The Seahawks will continue to “keep tabs” on Cam Newton, NFL.com’s Tom Pelissero hears (Twitter link). However, they’re unlikely to sign him straight away. 
Newton is still collecting $1.5MM from his previous Patriots contract, a sum that is subject to offsets. Newton, understandably, is unwilling to play for free. So, in order to sign Newton, the Seahawks or any other club would have to offer a better deal. That amount would be prorated, but it could still prove to be a barrier.
For now, the Seahawks are willing to roll with Geno Smith and Jake Luton as their quarterbacks until Russell Wilson is ready to return. Star power aside, it’s hard to say whether Newton would represent a clear upgrade over Smith.
Newton finished near the bottom of the league in cumulative QBR from 2016-19 and didn’t impress in 2020. Last year, the former MVP threw for just 2,657 yards and eight touchdowns with ten interceptions. On the plus side, he displayed his usual rushing talent, collecting 592 yards and 12 TDs on the ground, plus a receiving touchdown.
Keep tabs on 2-15 and a new HC
What does “keep tabs” even mean? We’ll right your name in our book and every now and then say, what ever happened to Cameron?
I think Marshawn Lynch and Josh Gordon are in that book too.
It’s kind of like a scout team in fantasy. Every once in a while, I see players below my team that I forgot I had once “scouted.” Some are still in the NFL. Some may not be.
Anything is better than Gino
Geno*
Don’t know if you’ve seen the last two games. But Geno is playing pretty good. He has done nothing to hurt Seattle’s chances to win. Defense on the other hand is horrendous.
I was honestly dumbfounded Sunday night by how the Seahawks pretty much didn’t even let Geno try to do anything. It felt like he never threw a pass farther than 5 yards downfield all night… and unlike Big Ben, a.k.a. Captain Checkdown, Geno was obviously dumping the ball off because he was being told to. And then in overtime Seattle sudddenky stopped trying to run the ball, when Alex Collins had just spent the second half running rampant through the Steelers. Geno threw a few bad balls but he wasn’t terrible by any means, he did OK.
There’s no sense in trying to replace Geno with Cam, because they really haven’t tried Geno yet. Unless maybe they don’t think Geno can lead them to a win… and if that’s the case, why is he there? Let’s see what he can do first.
Unless Russ is going to miss a lot more time than we’ve been lead to believe this doesn’t seem to make a ton of sense. Seattle is just doing their due diligence, I guess.
Newton is done. His arm is shot. He knows it as well which is why he signed so little in back to back years.
Great journalism
Newton taking $1.5 million to stay home is going to bite him when he makes $0 to stay home next year. Gotta put something on tape.
I don’t think it matters either way.
If geno Smith is a better alternative you need to take what’s available. Already last year is fresh in FO minds what does another year off. Those throws against SF were mind boggling another year doesn’t help that. I thought it was a clear sign when Mac Jones took over for Cam who was unproven. Not only beaten out but released over player Belichick trusted less last year. This was a QQ needy team! I like cam and love his candidate take on his performance but there’s only so many times you can say you have to get better and don’t where people lose faith. Not just losing football games but at times the root of them. All the best but his approach must change if there is any hopes. You aren’t playing for free the Pats guaranteed to pay him that’s not free he just wants more when clearly he should happy to have a salary and if his confidence is that high and his pay reflects it the pay will come. He needs to be humbled and a backup role will just do that and the hunger could be the key to some sort of relevance
I said early on that this was going to be a longer wait in free agency than most thought, maybe a lot longer. It’s because Cam still thinks he’s a starter (despite what some have said), while many teams don’t even think he’s worth a backup spot. Until one or both of those views change he’s going to sit at home, vaccinated or not.
The Great Reset is about to occur in Seattle. Their 70 year old coach is about to retire and their franchise QB wants to play somewhere else.
Not sure I agree with your speculation but conducting a reboot in Seattle while the Kraken are drawing a lot of attention might not be a bad idea.