Patriots came up one yard short of a comeback victory against the Seattle Seahawks Sunday night.
Newton dynamic performance through the air. But in the aftermath of the game, the attention lingers on the final play, where Newton was stuffed in the backfield with a chance to win the game.
Here’s what Newton had to say about the final play and his performance Sunday Night.
Q: Take us back to the last play and how that unfolded from your view
Newton: “It was a great play by them. That’s a play that we had favored in the game and we ran it a couple of times. I just think we probably went to the well a few too many times, but at the end of the day, I still feel confident about it. We just have to execute. And I could have bounced it. I was looking at the clip. I just have to do better. I just have to do better here at the end. We put ourselves in a position to win and when you do that, you just have to finish and we didn’t do that today.”
Q: How proud were you of your team’s fight for the full 60 minutes?
Newton: “It was something to build on, most definitely. I feel as if, put in that situation. I’ve got to be better. It’s just simple. There were two different plays that I wish I had back, including that last one. Just execution on my part. All in all, as a team, we fought. We knew what type of game it was going to be. I would say [it] was a hostile environment, I would still consider it a hostile environment with them being so comfortable in their home stadium. But through it all, you just have to battle adversity and [even with] that double digit lead in the fourth quarter, we had our opportunities.”
Q: What led you to trust N’Keal Harry in important situations? What did you see with running backs? Why did they struggle?
"Doughboy (Harry) has grown in front of everyone’s eyes. For him to gain confidence in himself, I think that’s a start. And I think that’s what he’s doing. I think today’s game was a great indication of that and what he could potentially be. Yet through it all, he still has to keep building to become the best version of himself.
“As far as the running game. When they take that away, you have to find different ways to move the football. They watched film and probably saw us last week have a lot of success in the run game and they had a plan. Make no mistake about it, the Seattle Seahawks are a great football team. We are a great football team as well. It was great for us to be able to see where we can kind of figure it out and we just fell short.”
Q: How do you feel about how you’re throwing the ball?
Newton: “It’s early. I’m just trying to continually get better. That’s all. For those guys to have faith in me, I just have to deliver.”
Q: Do you feel like you’re starting to marry the head with the feet?
Newton: “Yeah, it’s a day to day process from me trusting in them and [the coaches] keep coaching me up. I have to accept whatever’s given to me because I know it goes to better what intuition for myself as well as the team.”
Q: What was it you saw in Julian Edelman that made you keep going to him?
“It’s Jules. That’s why.”
Q: What happened on the late pass to Edelman in the endzone?
Newton: It was a mix of focus and fundamentals. He popped quick and I wish I had that one back, along with the last play at the end and the interception. No need to regret the type of play, we just have to keep getting better. It’s early in the season. We knew those guys were who we thought they were. In some ways, a little better. In some ways, a little worse. But that’s a great football team that we just played. We just have to keep building from what we put out today. We just have to get better for the next opponent.
Q: Did you sense that the Seahawks had a beat on the final play?
Newton: “No I just didn’t make everyone right. That’s the only thing I regret. In that type of situation, it’s humbling to be able to have the respect of the team to have the ball in my hands. I just have to deliver. I saw a clip of it and I could have made it right just by bouncing it. I was trying to be patient and thinking too much. Or I could have dove over the top. There’s so many things that flash through me and [when] you’re playing a fast defense like that, as soon as you guess, you’re wrong. I definitely learned from this. The play was there, the play had been there all game. Moving forward, we just have to scheme up things and being put in that situation again, hopefully we can have a better outcome.”
Q: Do you think you throwing the ball so much proved you can win as a passer?
Newton: “There’s many ways to win in this game. We don’t want to become one-dimensional. Like I said, we had our opportunities. Just moving forward, we have a lot of things to be optimistic about, yet we still have to get better. The reason that you play this game is for one stat and for one stat only. We didn’t get that statistic today and that’s the win. So for us, this is a disgusting taste in my mouth. I just gotta grow and get better in this offense and hopefully have a better result next week.”
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