Cam Newton refuses to give his former Patriots team their flowers despite being 9-2 on the season and having the NFL’s best record .

“It has fool’s gold written all over them, cubic zirconia middle of the mall” Newton said of New England’s success on “First Take.” “And yes, is Drake Maye playing good football? Absolutely. I would like to attest his great play to one specific person that I know too well, Josh McDaniels. Now Josh McDaniels may not be a great head coach, but he is a brilliant offensive mind."

Newton’s biggest issue is the Patriots’ schedule , which is statistically one of the easiest in the NFL.

“The thing I have a problem with is if you keep playing sorry scrubs, then you’re going to have this falsetto of a mentality going into the playoffs and it has one-and-do

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