Bill Belichick optimistic about Cam Newton’s hand injury

The New England Patriots were without quarterback Cam Newton for Thursday’s session of organized team activities. Reports indicate Newton will miss the final days of OTAs and all of minicamp. But the injury, a bone bruise in his hand, should be OK by training camp.

Coach Bill Belichick was asked if the injury was serious.

“No. Well, he’s not out there but I think he’ll be alright,” Belchick said Thursday.

What does that mean for the rest of the quarterbacks?

“It just gives everybody more opportunities,” Belichick said. “Josh (McDaniels) does a great job of getting everybody prepared and that can come in a variety of ways, from meetings to walkthroughs to practice reps to how he splits them up into individual drills and so forth. So, there’s a lot of different opportunities and he’s done it very well and continues to do that. So, we’ve talked about it, but individually, he’s the one who has to really make those decisions and he does a great job of it.”

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