Former NFL quarterback Cam Newton<\/a> used a timeout in the course of the second quarter of Monday’s Hawks-Pistons recreation to audition for the Falcons beginning gig. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Earlier on Monday, Falcons head coach Arthur Smith<\/a> declined to call a starter for the workforce’s Week 16 recreation in opposition to the Colts, and in truth, Newton’s throw was higher than any Desmond Ridder has made this season. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Ridder value his workforce two potential wins with horrible throws the previous two weeks. His final throw in Atlanta’s 9-7 loss to Carolina was an interception on a horrible cross that ended a promising drive that reached the Panthers’ 18-yard line.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

In Week 14 in opposition to the Bucs, he badly missed working again Bijan Robinson for a straightforward landing on a possession Atlanta settled for a area objective, a devastating four-point swing in a 29-25 loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

This season, he’s 224-of-354 (63.3 %) for two,528 yards, 10 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.<\/p>\n

Additionally on Monday, Newton appeared on “The Huge Tigger Morning Present” and mentioned his almost two-year absence from the NFL. He final performed in 2021 with Carolina, his second stint with the group.<\/p>\n

“I scare folks. As a result of you possibly can’t management me. I am not a puppet. I minimize them strings off a very long time in the past,” Newton said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Groups may also be scared by how he carried out over his last three seasons. From 2020-22, he had the fourth-worst passer score among the many prime 40 quarterbacks in cross makes an attempt (h\/t Stathead<\/a>).<\/p>\n

In 2021, he appeared in eight video games with 5 begins and was 69-of-126 (54.8 %) for 684 yards, 4 touchdowns and 5 interceptions.<\/p>\n

His time within the NFL is within the rearview, the place it ought to be. Nonetheless, it is a dangerous signal that Hawks followers at Monday’s recreation in opposition to the Pistons noticed one of the best soccer cross in Atlanta this 12 months.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n